Navigating Turnover in Activist Groups
A Guide developed to provide ideas and strategies for activists groups to implement when dealing with turnover, especially with student led groups.
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Looking for articles, books, case studies, tips about social change and activism? You’ve found the right place – The Commons Social Change Library.
Entablando un activismo accesible (Spanish – Español)
A Guide in Spanish to support activists in making their spaces more accessible, to ensure everyone is welcome & encouraged to join movements.
A Framework for Thinking about Training and Behaviour Change
Randall Smith from PowerLabs shares a framework for thinking about training and behaviour change called KSW or KSAW.
How Workers Defeated Anti-Strike Laws in the 1970s
Read an excerpt from the book, Without Bosses: Radical Trade Unionism in the 1970s, about workers retaining the right to strike.
Door Knocking: A Case Study in Moving People to Take Action
A sample script and tips learnt from having climate conversations whilst door knocking in the lead up to the 2022 Australian election.
It’s All About Power: A Guide to Thinking Differently about Power for Solidarity in Social Change
This guide has resources to help you think about how power is at play and to take action to transform power and build solidarity in social change.
Deep Canvassing Scripts and Examples
Here is a collection of resources about deep canvassing scripts including script examples and ideas, video training and podcasts.
Before Action Reviews (BARs) and After Action Reviews (AARs)
Useful tools to help with planning and reflections in your campaigns – Before Action Reviews (BARs) and After Action Reviews (AARs).
Aboriginal Change Makers: Stories of Aboriginal Self-determination and Empowerment
Stories and event about the role of Aboriginal Change Makers in the fight for equality and a more just society for all of us.
Jail Solidarity and Supporting Prisoners
Guides, stories and studies on ways in which campaigners and protesters have responded to arrest and imprisonment for political activities.
No War Opera House Graffiti Action: An Interview with Dave Burgess
Interview with Dave Burgess who graffitied No War onto the Sydney Opera House to show opposition to the war in Iraq in 2003.
Global Atlas of Environmental Justice: Environmental Conflicts in Australia
Access and learn about environmental conflict case studies in Australia and around the world using the Global Atlas of Environmental Justice.
Welcome to the Progress Capacity Building Hub
Australian Progress’ Capacity Building Hub supports small nonprofits and grassroots movements to survive the pandemic and thrive beyond it. This article provides a guide to the resources gathered in the CBH collection.
Fighting for the Foreshore: The Campaigns to Protect Mounts Bay and Kings Park
Read an account of Perth’s first two major conservation campaigns, the preservation of Kings Park bushland and the survival of Mounts Bay.
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.
Organising Models Mapping Project: Survey Information
This article provides background information on the Organising Models Mapping Project. Please note that the survey is closed.
Defending Unionism: The Weipa Dispute, 1995
Learn how workers in Weipa forced a mining company to accommodate collective bargaining by combining strike action and a port blockade.
Brave Enough to say ‘No’: William White and the Fight against Military Conscription during the Vietnam War
Learn about the teacher, William White, who fought against Military Conscription during the Vietnam War in Australia.
Women Fighting Back in the Depression Years
Read about the role that women played in unemployed movements during the Depression Years in Australia in this book excerpt by Janey Stone.
Where’s the Power? Developing Your Theory of Change [Template]
An introduction to developing your Theory of Change and a template based on the works of Marshall Ganz, Harvard Professor.