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2023
2023 – Oct
2023 – Sept
- Climate Justice: What does it mean?
- How Collective Action Communication Frames are used to Drive Action on Climate Justice
- How Healthy Campaigns Respond in the Face of Bad News
- Activist Digital Security Practices
- Supporting Grassroots Justice-oriented Activists Around the World: A Year’s Worth of Learnings
- Un Fil Entre Nos Bulles Guide mégalodeste pour l’organisation d’Espaces transnationaux en ligne (Français) [A Guide for organizing transnational online meetings in French]
- Writing a Solidarity Statement: Considerations and Process Questions
- Movement Monitor: Methodology Overview
- Organising Civil Disobedience for Newcomers
2023 – Aug
- Grevillea: Creative Interventions in Western Australia during the 1990s
- The Effect of Protests and Media Reporting on Public Opinion Impacts: A Case Study
- Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky
- Passing the Message Stick: Messages that Build Support for Change on First Nations Justice
- Quotes about Power and Social Change
- Nonviolence Training: A Brief History
- How to Recruit more People: Lessons from Rukiya in 350 Kenya
- Organizing against the Far Right
- How France Fought to Keep it in the Ground: Lessons from 350 Campaigns
- Pathways to Repair: Guides to Navigate Healing, Trust building and Human Messiness
- Belonging Design Principles: Guide for Building Belonging
- A Community Guide for Opposing Hate
- The Authoritarian Playbook: How Reporters can Contextualize and Cover Authoritarian Threats as Distinct from Politics-as-Usual
- Direct Action to Voter Registration: Case Study
- Golden Dawn: Lessons From Greece in Tackling Extremism
- Journey of Inclusion: Interactive Tool for Organisations
- Gamestorming: A Set of Innovative Co-creation Tools
- Hold the Line: A Guide to Defending Democracy
- How to Create a Successful Digital Campaign: Digital Activism Toolkit
- Climate Justice needs an Intersectional Approach: Toolkit
- Games for Nature: Environmental Education through the Eyes of Young People
- Climate Impacts: 350 Organising Lessons from Australia, US, Pacific Islands, and UK
- How to Influence a Political “Frenemy”: Lessons from 350 Canada’s Climate Welcome
- Movement Support Teams: Examples of Volunteers Supporting Each Other in the Movement
2023 – July
- How to Influence a Political “Frenemy”: Lessons from 350 Canada’s Climate Welcome
- Food activists and Street Kitchens: Cooking Revolutions in the Popular Pot
- Reporting In Contentious Times: Insights for Journalists to Avoid Fanning the Flames A Memo
- Building a Resiliency Network: A Toolkit for Building Community Resilience during a Contentious Election Cycle
- Social Identity and Group Norms
- Groundswell Gloucester: Fighting and Winning against Fracking
- Power and Agency: Lessons from Ten years of Climate Campaigning
- Community Organizing in France: A Collection of Resources from Organisez-Vous | Organisation collective en France : Recueil de ressources de l’association Organisez-Vous (French – Français)
- Writing a Letter to an MP
- Writing a Letter to the Editor
- Warm Cookies of the Revolution: Creative Approaches to Civic Health
- Lessons from the Transport for All Campaign
- Insights from Disability Campaigning from Rochelle Porteous
- Easy Read Guides for Social Change
- Decoding Injustice: Shedding new light on how economic policies harm people’s human rights
2023 – June
- Green Bans Timeline: 1971-1974
- What Campaigners Should Be Considering About Artificial Intelligence AI
- Approaches to Organising: The Ganz Model
- Approaches to Organising: Decentralised, Directed Network and Strike Circles Models
- How Democratic States Can Effectively Support Pro-Democracy Movements
- The Role of External Support in Nonviolent Campaigns: Poisoned Chalice or Holy Grail?
