George Lakey says it’s time to retire one-off protests in favour of direct action campaigns to maximize the chance of winning victories.
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Spectrum of Allies
Use a spectrum-of-allies analysis to identify the social groups (students, workers) that are affected by your issue, and locate those groups along a spectrum, from active opposition to active allies, so you can focus your efforts on shifting those groups closer to your position.
What is this thing called Activist Legal Support?
What is Activist Legal Support? Melbourne Activist Legal Support outlines the elements of legal support and why it’s crucial for activists.
How to Start a Direct Action Group to Make Martin Luther King Proud
George Lakey shares a ‘recipe’ on what it takes to create a thriving direct action group – wisdom built up over many years from trial and error.
How to Un-do a ‘Done Deal’ with Strategy and Soul
Campaign insights from Daniel Hunter’s book Strategy and Soul about how to fight a battle people think is a ‘done deal’.
4 Lessons for Climate Organizers from the Anti-nuclear Movement
The anti-nuclear movement succeeded because local and national organizers understood how individual campaigns generate momentum for the movement.
Get Real about Privilege: Become an Ally
Making change means that our allies need the confidence to play different roles at different times depending on our respective needs and on the common goal.
Become the Media: IndyMedia and S11
A description of the role of alternative media in the S11 anti-globalisation protests, September 2000.
Carnival at Crown Casino S11 as Party and Protest
An exploration of the fun and pleasurable dimensions of the S11 anti-globalisation protests in Melbourne in 2000.
3 Tools for Advocacy Evaluation
Links to useful resources in the area of advocacy, policy change, and social movement evaluation.
Why Campaigns, Not Protests, Get the Goods
George Lakey says it’s time to retire one-off protests in favour of direct action campaigns to maximize the chance of winning victories.
Spectrum of Allies
Use a spectrum-of-allies analysis to identify the social groups (students, workers) that are affected by your issue, and locate those groups along a spectrum, from active opposition to active allies, so you can focus your efforts on shifting those groups closer to your position.
What is this thing called Activist Legal Support?
What is Activist Legal Support? Melbourne Activist Legal Support outlines the elements of legal support and why it’s crucial for activists.
How to Start a Direct Action Group to Make Martin Luther King Proud
George Lakey shares a ‘recipe’ on what it takes to create a thriving direct action group – wisdom built up over many years from trial and error.
How to Un-do a ‘Done Deal’ with Strategy and Soul
Campaign insights from Daniel Hunter’s book Strategy and Soul about how to fight a battle people think is a ‘done deal’.
4 Lessons for Climate Organizers from the Anti-nuclear Movement
The anti-nuclear movement succeeded because local and national organizers understood how individual campaigns generate momentum for the movement.
Get Real about Privilege: Become an Ally
Making change means that our allies need the confidence to play different roles at different times depending on our respective needs and on the common goal.
Become the Media: IndyMedia and S11
A description of the role of alternative media in the S11 anti-globalisation protests, September 2000.
Carnival at Crown Casino S11 as Party and Protest
An exploration of the fun and pleasurable dimensions of the S11 anti-globalisation protests in Melbourne in 2000.
3 Tools for Advocacy Evaluation
Links to useful resources in the area of advocacy, policy change, and social movement evaluation.