How to Beat the ‘Fracking Frenzy: Lessons from the Campaign that ended Fracking in Ireland
The successful Irish anti-fracking struggle offers key insights on community power building for anti-extraction movements all over the world.
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Prefigurative Politics in Practice
The concept of prefigurative practices can help us identify and cultivate the many forms of activism that help to open up the space of possibilities from within which we can co-create better futures.
Why coalition building isn’t about the coalition: Listening, leading, and making change happen
What are the key elements of building a powerful coalition? Here are 3 tips to become a great coalition builder.
How Emotions Mobilise and Sustain the Anti-Coal Seam Gas Movement
Introduction Emotions play an important role in mobilising people to take action on social and environmental issues. In this study of the anti-coal seam gas movement in regional Australia the authors found that anger about coal seam gas mining mobilised people to take action, but the combination of anger with the joy of connecting with […]
Turning Grassroots Activism Into Durable Political Power
Watch this webinar to learn the basics of social movement theory and how those insights can be applied to building durable political power.
FWD + Organise 2021: Conference Resources
Conference Proceedings from the FWD + Organise Conference 2021 held by Australian Progress for community organisers and digital campaigners.
Cell Phones for Collective Action
Inspiring talk by Koketso Moeti, a South African activist & founder of the digital engagement platform and advocacy organisation amandla.mobi.
Prisms of the People: Power and Organizing in Twenty First Century America – Summary & Related Resources
A collation of resources about the book – Prisms of the People: Power and Organizing in Twenty First Century America – by Hahrie Han, Elizabeth McKenna and Michelle Oyakawa.
Transforming Coordination within Social Movements
Lessons from social and labour movements that discuss how movements bringing people together for common preservation arise and can be built.
Psychology of Change: Evidence Based Strategies to Create Social Change
A video series from the Social Change Lab, University of Queensland explores how to use learnings from psychology to create social change.
All About Movements: Why Building Movements Creates Deeper Change
Why do movements matter? Why do we march on the streets or come together online? Great resource on movements and movement building.
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 […]
Transformational Change Leadership: Stories of Building a Just Future
Transformational Change Leadership – A roadmap for leadership in collective, community-led & collaborative action.
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.
Community Mapping
What is community mapping? Learn from organisers that have used the community mapping model to empower their own communities.
New Year, New Action for Transformation
As Australia’s horrific bushfire season continues Alex Kelly shares suggestions for people new to climate activism who want to take action.
An in depth look at the Hong Kong democracy movement
A collection of articles and podcasts from Amanda Tattersall and ChangeMakers which provide a behind the scenes exploration of the Hong Kong democracy movement.
How to Build Networked Coalitions
How-to guide on networked coalitions/campaigns. Harness the power of networks to develop more agile, dynamic and distributed campaigning coalitions.
Networked Change: How progressive campaigns are won in the 21st Century
Directed-network campaigns combine self-organized people power with enough centralized structure to focus on clear political and cultural targets. The Networked Change Report maps out the strategies and practices that made today’s most successful advocacy campaigns work.
The power of civil society
Danny Sriskandarajah presented at Progress 2015 on what’s gone wrong in Australia and the world, and how we can steal it back. He argues for the power of civil society and solidarity to create a better future.