Interviews

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Lessons from Occupy Wall Street

Listen to an interview with Marisa Holmes about her experiences of the Occupy Wall Street moment in terms of what worked, and what didn’t, as well as lessons to be drawn for the future.

Overcoming Despair and Apathy to Win Democracy

Lessons on movement building from one of the founders of the Serbian student movement that brought down dictator Slobodan Milosevic.

Climate Organizing Shorts Podcast: Conversations with Climate Organizers

Climate Organizing Shorts Podcast – A climate activist’s guide to movement building featuring inspiring conversations with climate organizers.

Story of Now: How to Make a Compelling and Strategic Ask

Listen to Dominique Cantwell and Jacob Xavier speak about the Story of Now and learn more about how to make a compelling and strategic ask.

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Movements, Organising and Transformational Politics in the Digital Age

Explore a collection of resources on movements, organising and transformational politics in the digital age by Tectonica.

AI Technologies, Campaigning and Social Change (Commons Conversations Podcasts)

Commons Conversations Podcast about the role AI can play in supporting campaigners with messaging, outreach & other opportunities.

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Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions – Book Review

Book review of “Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions” which examines how human feelings are influenced by the cultures we live in.

Insights into Indigenous Solidarity, Creativity and Social Justice with Laniyuk & Te Raukura O’Connell Rapira (Commons Conversations Podcast)

A Commons Conversations Podcast featuring an interview with Laniyuk and Te Raukura O’Connell Rapira about Indigenous Solidarity, Creativity and Social Justice.

Commons Conversations: Insights into Environmental Justice Movements in India with Radhika Jhaveri

A Commons Conversations Podcast featuring an interview with Radhika Jhaveri, an environmental justice activist in India.

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Campaigns to End Logging in Australia (Commons Conversations Podcasts)

Listen to two podcasts from the Commons Conversations about campaigns, coalition building and citizen science to end logging in Australia.

Movement Success, Durability and Research with Winnifred Louis (Commons Conversations Podcast)

Professor Winnnifred Louise discusses the principles that can help campaigns to be more effective and durable.

Women and Leadership in the Environmental Movement (Commons Conversations Podcast)

Listen to an inspiring podcast about women & leadership in the Australian environment movement with Judy Lambert & Victoria McKenzie-McHarg.

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Grevillea: Creative Interventions in Western Australia during the 1990s

An interview with a member of the Western Australia-based Grevillea about how the group applied a dynamic and creative perspective to approaching issues such as militarism, pollution and international solidarity during the 1980s and 1990s.

Labor Power and Strategy: How to Read Womack

The 2023 book Labour Power and Strategy, edited by Peter Olney and Glenn Perušek, is centred around a lengthy interview with labour organiser and historian John Womack Jr in which he argues for the importance of ‘strategic workplace organising’

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Lessons from the Transport for All Campaign

The Transport for All campaign, coordinated by DRC Advocacy, is fighting for accessible public transport in Victoria, Australia. An interview with Ally Scott and Greg Ferrington about the campaign.

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Insights from Disability Campaigning from Rochelle Porteous

Interview with Rochelle Porteous, experienced campaigner on a range of issues and the Advocacy Manager at the Council for Intellectual Disability.

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Accessible Pub Crawls and Positive Change: An Interview with Des Ryan

In this interview hear about Des Ryan’s annual accessible pub crawl in the town of Rockhampton in Australia – making positive change.

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Disability Advocates and Campaigners in Australia: Frank Hall-Bentick

An interview with Frank Hall-Bentick. Frank was one of Australia’s most prolific and celebrated disability advocates and campaigners.

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All about Carly Findlay: Writer, Speaker, Disability and Appearance Activist

Learn all about Carly Findlay-writer, speaker, disability and appearance activist in Australia-through her books, articles, podcasts & videos.

Australian Radio Shows by and for People with Disability

A list of Australian radio shows interested in disability rights and social justice including InvincAbility, Only Human & Chronically Chilled.

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