- How to Win Well: Civil Resistance Breakthroughs and the Path to Democracy
- Added to Framing Issues for Social Justice Impact: Directory of Messaging Guides
- Transit Messaging Research Results and Recommendations for Mobilizing and Moving Communities
- Drug Stigma Message Guide
- From the Indictment to the Courts: Freedom Over Fascism Toolkit
- Lobbying Playbook: How to Guides, Stories and Examples
- Creating Bold Safe Actions Despite Repression: Lessons from Brazil
- Accessible Pub Crawls and Positive Change: An Interview with Des Ryan
- Making Advocacy Accessible Webinar
- Nonviolent Campaigning, Organising and Wellbeing Resources | Şiddetsiz Kampanya, Örgütlenme ve Esenlik Kaynakları (Turkish – Türkçe)
- New collection – Leaderful Organizing
- Why a Coaching Approach is Better than Command and Control
- Efficacy is Essential for Taking Action
- Disability Advocates and Campaigners in Australia: Frank Hall-Bentick
2023 – May
- Environmental Movements and Activism around the World: Book and Videos
- Radicals: Outsiders Changing the World – Book Review
- Organising Stories and Lessons from the 350 Organising Story Telling Lab
- All about Carly Findlay: Writer, Speaker, Disability and Appearance Activist
- Citizens’ Jury Case Study: NDIS Citizens’ Jury Scorecard Project
- What We can Learn from Star Wars’ Andor: The Role of Sacrifice in Revolutionary Organising
- Belonging: A Facilitator and Practice Guide
- What is Inclusive Research?
- How to do Inclusive Research?
- Talking about Race: Racial Equity Resources
- Overcome Toxic Polarisation: A Political Courage Challenge
- The Trifecta of Civil Resistance: Unity, Planning, Discipline
- Every Worker in Australia: A Race Class Narrative
- All about El Gibbs: Disability Advocate
2023 – April
- People With Disability Australia PWDA Language Guide
- The History of Campaigns in Australia by People With Disability
- People With Disability Australian Protest Timeline
- Australian Radio Shows by and for People with Disability
- TED talks on Disability Rights, Perceptions, Accessibility and Inclusion
- High Trees Community Organising Self Assessment Toolkit
- What Star Wars’ Andor can teach us about revolutionary leadership development
- Disability Visibility: Stories and Podcasts
- All about Judith Heumann: Disability Rights Activist
- The First Peoples Disability Network: Yarning Disability Podcast
- Disability Advocacy Online Courses
- Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
- Moving at the Speed of Trust: Disability Justice and Transformative Justice
- New Podcast Episodes from the Craft of Campaigns Podcast including
S1 E8: Daniel Hunter on never using the same tactic twice, undoing a “done deal” in Philadelphia
S1 E9: Justin J. Pearson on campaigning to stop a pipeline headed for a Black neighborhood in Memphis
S1 E10: Katey Lauer on how to grieve when our campaigns get stuck & weathering transitions with grace
S1 E11: Heather Cronk on disrupting the movement ecosystem to jumpstart a campaign to win federal LGBTQ protections
S1 E12: Hannah Sassaman on making Comcast pay, ensuring your victories stick & planning the next campaign before your current one ends
S1 E13: Danielle Purifoy & AJ Williams on winning alternatives to policing in Durham NC
2023 – March
- Revolution Is For Us: Gay Liberation, Unions and the Left in the 1970s
- Trans Day of Visibility: Allyship and Actions
- Understanding and Responding to Repression: Lessons from Peace Brigades International
- Leave it in the Ground: Union Bans and Uranium Exports in the 1970s
- There’s No Place for Burnout in a Burning World
- We Need a Climate Movement that Addresses the Trauma of Fighting for a Burning Planet
- Auckland Transport Decarbonisation Campaign (2020 – 2022)
- How to Beat the ‘Fracking Frenzy: Lessons from the Campaign that ended Fracking in Ireland
- 12 Habits of Successful Changemakers
- Protest Movements: How Effective are they?
- The Anti-Trans Movement
- Easy Read resources about advocacy and campaigning
- Easy Read resources about particular campaigns and social issues
- Digital Campaigning and Online Organising Courses with Social Movement Technologies
- Digital Organising Tools to Reach and Recruit Supporters
- Measuring People Power in the Digital Age
- TikTok for Organizing: How Groups are Using TikTok in Campaigns
- Insights from Disability Campaigning from El Gibbs and Elly Desmarchelier
- Social Change & Board Games: What’s in a game?
- Commons Conversation Podcast with Sarah Schulman: Lessons from Campaigning for AIDs Activism
- Innovative Tech for Social Justice Causes: Resources from Democracy Labs
- The Social Change Grid: A Framework for Understanding Social Change
- Social Change Agency Podcast – New Podcast Episode – 029. We’re in this together – Reflecting on movement trends in 2023
2023 – February
- Build Stronger Communities with the Community Canvas
- Stick Together Podcast: Union news, Workers’ Stories and Social Justice Issues
- Learning in Movements: Bridging the Scholar-Activist Divide
- Accessibility: Introduction to thinking about Events and Engagement
- Online Tactics: Digital / Social Storms
- Creating Change with Letter Deliveries
- The Peace Preacher as Anti-War Organiser in Regional Australia
- Films and Documentaries about Social Movement Struggles, Victories and Leaders – New films added include Mabo and Devil’s Dust
2023 – January
- Commons Conversations Podcast: Insights into Activism
- What is the difference between Advocacy and Activism?
