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.
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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.
ChangeMaker Chat with Myint Cho: Burmese Pro-Democracy Activist
Myint Cho, Burmese student pro-democracy activist, discusses the civil disobedience movement in Burma from past to present.
Change Maker Chat with Michelle Meagher: How to Change Market Power
Michelle Meagher discusses her experience as a corporate lawyer, and lessons on reducing corporate market power.
Changemaker Chat with Arnie Graf: Community Organiser
Arnie Graf discusses his 45 years of community organising experience, from his early days with Saul Alinsky,
Changemaker Chat with Tyson Yunkaporta: Indigenous Thinking
Tyson Yunkaporta discusses Indigenous thinking on power, change, being and coping with chaos.
The Good Drone: How Social Movements Democratize Surveillance
A book about how small-scale drones, satellites, kites, and balloons are used by social movements for the greater good.
ChangeMaker Chat with Ernie Cortes: Community Organising
A chat with one of the biggest names in US community organizing, Ernie Cortes, including history, Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) & Saul Alinksy.
ChangeMaker Chat with Danielle Celemajer: How Changemakers can walk with crisis and harness the power of storytelling
Danielle Celemajer discusses her book Summertime about the Black Summer fires and how she learned to cope with crisis
ChangeMaker Chat with Ed Miliband: Political Parties as Agents of Change
Ed Miliband, leader of the United Kingdom Labour Party, describes how political parties can be agents for major change.
ChangeMaker Chat with Jonathan Cox: Scale and Organising
Community organiser and Deputy Director of Citizens UK Jonathan Cox discusses the importance of scale in community organising.
Prisms of the People: Power and Organizing in Twenty First Century America – Summary & Related Resources
A collation of resources about the book – Prisms of the People: Power and Organizing in Twenty First Century America – by Hahrie Han, Elizabeth McKenna and Michelle Oyakawa.
ChangeMaker Chat with Meena Palaniappan: Digital ChangeMaking
Digital changemaking with Meena – Learn how she has created scaled change and worked with communities in the Global South.
ChangeMaker Chat with Sam Rye: Building a Movement for Nature
Listen to this podcast with Sam Rye about using decentralised leadership to build a movement for ecological restoration in Australia.
5 Podcasts All About COP26
5 podcasts for your listening pleasure – A wealth of podcasts have been created to inform and inspire us about what’s happening at COP26.
Changemaker Chat with Adam Barbanel-Fried: Deep Canvassing during the US 2020 Election
Interview with Craig Reucassel: How a career as a comedian and political satirist prepared him to talk about climate change with a diverse audience.
Australian women protest conscription during Vietnam War [Save Our Sons (SOS)], 1965-1972
Save Our Sons opposed military conscription for Australia’s role in the United States invasion and occupation of Vietnam.
Australians campaign against nuclear power and uranium mining, 1974-1988
Street marches and trade union action typified Australian resistance to the building of nuclear reactors and uranium mining and export.