Civil disobedience- Commons Library

Strengthen a Campaign with Dilemma Demonstrations

Strengthen a Campaign with Dilemma Demonstrations – They are effective because rather than telling people about a problem, they show it.

a group of protestors being arrested. One of them is holding a sign that says in capital letters 'WE ARE NOT THE CRIMINALS'. The NOT is underlined in red.|Poster on electricity pole. Text reads 'The People's Blockade of the the World's Largest Coal Port

Climate Activists in Australia are Learning How to Protect their Protest Rights

Australian climate activists have successfully navigated years of increasing protest criminalization, revealing strategies for all to follow.

Movement Moments: Telling Australian Stories (Videos)

These videos focus on “movement moments” – events during which Australian activists pushed forward issues & created conditions for social change.

|Handbook cover - The title reads 'The Nightcap Handbook'. Illustration in green of a rainforest with a bird and a wallaby.|The cover of the 'Franklin River Blockade Handbook'. A big red hand is held up and stopping a person driving a bulldozer.|Cover of Handbook - Title reads 'Daintree Handbook

Australian Blockading Handbooks

A collection of Australian Blockading Handbooks from the 1980s to the present including the Daintree, Franklin River, Jabiluka, etc.

How to Win by Thinking like Your Opponent: Lessons from 350 Australia’s Campaign Against the Galilee Basin

This story illustrates 350.org Australia’s strategic decision-making process as they took on the largest coal export facility project in the world.

Text over image reads Organising a civil disobedience so that new people want to do it again: Lessons from Ende Gelande. Four people are sitting on the ground in white workers suits.|

Organising Civil Disobedience for Newcomers

350.org shares valuable lessons on organizing civil disobedience for newcomers, emphasizing trust-building, narrative development, preparation for repression, affinity groups, and post-action debriefing.

How to Influence a Political “Frenemy”: Lessons from 350 Canada’s Climate Welcome

Lessons learned from 350.org Canada’s “Climate Welcome” protest that pressured Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take bold climate action.

$Book cover - Title reads 'The town that said no to AGL: How Gloucester was saved from coal seam gas'. The title overlays a photo of a person wearing a hat with their arms held up in a cross in front of them.|An older man with a hat sit nexts to a younger woman with a dog. He is holding a sign that reads 'Your grandchildren's future depends on You divesting from fossil fuels'.|A line of signs planted in grass next to safety witches hats. A larger sign reads 'Peaceful Vigil Site and Information. Two signs read 'Lock the Gate' and 'No coal seam gas.'|A group of older ladies posing for photo in a group and smiling. They are dressed mainly in yellow and are holding protest signs. One reads 'Gloucester Knitting nanas agains gas'.|Three protestors posing for photo holding cardboard signs. A man with a hat holding a sign that reads 'Tell em they're dreaming'. A woman wearing sunglasses and a hat holds a sign that reads 'How's the serenity in a gasfield'. There is a lock the gate triangle logo poster in the background behind the man's head.|Three protestors hold a yellow and black banner that reads 'If they frack$

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