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An activist called Emma is wearing a hard hat and hanging from some ropes. Behind Emma is a railway track and in the distance is a port with shipping containers.|Two people wearing t-shirts that read 'Disrupt Burrup Hub Block Browse' are being filmed with a camera as they are being interviewed by a journalist. They are outside with green grass behind them.|A man known as Tom lying down in a car wrapped in a blanket.|

How Disruptive Climate Campaigners use Social Media

How can direct action campaigners use social media? Here are 2 case studies from Australia – Blockade Australia and Disrupt Burrup Hub.

How Disruptive Climate Campaigners use Mainstream Media

How should direct action campaigners approach mainstream media? 2 case studies from Australia – Blockade Australia and Disrupt Burrup Hub.

A person walking down in the street at a protest in Quito in Ecuador. The protestor is dressed up as a pilot with a cap and goggles and is wearing a large cardboard plane around his body. On the plane it reads 'Plan Colombi DynCorp'. There are other protestors behind them holding flags and signs.

Organising for Effective Non Violent Actions

This article by Jørgen Johansen and Brian Martin discusses how to design effective protest actions by considering various factors and choices available to organizers.

Hand drawn sign on a wooden post on the lawn where there is a protest camp. On the sign it reads 'Onboarding Join Us!'|Manual cover - Title reads 'Swarmwise The Tactical Manual to Changing the World'. Author reads 'Rick Falklvinge'. illustration of abstract people connnected by abstract

Movement Power: The Science of Nonviolent Direct Action

Step-by-step guide for activists about the movement power approach to building mass participation in campaigns for widespread social change.

Grevillea: Creative Interventions in Western Australia during the 1990s

An interview with a member of the Western Australia-based Grevillea about how the group applied a dynamic and creative perspective to approaching issues such as militarism, pollution and international solidarity during the 1980s and 1990s.

Two May Day marchers carrying a banner in 1973 that reads "Support BLF Green Bans"||||May Day marcher holding a sign reading Builders Labourers support Peoples Plan for the Rocks.|Poster with a red No cross and the words This House with one sixth of Glebe will be destroyed to make way for the already outmoded

Green Bans Timeline: 1971-74

A timeline of the Green Bans implemented by NSW Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) in the early 1970s.

||silhouette of hands in the air against a sunrise or sunset. Book cover title is To Democracy: The Promise and Perils of Civil Resistance Transitions

How to Win Well: Civil Resistance Breakthroughs and the Path to Democracy

Civil resistance-Moving from dictatorship to democracy. Negotiations & elections are the breakthroughs that lead to more democratic outcomes.

The Role of External Support in Nonviolent Campaigns: Poisoned Chalice or Holy Grail?

Civil resistance-Moving from dictatorship to democracy. Negotiations & elections are the breakthroughs that lead to more democratic outcomes.

A woman standing in front of large crowd giving a speech. She has one hand pointing up to the sky. Many in the crowd are filming her on their mobile phones. The picture on the cover was taken during the nonviolent conflict that ended Sudan’s reign of terror under Omar al-Bashir.

The Checklist to End Tyranny: How Dissidents will Win 21st Century Civil Resistance Campaigns

This book is designed to help opponents of autocratic regimes become more strategic and more skilful in their struggle for democracy.

a large crowd gathered for protest. Many are holding colourful signs.|Diagram from Social Change Lab. A rectangle on the left reads 'Input: Protests' and one on the right reads 'Impact: Positive Outcomes'. Four blue circles sit in the middle section labelled 'Outcomes'. They are 'Influencing public opinion'

Protest Movements: How Effective are They?

What makes a protest movement successful? Nonviolence and numbers matter. See the research from the Social Change Lab.

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