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Movement Success, Durability and Research with Winnifred Louis (Commons Conversations Podcast)
Professor Winnnifred Louise discusses the principles that can help campaigns to be more effective and durable.
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What is a Social Movement? Social Movement Definitions
The word ‘movement’ gets used a lot but it isn’t always clear what is meant by it. We’ve collected a number of definitions from academics and other social change theorists.
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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.
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From the Berlin Wall to Today — Lessons for Harnessing the Moment of the Whirlwind
What mainstream commentators get wrong about the historic uprisings of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and what civil resistance gets right.
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Books to Read if you are Interested in Activism, Social Change & Justice
A comprehensive and broad range of books to read if you are Interested in activism, campaigning, organising, social change and justice.
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How Healthy Campaigns Respond in the Face of Bad News
Examples – from 350.org and beyond – about ways people handled campaign losses in healthy, soul-giving, and strategic ways.
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Radicals: Outsiders Changing the World – Book Review
A book review of Radicals: Outsiders Changing the World by Jamie Barlett. This book review focuses on the ‘radical’ climate activists.
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The Activist Handbook: Campaigning Guides for Activists
The Activist Handbook is a ‘wikipedia’ style website that provides guides and resources for people to become effective activists.
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What We can Learn from Star Wars’ Andor: The Role of Sacrifice in Revolutionary Organising
The article discusses the importance of sacrifice in achieving social change, using the Star Wars TV show Andor as an example.
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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.
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