The environmental movement requires new organizational structures and strategies to succeed in this next phase of its evolution. This paper presents a model called “Movement as Network.” This model may have relevance to other social movements and networks, but the focus of this paper is using it to think about new ways of restructuring the environmental movement so it can be more powerful and more effective.
The Noonkanbah dispute was an important chapter in both the struggle for Australian Aboriginal rights and union solidarity in the 1970s-80s.
Daniel Hunter outlines the key elements of campaigns: a strategic time-tested model for effective social change work.
A list of articles and ideas from the Commons Librarians about resources to explore in archiving your work in social change.
Suggestions from the Commons Librarians about resources to explore in the Arts & Creativity topic area – to help you bring more art and heart to your social change activities.
People power – Learn about the the five different, dynamic strategies that can create powerful change when mixed together.
Learn about 8 blockades that changed Australia including Jabiluka, the Bentley blockade and the Knitting Nannas.
Historical overview of the Australian movement against uranium mining, focussed on two major campaigns: Roxby and Jabiluka.
Tactics and strategy of nonprofit organisations involved in advocacy regarding forestry in the 1990s-2000s in Western Australia.
Want to know how to run a large scale volunteer led phonebank? Learn from the Sunrise Movement and how they managed their teams.
Are you looking for a dictionary, glossary and terminology related to civil resistance, activism and organising? Here is a list of resources.
Resources about resisting repression, defending civil liberties, promoting alternatives to repression and fostering nonviolent methods of social defence and social change.
A practical handbook and model for activists to be more effective when facing injustice and powerful, dangerous opponents.
From frontline battles to large national mobilizations, tar sands resistance developed new tactics and organizing strategies for the larger climate struggles ahead. This article was originally published on Waging Nonviolence. Keystone XL pipeline permit rescinded When President Biden rescinded a crucial permit for the Keystone XL pipeline last week (20 January 2021), it marked the culmination […]
Change the world with boycotts, workplace action and memes, political campaigns, disaster relief, civil disobedience and more.
Change the world with boycotts, workplace action and memes, political campaigns, disaster relief, civil disobedience and more.
Instead of a centralised place for all things digital, here’s a model for integrating digital skillsets back into every department of an organisation.
How do organisers and campaigners keep working for social justice when the environment they’re in becomes high risk?
A network of allies and a checklist can protect victims of political persecution and build movement power.
Ideas about how organisations and grassroots collectives can campaign in 2021 – it’s not a ‘normal’ year.Here are 5 principles to guide you.