Archive

The Craft of Campaigns: A Podcast for Organisers

A podcast that goes behind the headlines and hashtags, inviting movement storytellers to share lessons from social justice campaigns.

Activism and Campaign History: Start Here

Activism and Campaign history – A range of resources about the history of First Nations, social and labour movements in Australia and beyond.

Organising: Start Here

Organising builds people power for change. Here is a list of resources to get you started including introductions, different approaches, manuals, tactics, videos and more.

How to Conduct Interviews: Tips and Checklist

Tips and checklist on how to prepare, conduct, produce entertaining and informative interviews from Nicky Stott, Community Radio 3CR trainer.

Franklin River Campaign

Learn all about the successful Franklin River Campaign that took place in Tasmania in the 1980s. Includes videos & school resources.

How to Change the Narrative

Guides, manuals and tools to help you get the narrative and framing right no matter what social justice issue you are working on. 

Deep Canvassing Scripts and Examples

Here is a collection of resources about deep canvassing scripts including script examples and ideas, video training and podcasts.

What we can learn from the Marriage Equality Campaign

An array of resources collated about the marriage equality campaign across the world including lessons learned about messaging and framing.

Lobbying and Advocacy: Start Here

Welcome to the Lobbying & Advocacy topic in the Commons Social Change Library. This article guides you through a wide range of materials to inform the public in relation to lobbying, advocacy and policy-making. 

Guide to Campaign and Movement Building by the Leading Change Network

Learn about campaigning, organizing, movement building with this list of resources and case studies from the Leading Change Network.

Guide to Organizing from the Leading Change Network

A collection of organizing resources from the Leading Change Network including manuals, videos, tools, courses and training materials.

Deep Canvassing to Shift Hearts, Mind and Votes

Learn about the success of a deep canvassing approach to rights for undocumented migrants and Medicare for All in Michigan. 

Changemaker Chat with Samuel Chu: Community Organising in the US for Hong Kong Democracy

Samuel Chu – founder of Hong Kong Democracy Council in the US – discusses the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement and international solidarity.

Changemaker Chat with Steve Killelea: Businessman and Peacemaker

Steve Killelea -one of Australia’s successful businessmen and a self-described peace maker! We talk about why he combined these two passions.

Changemaker Chat with Mike Gecan: Organising in the US

Mike Gecan explains the differences between organising and mobilising and discusses the prospective US 2020 election.

Changemaker Chat with Owen Jones: The story behind one of the United Kingdom’s most high profile left wing figure

Listen to the story of Owen Jones – a British left wing and Labour party activist, writer, orator and political commentator.

Changemaker Chat with Professor David Isaacs: Everything about Covid-19

Listen to Professor Isaacs – to get a briefing about everything COVID-19, where it came from, what makes it a pandemic, and how to stay safe.

Changemaker chat with Randi Weingarten: Teachers and Education reform

Teachers’ union activist Randi Weingarten discusses her experiences of social change and educational reform.

Changemaker Chat with Andrés Bernal: Advisor to U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Curious about the remarkable rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and policies like the Green New Deal? We talk to Andrés Bernal about both.

Change Maker Chat with Bonnie Honig: Democracy and Critical Thinking

Bonnie Honig, one of the world’s top democratic theorists, discusses current crises and shocks.