1984 Revisited: How Irish activists took a stance against apartheid
When Dunnes strikers crossed from sideline empathy to frontline action there was scant support for the shopworkers’ anti-apartheid protest
Sandra Griffen, Alma Bonnie, Karen Gearon, and Mary Manning with anti apartheid activist Nimrod Sejake and Tommy Davis in 1985. Picture: RollingNews.ie
On July 21, 1984, Mary Manning crossed a line. She went from that vast constituency who despair of oppression and injustice to become one of those actually doing something about it, and at a personal cost.
Manning was 21, working in Dunnes Stores on Dublin’s Henry Street, typical of her age and background, interested mainly in hair and holidays.
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