ByNicola Paris

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    Crowdfunding for Civil Disobedience

    Crowdfunding to cover the cost of fines for civil disobedience shares the cost among many supporters and reduces financial pressure on organisations or small grassroots groups. Here’s some tips from CounterAct on effective fundraising in this context.

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    Grassroots Guide to Creating Quality Online Content

    Tips from CounterAct for small grassroots groups on creating quality online content, making sure it is reaches the right audience and lands as well as it could.

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    Media Checklist for Actions

    Checklist to help you prepare for media in the lead up to an action, including some considerations for nonviolent direct actions.

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    Camp Walmadan Booklet, James Price Point, Western Australia: A Guide to Country, Community and Culture

    This booklet gives an insight into a successful community campaign to stop a gas refinery at Walmadan/James Price Point in Western Australia.

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    A Beginners Guide to a Blockade Camp

    Practical tips on what to expect, what to pack, and how to participate when attending a direct action blockade camp for the first time.

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    Family Friendly Organising

    Here is a list of crowdsourced ideas on how to make meetings and activism more welcoming and inclusive for parents/carers and their families.

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    Live Tweeting at Rallies and Marches

    Twitter is a very useful way to share your story outside traditional networks. Increasingly Twitter quotes and photos are used to embed in traditional media, and with a small amount of effort you can get your event trending. This will alert politicians and media to your issue.

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    Affinity Groups for Non-Violent Direct Action

    Practical tips on how to form, structure and utilise affinity groups to provide mutual support and organisation during non-violent direct actions.

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    Facilitation at the Frontlines

    This article by Nicola Paris from Counteract includes reflections and tips for ‘extreme sport’ facilitation at blockades and action camps.

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    Tools for More Secure Activism

    CounterAct encourages the progressive and radical movements on the Australian continent to get better at digital privacy and security.

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