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Direct action – Non violent NVDA

New Study Reveals a World of Growing Protests

A recent study verifies an increase in the size and frequency of protests and paints a fascinating picture of the characteristics of protests around the world.

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.

Australian Actions at the Point of Assumption

Points of Assumption – A list of Australian examples of tactics and actions that have reframed debates and beliefs and made social change.

Australian Actions at Different Points of Intervention

Australian examples of actions that intensify impact in terms of ensuring visibility, challenging opponents, and disrupting narratives.

Changing Beliefs Through Action at the Point of Assumption

How can activists reframe debates & beliefs? By challenging the assumptions that underpin them using powerful actions at points of intervention.

workers sitting on steps outside Opera House

The 1972 Sydney Opera House Work-In

Learn about the Sydney Opera House ‘work-in’ carried out by construction workers who expelled management & continued work under workers’ control.

6 cogs representing the different points of intervention and a spanner on the left.

Points of Intervention

Campaigners – Where is the best place to take action with the greatest impact? Learn about making change using points of intervention.

a group of men in work clothes covered in coal dust wearing hard hats with miners lamps on the hats

The Nymboida Coal Mine Takeover, NSW, 1975–1979

How workers at the Nymboida coal mine in NSW resisted mass sackings by taking over and running the mine themselves in 1975. firstly through an occupation and then via union ownership.

Three people at a table outside with white tablecloth that has word BlackRock on it. The people are eating fake money. A banner in the background says When the last tree is dead, the last fish is caught and the last river is poisoned, you will realise that you cannot eat money. The woman seated on the left wears a sign on her chest that reads BlackRock is the real enemy.

“You can’t eat money”: An interview with Extinction Rebellion activist Jo Flanagan

Interview with an Extinction Rebellion activist about a protest against BlackRock in 2019. She explains how the action was conceptualised, organised & run.

a peace dove in the colours of the Ukranian flag

Perspectives on Ukrainian Civil Resistance

The following articles include opinion pieces on the current situation in Ukraine, the case for nonviolent civil resistance, information about the successful nonviolent Orange Revolution of 2014, and ways to keep up to date on the unfolding war.

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.

Social movements and the (mis)use of research: Extinction Rebellion and the 3.5% rule

Extinction Rebellion member Kyle R Matthews explores how scholarship regarding civil resistance campaigns seeking regime change has been used by environmental activists.

Four women dressed up in hats, pearls with a 'prim' look.

Humorous Political Stunts: Nonviolent Public Challenges to Power

An exploration of how creative activists combine humour with seriousness via stunts to create change, including case study – John Howard Ladies’ Auxiliary Fan Club.

climate protestors

Civil Resistance against Climate Change: What, when, who and how effective?

New research considers what Australian climate activism – specifically climate change civil resistance – looks like, how it is changing, and what it is achieving.

A group of police officers stand side by side, surrounded by seated activists with arms interlinked.

Nonviolent Direct Action (NVDA): Start Here

Suggestions from the Commons Librarians about resources to explore in the Nonviolent Direct Action topic area, including NVDA theory, practical guides and case studies.

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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