Pillars Of Support – The Upside Down Triangle
Learn about movements, power and the Pillars of Support also known as the Upside-Down Triangle from Daniel Hunter.
Learn about movements, power and the Pillars of Support also known as the Upside-Down Triangle from Daniel Hunter.
Excerpts from the Cocmo-local work handbook discuss key concepts regarding a form of Commoning and includes a case study about a project which openly shares information and produces technological solutions for small scale, organic agriculture.
A Commons Conversations Podcast featuring an interview with Radhika Jhaveri, an environmental justice activist in India.
Listen to two podcasts from the Commons Conversations about campaigns, coalition building and citizen science to end logging in Australia.
A collection of campaigns that changed Tasmania e.g. Franklin River, gay law reform, forest blockading, No Gas Across the Bass.
Introduction South Australia is the only Australian colony that was not settled as a penal colony by the British. It was established as a ‘free settlement’ in 1836. Commentators have pointed to this difference as a factor in South Australia’s political culture. Of course, it’s important to note that the settlement of South Australia was […]
A collection of campaigns that changed the Northern Territory. e.g. Wave Hill Walk Off, Jabiluka, Pine Gap & Anti-Fracking.
Introduction Western Australia is Australia’s largest state and Boorloo Perth is one of the world’s most isolated major cities. The WA activist community is collaborative and innovative, perhaps in part due to population size and the distance from other cities. This overview provides snapshots of some of the campaigns that had an impact, both historically […]
A campaign case study and book review of a rapid-fire campaign journey to establish a drug injecting centre in inner-city Melbourne.
This story illustrates 350.org Australia’s strategic decision-making process as they took on the largest coal export facility project in the world.
Examples – from 350.org and beyond – about ways people handled campaign losses in healthy, soul-giving, and strategic ways.
Reaching across difference using authentic relational conversations and organising to build a pro-democracy movement in the United States.
Activism and Campaign history – A range of resources about the history of First Nations, social and labour movements in Australia and beyond.
A guide to First Nations campaigning and activist resources in the Commons Social Change Library including stories and perspectives.
Research from the UK on the effectiveness of disruptive animal rights protests and media reporting on UK public attitudes towards animals.
Timeline case study of direct action to voter registration follows the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee SNCC (US) from 1960 – 1962.
These lessons from 350.org share four different organising responses from different countries to climate impacts.
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.
Insights into how a grass roots community campaign based in Gloucester Valley, NSW scored a major victory against the Coal Seam Gas industry.
A timeline of the Green Bans implemented by NSW Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) in the early 1970s.