Introduction ‘Radicals: Outsiders Changing the World’ by Jamie Bartlett takes readers on an engaging journey back to the tumultuous world of 2016, a seemingly distant era pre-Covid, Trump and Brexit. This thought-provoking book delves into various ‘radical’ movements, with Bartlett immersing himself within these groups as they traverse the globe, disseminating their message and orchestrating […]
Introduction This series of videos introduces the 38 chapters of the Routledge Handbook of Environmental Movements edited by Maria Grasso and Marco Giugni. The book was published in 2022, and provides an overview of the current state of the art and future development of environmental movements and activism around the world. It is divided into […]
The Activist Handbook is a ‘wikipedia’ style website that provides guides and resources for people to become effective activists.
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Histories and case studies from Australia of the fight for independence, inclusion, equality, access and services for people with disability.
Guide élaboré pour fournir aux groupes militants des idées et des stratégies pour faire face au roulement des membres, en particulier dans le cas des groupes dirigés par des étudiants.
Introduction This episode features an interview by Commons Librarian Holly Hammond with novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and historian Sarah Schulman. They discuss the nature of effective coalitions, the challenges of accurately documenting social movements, and lessons from campaigns led by the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) during the 1980s and 1990s. A participant in […]
Resources for women’s activism and cis-tem change for IWD and beyond. Are you ready to take your next step for gender justice and liberation?
Commons Conversations Podcast – Interviews with campaigners about insights into activism, learning in movements, radical history and more.
Find out the difference between advocacy and activism in this book chapter published in 2022 by Jane Johnston and Robyn Gulliver.
Guía elaborada para proporcionar ideas y estrategias a los grupos de activistas a la hora de hacer frente a la rotación de miembros, especialmente en el caso de los grupos dirigidos por estudiantes
This guide was developed to support activists in making their spaces, events, meetings and communications more accessible, in order to ensure that everyone is welcome and encouraged to join a movement for justice in whatever way they can!
A course for grassroot groups to understand the basics of public communications for building a convincing, winning campaign.
A Guide developed to provide ideas and strategies for activists groups to implement when dealing with turnover, especially with student led groups.
How do you measure the impact of activism and advocacy work? Here are some ideas, resources and organisational examples to get you started.
Lessons learned from the anti gas campaign in Victoria, Australia from Cam Walker, Campaign Coordinator at Friends of the Earth.
Learn about and understand the ups and downs of social movements from Bill Moyer’s Movement Action Plan and the Four Roles of Activism.
Watch this webinar to learn some of the essential takeaways to improve your organizing with insights from social science.
Watch this webinar to learn the basics of social movement theory and how those insights can be applied to building durable political power.
A collection of resources by The Commons Social Change Library to help you learn all about activism, organising and campaigning.