An interview about the pieing of far-right campaigner Mary Whitehouse by Australian creative activists in 1978.
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Lessons from Occupy Wall Street
Listen to an interview with Marisa Holmes about her experiences of the Occupy Wall Street moment in terms of what worked, and what didn’t, as well as lessons to be drawn for the future.
Sharing Research and Reports via the Commons Library
How the Commons Social Change Library can help academics and researchers share their work more effectively with campaigners and improve impact.
Rebels In The Workforce: Women Worker’s Resistance in the Nineteenth Century
Read a book excerpt from United We Stand: Class Struggle in Colonial Australia which discusses women’s resistance to workplace exploitation.
Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions – Book Review
Book review of “Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions” which examines how human feelings are influenced by the cultures we live in.
Cosmo-local Work: Using Commons Based Practices for Equitable and Sustainable Living
Excerpts from the Cocmo-local work handbook discuss key concepts regarding a form of Commoning and includes a case study about a project.
Jean Young, Kath Williams and the Fight for Equal Pay
Read an excerpt from the book Knocking The Top Off: A People’s History of Alcohol in Australia about the fight for equal pay.
Grevillea: Creative Interventions in Western Australia during the 1990s
An interview with a member of the Western Australia-based Grevillea about how the group applied a dynamic and creative perspective to approaching issues such as militarism, pollution and international solidarity during the 1980s and 1990s.
Food Activists and Street Kitchens: Cooking Revolutions in the Popular Pot
Virginia Tognola chronicles how practical solidarity in the form of street kitchens and the “popular pot” has not only enabled migrants and others in Argentina to survive but also raise issues and campaign against sub-standard living conditions.
Groundswell Gloucester: Fighting and Winning against Fracking
Insights into how a grass roots community campaign based in Gloucester Valley, NSW scored a major victory against the Coal Seam Gas industry.
Menstrual Pies! Creative Activism Against Far-Right Bigotry During the 1970s
An interview about the pieing of far-right campaigner Mary Whitehouse by Australian creative activists in 1978.
Lessons from Occupy Wall Street
Listen to an interview with Marisa Holmes about her experiences of the Occupy Wall Street moment in terms of what worked, and what didn’t, as well as lessons to be drawn for the future.
Sharing Research and Reports via the Commons Library
How the Commons Social Change Library can help academics and researchers share their work more effectively with campaigners and improve impact.
Rebels In The Workforce: Women Worker’s Resistance in the Nineteenth Century
Read a book excerpt from United We Stand: Class Struggle in Colonial Australia which discusses women’s resistance to workplace exploitation.
Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions – Book Review
Book review of “Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions” which examines how human feelings are influenced by the cultures we live in.
Cosmo-local Work: Using Commons Based Practices for Equitable and Sustainable Living
Excerpts from the Cocmo-local work handbook discuss key concepts regarding a form of Commoning and includes a case study about a project.
Jean Young, Kath Williams and the Fight for Equal Pay
Read an excerpt from the book Knocking The Top Off: A People’s History of Alcohol in Australia about the fight for equal pay.
Grevillea: Creative Interventions in Western Australia during the 1990s
An interview with a member of the Western Australia-based Grevillea about how the group applied a dynamic and creative perspective to approaching issues such as militarism, pollution and international solidarity during the 1980s and 1990s.
Food Activists and Street Kitchens: Cooking Revolutions in the Popular Pot
Virginia Tognola chronicles how practical solidarity in the form of street kitchens and the “popular pot” has not only enabled migrants and others in Argentina to survive but also raise issues and campaign against sub-standard living conditions.
Groundswell Gloucester: Fighting and Winning against Fracking
Insights into how a grass roots community campaign based in Gloucester Valley, NSW scored a major victory against the Coal Seam Gas industry.