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A Tactic Typology
A Tactic Typology presented in a table by Daniel Hunter from Training for Change. The categories are Symbolic Protest, Noncooperation (economic and political) and Alternative Cooperation.
Tactics are the exciting part of any campaign – the actions that involve people, put pressure on powerholders, and make a splash in the media. This topic includes activities to choose your tactics from a wealth of options, case studies that showcase different tactics, and the nitty gritty of organising particular actions.
A Tactic Typology presented in a table by Daniel Hunter from Training for Change. The categories are Symbolic Protest, Noncooperation (economic and political) and Alternative Cooperation.
Links to case studies, articles, books and other resources which describe past protest camps and in some cases share valuable lessons.
Tips for setting up and managing protest camps effectively covering topics like planning, strategy, practicalities, safety and facilitation.
Learn about the history of protest camps and how people have not only imagined but also practically built alternative worlds together.
Remembering and lessons we can learn from the Occupy London / Occupy LSX 2011 protest camp by the author Anna Feigenbaum.
An inside account of the student movement (protest and camp) that forced Ireland’s Trinity College to divest from Israel.
Learn all about tactics for your campaigns including how to adapt their tone for different events and explore different examples.
Keep doing the same actions and not getting anywhere? Learn about replacing endless actions with campaigns and have a bigger impact.
A timeline of the Green Bans implemented by NSW Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) in the early 1970s.
The Activist Handbook is a ‘wikipedia’ style website that provides guides and resources for people to become effective activists.
There are ways that social movements and organizers can handle violence to their advantage and why violence can backfire.
A Digital Storm is an online event mobilising the public to email, call, text and post comments to a corporate or government target.
A letter delivery is a planned event where representatives from a group or campaign deliver a letter to a manager or business.
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.
Exposing the manipulation and damage wrought by the advertising industry and outline the ways in which subvertisers are fighting back.
Frontline Action on Coal (FLAC) have used blockades and non-violent direct action to oppose new fossil fuel projects in Australia.
Be inspired with this list of movies and documentaries about social movement struggles, victories and leaders – Selma, Milk, Silkwood, Norma Rae, Gandhi and more.
Points of Assumption – A list of Australian examples of tactics and actions that have reframed debates and beliefs and made social change.
Australian examples of actions that intensify impact in terms of ensuring visibility, challenging opponents, and disrupting narratives.Â
A collection of case studies of how activists have intervened in elections collated by The Commons Social Change Library.