Frontline Action on Coal FLAC: Ten Years on the Climate Frontline
Frontline Action on Coal (FLAC) have used blockades and non-violent direct action to oppose new fossil fuel projects in Australia.
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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.
Defending Unionism: The Weipa Dispute, 1995
Learn how workers in Weipa forced a mining company to accommodate collective bargaining by combining strike action and a port blockade.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Australian Rainforest Action Groups boycott Malaysian rainforest timber, 1988-1994
Australian Rainforest Action Groups blockaded ships bringing rainforest timbers logged in Sarawak, Malaysia.
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
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.
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.
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.