Writing for The Commons Social Change Library
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Greenpeace and Sea Shepherds force Japanese seafood company Nissui to sell stakes in whale hunting ships 2005-2006
Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd initiated a consumer boycott against Sealord Tuna to end whaling by its parent company, Nissui.
Australian Aboriginal workers strike for fair wages and equality, 1946-1949
Indigenous pastoral workers in the Kimberley region of Western Australia struck for equal wages and full civil rights in the late 1940s.
Indigenous Gurindji win Land Rights in Australia (Wave Hill Walk Off) 1966-1975
The Gurindji of Wave Hill Station (Northern Territory) protested by a walkout against low wages, leading to the land rights movement.
Greenpeace pushes for global ban on CFCs 1986 – 1995
Greenpeace International agitated for a ban on chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) to protect the global ozone layer from ultraviolet radiation. This case study describes the campaign.
Greenpeace pressures Coca-Cola to phase out HFC refrigeration for Olympic Games in Australia 2000-2004
Greenpeace International agitated for Coca Cola to desist from HFC refrigerants prior to the Sydney Summer Olympics in 2000.
Torres Strait soldiers stage stay at home strikes, 1943
Torres Strait Islander soldiers strike to end discrimination in the army during World War Two.
Torres Strait Islanders hold maritime strike against pearling industry, 1936
Torres Strait Islanders refused work in the Native Affairs pearling fleet due to racial discrimination and held a maritime strike in 1936.
Vietnam Moratorium Campaign: Australian citizens force end to participation in Vietnam War
Australian civil society groups resisted military participation in the war in Vietnam through organised and nonviolent action, from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.
University of Sydney students uncover and protest discrimination of Aboriginal people in New South Wales, 1965
Torres Strait Islander soldiers strike to end discrimination in the army during World War Two.
S11: Australians Blockade World Economic Forum
The S11 Alliance protested againsts the World Economic Forum in Melbourne in September 2000. Their blockades were met by police violence.
Marshall Ganz Quotes and Wisdom about Leadership, Hope, Organizing and Narrative
Inspiring quotes from Marshall Ganz, an expert in leadership, organizing and narrative/story. He is a lecturer at Harvard University.
Movement as Network: Connecting People and Organizations in the Environmental Movement
The environmental movement requires new organizational structures and strategies to succeed in this next phase of its evolution.
Noonkanbah 1979: When Unionists Stood up for Aboriginal Rights
The Noonkanbah dispute was an important chapter in both the struggle for Australian Aboriginal rights and union solidarity in the 1970s-80s.
Campaigning for Social Change: Beyond just Protesting for it!
Daniel Hunter outlines the key elements of campaigns: a strategic time-tested model for effective social change work.
What does it take to build people power?
People power – Learn about the the five different, dynamic strategies that can create powerful change when mixed together.
Blockades that changed Australia
Blockades that changed Australia including Jabiluka, the Bentley blockade, S11, Nookanbah and the Knitting Nannas.
The Australian Movement against Uranium Mining: Its Rationale and Evolution
Historical overview of the Australian movement against uranium mining, focussed on two major campaigns: Roxby and Jabiluka.
The WA Forest Conflict: The Construction of the Political Effectiveness of Advocacy Organisations
Tactics and strategy of nonprofit organisations involved in advocacy regarding forestry in the 1990s-2000s in Western Australia.
Behind the scenes of Sunrise’s volunteer-led phone bank program
Want to know how to run a large scale volunteer led phonebank? Learn from the Sunrise Movement and how they managed their teams.