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    Blueprints for Change Progressive Organizing and Campaigning Manual

    The Blueprints for Change Progressive Organizing and Campaigning Manual offers 14 How-to guides on cutting-edge approaches to progressive organizing and mobilizing.

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    3 Great Resources on Election Campaigning

    As Australia heads towards a federal election here are three stories on the Commons to give you food for thought and action. Gather the lessons from the 2016 federal election, the 2018 Queensland election, Bernie Sanders’ tilt at the US presidency, and the struggle for women’s suffrage in 1905!

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    Media Checklist for Actions

    Checklist to help you prepare for media in the lead up to an action, including some considerations for nonviolent direct actions.

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    198 Methods of Nonviolent Action by Gene Sharp

    Stuck in a rut when it comes to campaign tactics? Explore Gene Sharp’s 198 methods of nonviolent action which are classified into three categories: nonviolent protest and persuasion, noncooperation (social, economic, and political), and nonviolent intervention.

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    BUGA-UP – Billboard Utilising Graffitists Against Unhealthy Promotions

    Formed in 1979, Billboard Utilising Graffitists Against Unhealthy Promotions (BUGA-UP) rapidly made its mark on hoardings around the nation. By cleverly revising advertising slogans and disrupting tobacco-sponsored events, the group revealed the true cost of tobacco and alcohol company deception. Having racked up numerous fines and arrests BUGA-UP formally wound up in 1994.

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    Interview with Kevin Buzzacott

    Kevin Buzzacott was a key figure in the opposition to the South Australian Olympic Dam mine and the nuclear industry in general. In this interview he outlined a number of the creative actions he took part in as part of a series of campaigns addressing the issues of dispossession and Aboriginal sovereignty.

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    Introduction to ChangeMakers Podcast

    The ChangeMakers podcast is short series podcast that tells stories about people who are striving for social change across the world. This post introduces the series and includes the catalogue of episodes.

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    ChangeMaker Chat with Antony Dapiran: Dissent in Hong Kong

    Antony Dapiran is the author of City of Protest – A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong. He is a long-time Hong Kong resident, lawyer, and commentator on Chinese business and legal matters.

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    ChangeMakers Podcast Series 2

    The ChangeMakers podcast tells stories about people who are striving for social change across the world.

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    Treesits, lock-ons and barricades: Environmental blockading in the 1980s

    From 1979 to the 1990s Australia, Canadian and American activists took part in a series of environmental blockades to defend old growth forests, rivers and other biodiverse places. Join Iain McIntyre for a series of conversations with the blockaders who took part in these campaigns.  

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