- Glossaries for Campaign Strategy, Community Organising and Solidarity and Justice
- Prefigurative Politics in Practice
- Radical Human Resources Policies, Guides and Templates
- Questioning for Learning, Co-creation and Liberation
- Community Organising Program: Case Studies, Successes and Lessons Learned
- The Power of Organizing: Stories of Community Organizing Campaigns from across Europe
- Digital First Aid Kit
- An Unsettling Decision: A Legal and Social History of Native Title and the Mabo Decision
- Manejando la Renovación de Membresia en Grupos Activistas (Spanish)
- Changing the Conversation on Asylum: A Messaging Guide added to Framing Issues for Social Justice Impact: Directory of Messaging Guides
2022
2022 – December
- Storytelling for Deep Impact Course
- ‘This case has made legal history’: Young Australians just won a human rights case against an enormous coal mine
- Team Effectiveness Conditions Framework
- Systems Thinking and Campaigning: An Interview with Nicky Ison
- From Little Things Big Things Grow: Events That Changed Australia – New dates and events added
- Four new podcasts from the Social Change Agency including:
- 025 The latest in participatory grantmaking and Shift The Power with Hannah Paterson
- 026 Leveraging pop culture for social change with Alice Sachrajda and Marzena Zukowska
- 027 Innovating funding with Chris Manion from the British Science Association
- 028 What makes an effective protest movement with James Ozden from Social Change Lab
2022 – November
- Data for Social Good: Non-Profit Sector Data Projects
- How to Report on Conferences and Other Events
- The Craft of Campaigns: A Podcast for Organisers
- People’s History of Australia – updated with 5 new podcasts
- Constitutions: How To Build Durable Groups
- Subvertising: Sharing a Different set of Messages
- TED talk: The Secret Structure of Great Talks by Nancy Duarte
- Four Stages of Climate Action Framework
- Organising Model Structures: Influences, Challenges and Opportunities
- Support and Leadership in Organising Models
- People Within Organising Models
- The Shape of Organising Models
- Making your Activism Accessible
- Mining Resistance in Brazil
- Mining Resistance in India
- Activism and Pre-Suasion
- Street Medic Pro-Tips: Medical and First Aid Support at Protests and Direct Actions
2022 – October
- Against Fascism and War: Pig Iron Bob and the Dalfram Dispute, Port Kembla 1938
- Why North-South Intersectionality Matters in Climate Justice: Perspectives of South Asian Australian Youth Climate Activists
- Frontline Action on Coal FLAC: Ten Years on the Climate Frontline
- Writing and Using Campaign Case Studies Webinar
- The Art and Craft of Training Workshop Design
- The Creativity and Skill of Co-facilitation
- The Learning Zone Model
- The Spiral Model: A Learning Framework
- Tips for Designing Infographics
- Draftmen Go Free: A History of the Anti-Conscription Movement in Australia
- Defying Censorship: The New Theatre and Till The Day I Die
- Campaign Communications Course
- Australian Campaign Case Study: Divestment Campaign 2013 – 2021
- Australian Campaign Case Study: Stop Adani, 2012 – 2022
2022 – September
- Tips for Conducting Interviews about Sensitive Topics
- Campaign Strategy: Start Here
- Power and Power Mapping: Start Here
- Power Mapping to Design a Winning Campaign Strategy
- Pillars of Power Analysis: Identify the Institutions
- Legal Guides for Activists about Protests
- Films and Documentaries about Social Movement Struggles, Victories and Leaders (updated list)
- How to Organise a Protest March
- Franklin River campaign (includes information about the new Franklin movie)
- How to Conduct Interviews: Tips and Checklist
2022 – August
- Sponsorships: Acquiring Money for an Event or Organization
- Government Relations and Winning Reform – Australian Progress Webinars
- The Power Cube
- The Power Matrix
- Understanding Forms of Power
- New Collection – Campaign Bootcamp
- How to Change the Narrative
- A Framework for Thinking about Training and Behaviour Change
- Windows and Cycles: How Policy gets Made
- Changing The World: Vida Goldstein and the Women’s Political Association
- The Noble Art of Book Reviewing
- Activism and Campaign History: Start Here
- It’s all about Power:A Guide to Thinking Differently about Power for Solidarity in Social Change
- Why coalition building isn’t about the coalition: Listening, leading, and making change happen
- What makes a brilliant advocacy strategy?
