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Australians block cricket and impede rugby tour of apartheid South Africa, 1971
Anti-apartheid protesters impeded the South African Springboks rugby tour, and stopped the cricket tour, to protest racial inequality.
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Anti-apartheid protesters impeded the South African Springboks rugby tour, and stopped the cricket tour, to protest racial inequality.
The words we use matter! The Passing the Message Stick report gathers research and recommendations about the messages that work to promote First Nations justice. Read an excerpt, watch the briefing session, and download the full report.
A timeline of events related to the Australian campaign for marriage equality along with reflection and analysis related to Australian, Irish and US campaigns.
This article introduces some of the key concepts of transformative justice and provides links to a wide array of resources. Transformative justice describes a systems approach to identifying root causes of conflict and responding to these as a community.
An accessible guide to story based strategy in movement building by the Center for Story Based Strategy.
A video series from the Social Change Lab, University of Queensland explores how to use learnings from psychology to create social change.
Ideas for next steps after the Women’s March 4 Justice – including action, skills development, videos, books and podcasts.
ChangeMakers Organising School – Training (videos and slides) to connect and deepen knowledge to organise for social change.
Want to know how to run a large scale volunteer led phonebank? Learn from the Sunrise Movement and how they managed their teams.
An update of Gene Sharp’s 198 methods of nonviolent action, detailing inspiring and powerful civil resistance tactics.
Learn how to organize your first protest – Resources from the Article 20 Network including a recorded discussion with experience organizers.
Access videos and presentations from the first Australian convention for independent, community-minded candidates.
A practical handbook and model for activists to be more effective when facing injustice and powerful, dangerous opponents.
A webinar series from Australian Progress exploring insights from Australia and around the world on how to best organise and lead digital campaigns. Includes election case studies from the US, Northern Territory (Australia) and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Transformational Change Leadership – A roadmap for leadership in collective, community-led & collaborative action.
An introduction to the concept of framing, drawing on George Lakoff’s book Don’t Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate.
ChangeMakers Organising School – Training (videos and slides) to connect and deepen knowledge to organise for social change.
ChangeMakers Organising School – Training (videos and slides) to connect and deepen knowledge to organise for social change.
A timeline and video of blockades against logging, development, mining in Australia and around the world from the seventies to the nineties.
This comprehensive digital security guide is designed for beginners with the aim of increasing security across the activist community.