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Yellow triangle with words that read - vote for the franklin. The triangle is on top of an image of Rock Island Bend, a rock formation in the Franklin River. Steep rock cliffs with forest frame the river flowing towards a large rock outcrop that the river flows around.

Franklin River Campaign

Learn all about the successful Franklin River Campaign that took place in Tasmania in the 1980s. Includes videos & school resources.

Global Atlas of Environmental Justice: Environmental Conflicts in Australia

Access and learn about environmental conflict case studies in Australia and around the world using the Global Atlas of Environmental Justice.

Strikers walking along a rocky beach next to the water holding signs. One reads Equal rights for all workers.

Defending Unionism: The Weipa Dispute, 1995

Introduction During the 1980s and 1990s a series of campaigns saw workers fight back against attacks on their wages and conditions, jobs, unions and rights in Australia. Occurring in the context of the 1983-1996 ALP-ACTU Accord, a number of companies increased their union busting efforts. Disputes in the then highly unionised mining industry were common. […]

Blockaders sitting on the road with Aboriginal Australian flags and a large banner at the back that reads - Ngiyaningu Maran Yaliwunga Ngara-Li - Our ancestors are always watching.

What Will It Take for the Climate Movement to Win?

Nick Beuret discusses the strategies required to solve the climate crisis… he argues for a focus on movement building and direct action.

two illustrated women. One holding sign up with one hand and the other is holding a loudspeaker. They are dressed in colourful clothes.

Women’s Stories of Environmental Activism: Susan

Interviews with women taking action at Camp Binbee against the Carmicheal coal mine development in Queensland, Australia in 2017.

two illustrated women. One holding sign up with one hand and the other is holding a loudspeaker. They are dressed in colourful clothes.

Women’s Stories of Environmental Activism: Olivia

Interviews with women taking action at Camp Binbee against the Carmicheal coal mine development in Queensland, Australia in 2017.

two illustrated women. One holding sign up with one hand and the other is holding a loudspeaker. They are dressed in colourful clothes.

Women’s Stories of Environmental Activism: Nora

Interviews with women taking action at Camp Binbee against the Carmicheal coal mine development in Queensland, Australia in 2017.

two illustrated women. One holding sign up with one hand and the other is holding a loudspeaker. They are dressed in colourful clothes.

Women’s Stories of Environmental Activism: Lisa

Interviews with women taking action at Camp Binbee against the Carmicheal coal mine development in Queensland, Australia in 2017.

two illustrated women. One holding sign up with one hand and the other is holding a loudspeaker. They are dressed in colourful clothes.

Women’s Stories of Environmental Activism: Jenny

Interviews with women taking action at Camp Binbee against the Carmicheal coal mine development in Queensland, Australia in 2017.

Tasmanian Wilderness Society blocks dam construction (Franklin River Campaign) 1981-83

Tasmanian Wilderness Society activists blockaded the Tasmanian Franklin below Gordon Dam site, proposed by the Hydro Electric Commission.

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Australian Rainforest Action Groups boycott Malaysian rainforest timber, 1988-1994

Australian Rainforest Action Groups blockaded ships bringing rainforest timbers logged in Sarawak, Malaysia.

protestors with a banner that says Thanks but no tanks

Thanks But No Tanks: Learnings from Disrupt Land Forces [Brisbane: 2021]

Actions and learnings from Australia’s Disrupt Land Forces Campaign at the Brisbane’s 2021 Land Forces weapons expo.

Protest poster - Aboriginal Australians in protest holding a sign that says No mining on sacred land. The wording on the poster says We, The People of Noonkanbah call for support.

Noonkanbah 1979: When Unionists Stood up for Aboriginal Rights

The Noonkanbah dispute was an important chapter in both the struggle for Australian Aboriginal rights and union solidarity in the 1970s-80s.

Protesters blockading at Bentley in NSW against the coal and gas industry in 2014. A landscape view of the blockade with the sun on the horizon creating a beautiful light over the site with many people and colourful flags. Protestors have climbed tripods. There is a person dressed as an angel at the top of one. Text over the top of the image says Blockades that changed australia

Blockades that changed Australia

Blockades that changed Australia including Jabiluka, the Bentley blockade, S11, Nookanbah and the Knitting Nannas.

The Australian Movement against Uranium Mining: Its Rationale and Evolution

Historical overview of the Australian movement against uranium mining, focussed on two major campaigns: Roxby and Jabiluka.

Protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline and Keystone XL Pipeline hold a sit-in in the street next to the San Francisco Federal Building. The sign at the front says 'People over pipelines'.

How defeating Keystone XL built a bolder, savvier climate movement

From frontline battles to large national mobilizations, tar sands resistance developed new tactics and organizing strategies for the larger climate struggles ahead. This article was originally published on Waging Nonviolence. Keystone XL pipeline permit rescinded When President Biden rescinded a crucial permit for the Keystone XL pipeline last week (20 January 2021), it marked the culmination […]

7 protesters on a road block a police vehicle during the 1982 Nightcap forest blockade in NSW, Australia.

Om gaia dudes: The North East Forest Alliance’s old-growth forest campaign

This book chapter by Aidan Ricketts is about the key moments and positive sides of the old forest growth campaign in northern NSW in the 1990s.

man buried in the earth in soil with his head poking out. He is wearing a hat and playing a recorder.

Environmental Blockading in Australia and Around the World – Timeline 1974-1997

A timeline and video of blockades against logging, development, mining in Australia and around the world from the seventies to the nineties.

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Films about Women & Social Justice and Change

An inspiring list of feature films and documentaries about women and social change including Women of Steel, Suffragette, Mission Blue, She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry and more.

Stop Jabiluka Mine banner hanging on cliff rock face

The Jabiluka Blockade – 22 years on

Do you know about one of Australia’s most effective anti-nuclear blockades? The Jabiluka blockade in 1998 stopped the Ranger Uranium Mine in Australia. This article includes the campaign timeline and many further resources.

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