- How to build public support with personal stories
- 5 lessons for success from real-world #BrandJam campaigns
2022 – July
- Before Action Reviews (BARs) and After Action Reviews (AARs)
- Deep Canvassing Scripts and Examples
- Door Knocking: A Case Study in Moving People to Take Action
- How Workers Defeated Anti-Strike Laws in the 1970
- Aboriginal Change Makers: Stories of Aboriginal Self-determination and Empowerment
- No War Opera House Graffiti Action: An Interview with Dave Burgess
- Jail Solidarity and Supporting Prisoners
- Global Atlas of Environmental Justice: Environmental Conflicts in Australia
- What we can learn from the Marriage Equality Campaign
- Organising Models Mapping Project: Survey Open!
- What Works to Increase Charitable Donations?
- Measuring your Impact
- Where’s the Power? Developing Your Theory of Change [Template]
- New Interventions Collection
- Brave Enough to say ‘No’: William White and the Fight against Military Conscription during the Vietnam War
- Fighting for the Foreshore: The Campaigns to Protect Mounts Bay and Kings Park
- Defending Unionism: The Weipa Dispute, 1995
- Women Fighting Back in the Depression Years
- The 1931 Perth Treasury Building Riot: Unemployed workers during the Great Depression
2022 – June
- Make the First 100 Days Count: Steps for Holding the New Government Accountable
- 2022 Australian Federal Election Analysis
- New Powerlabs collection
- Learning from Peers and the Past: Writing Case Studies
- How Emotions Mobilise and Sustain the Anti-Coal Seam Gas Movement
- A Better World is Paintable: How to make banners, stencils, street murals, parachute banners, and more!
- Conducting Interviews for Articles, Research & More
- Developing Data Capability in Your Not-for-Profit
- Tips for meeting MPs (or asking your members to)
- Eleven websites about the Australian Federal Government and MPs
- Reflections on Sunrise Movement’s Strike Circle Program: Learn How We Created Hundreds of Local Teams
- ‘Always look up’: Connecting Community for a Win against Gas
2022 – May
- Running Effective Campaign Debriefs
- Tips for Election Recovery
- Campaign Wellbeing Bingo
- Points of Intervention
- Australian Actions at Different Points of Intervention
- How Powerful Conversations Won Abortion Rights in Ireland
2022 – April
- Understanding Politics, Government, Elections and Activism Through Books for Australian Children
- Points of Intervention
- Australian Actions at Different Points of Intervention
- The 1972 Sydney Opera House Work-In
- Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1986
2022 – March
- Supporting Transgender and Gender Diverse People in the Workplace
- “You can’t eat money”: An interview with Extinction Rebellion activist Jo Flanagan
- Volunteer with the Commons Library!
- When to Talk and When to Fight: The Strategic Choice Between Dialogue & Resistance
- Films about Women and Social Justice and Change
- The Vietnam War
- Elections and Activism: Concepts and Tensions
- Elections and Activism: Campaign Skills
- Elections and Activism: Case Studies
- From little things big things grow: Events that changed Australia
- Consciousness Raising
- Understanding Politics, Government, Elections and Activism Through Books for Australian Children
- Lessons from the Campaign to Stop Independent Assessments Webinar
- Lines of Resistance: What can the Old Left offer today’s creatives?
- Australians block cricket and impede rugby tour of apartheid South Africa, 1971
- First Nations Resources: Start Here
2022 – February
- A guide to Power Analysis in Community Organising
- The Use of Covid-19 Marshals at Public Demonstrations
- Women’s Stories of Environmental Activism
- Tending the Soil: Lessons for Organizing by Ricardo Levins Morales
- Campaign Monitoring and Evaluation: Measuring What Matters
- Fast and First: Shifting Narratives through Rapid Response Media Campaigning
- How to Write a Powerful Submission to Government – in as little as 10 minutes!
2022 – January
- A beginner’s guide to a blockade camp by Nicola Paris, Counteract
- Digital Accessibility: Making Online Spaces Accessible
- Leading Change Network – Resource Center
- Resources About Australian Housing Justice and Unwaged Rights Campaigns
- bell hooks – Ideas for Social Justice
- Dealing with Far-Right Interventions in Left-Wing and Progressive Movements
- From Little Things Big Things Grow: Events That Changed Australia
- Commons Library Topic – Arts and Creativity
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