Books to Read if you are Interested in Activism, Social Change and 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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Organising
Organising builds power by engaging and connecting people in collective action. The resources gathered here educate and inform about the craft of organising. You’ll find case studies, articles, practical tips, and training materials.
Organising: Start Here
Organising builds people power for change. Here is a list of resources to get you started including introductions, different approaches, manuals, tactics, videos and more.
Democracy Resource Hub
The Democracy Hub has a wide range of nonviolent tools and resources for anti-authoritarian and pro-democracy organizing.
Directory of Social Change Organisations, Networks, Trainers and Hubs
An A – Z directory of organisations, networks, trainers and hubs around the world that focus on social change, social movements, organising, justice and peacebuilding.
Supporting Grassroots Justice-oriented Activists Around the World: A Year’s Worth of Learnings
Grassroots activism often lacks funding & support but the Global Grassroots Support Network (GGSN) has brought together organizers to tackle common challenges and share resources.
Authentic Relational Conversations: Reaching Across Difference to Build a Pro-Democracy Movement
Reaching across difference using authentic relational conversations and organising to build a pro-democracy movement in the United States.
Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky
Rules for Radicals is a book by community activist and writer Saul D. Alinsky about how to successfully run a movement for change.
How France Fought to Keep it in the Ground: Lessons from 350 Campaigns
Rukiya, a 350.org organiser in Kenya, shares stories of how they recruited people for the African DeCOALinise Campaign.
Organizing against the Far Right
This Knowledge Roundup about organizing against the far right is from the Global Grassroots Support Network (GGSN).
How to Recruit more People: Lessons from Rukiya in 350 Kenya
Rukiya, a 350.org organiser in Kenya, shares stories of how they recruited people for the African DeCOALinise Campaign.
A Community Guide for Opposing Hate
The manual provides step by step actions for those who want to do something about hate, not only for the immediate aftermath of a hateful act, but for years to come to improve their community.
Direct Action to Voter Registration: Case Study
Timeline case study of direct action to voter registration follows the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee SNCC (US) from 1960 – 1962.
Hold the Line: A Guide to Defending Democracy
Learn what “red lines” needed to be held during the election, step-by-step information for organizing in your community, and lessons from the field of civil resistance that can be applied to make change on a range of issues.
Movement Support Teams: Examples of Volunteers Supporting Each Other in the Movement
Examples and lessons from 350.org of different ways Movement Support Teams can work. Movement Support Teams are peer-to-peer learning.
Climate Impacts: 350 Organising Lessons from Australia, US, Pacific Islands, and UK
These lessons from 350.org share four different organising responses from different countries to climate impacts.
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.
Food Activists and Street Kitchens: Cooking Revolutions in the Popular Pot
Virginia Tognola chronicles how practical solidarity in the form of street kitchens and the “popular pot” has not only enabled migrants and others in Argentina to survive but also raise issues and campaign against sub-standard living conditions.
Community Organizing in France: A Collection of Resources from Organisez-Vous | Organisation collective en France : Recueil de ressources de l’association Organisez-Vous (French – Français)
Here is a collection of community organizing resources in French from Organisez-Vous (Organize!) in France.
How to Organise about Climate Related Workplace Health and Safety Issues
Resources produced and compiled by the Australian Services Union for workers organising around climate change and extreme weather related workplace health & safety.
Warm Cookies of the Revolution: Creative Approaches to Civic Health
In this article Denver, Colorado based group Warm Cookies of the Revolution outline how they use innovative arts and cultural programs to help people exercise their “Civic Health” and engage in social change.