A collection of case studies of how activists have intervened in elections collated by The Commons Social Change Library.
Topic
Tactics
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.
Elections and Activism: Campaign Skills
This collection provides how-to guides and resources regarding the skills and tactics you’ll need to reach your goals in election time.
From Protest to Politics: The Effectiveness of Civil Society in shaping the Nuclear-free Policy in Aotearoa New Zealand
A case study about what made anti-nuclear activism successful in Aotearoa New Zealand between the 1960s – 1980s.
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.
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.
Australian Rainforest Action Groups boycott Malaysian Rainforest Timber, 1988-1994
Australian Rainforest Action Groups blockaded ships bringing rainforest timbers logged in Sarawak, Malaysia.
International groups boycott Nestle products to end indiscriminate advertising, 1977-1984
Nestle artificial baby milks infant formula marketing Third World International Baby Food Action Network.
Hazara asylum seekers hunger strike on Nauru, 2003-2004
Hazara refugee asylum seekers engaged in hunger strikes to protest their continuing detention by Australia on Nauru.
Billboard Utilising Graffitists Against Unhealthy Promotions (BUGA UP) campaigns against tobacco advertising, Australia, 1978-1994
Civil disobedience actions reversed tobacco advertising messages to show the negative health effects of cigarettes.
Dilemma Actions: The Power of Putting your Opponent in a Bind
A study of 44 dilemma actions over the last 90 years examines the many benefits of creative protests for social movements.
Elections and Activism: Case Studies
A collection of case studies of how activists have intervened in elections collated by The Commons Social Change Library.
Elections and Activism: Campaign Skills
This collection provides how-to guides and resources regarding the skills and tactics you’ll need to reach your goals in election time.
From Protest to Politics: The Effectiveness of Civil Society in shaping the Nuclear-free Policy in Aotearoa New Zealand
A case study about what made anti-nuclear activism successful in Aotearoa New Zealand between the 1960s – 1980s.
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.
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.
Australian Rainforest Action Groups boycott Malaysian Rainforest Timber, 1988-1994
Australian Rainforest Action Groups blockaded ships bringing rainforest timbers logged in Sarawak, Malaysia.
International groups boycott Nestle products to end indiscriminate advertising, 1977-1984
Nestle artificial baby milks infant formula marketing Third World International Baby Food Action Network.
Hazara asylum seekers hunger strike on Nauru, 2003-2004
Hazara refugee asylum seekers engaged in hunger strikes to protest their continuing detention by Australia on Nauru.
Billboard Utilising Graffitists Against Unhealthy Promotions (BUGA UP) campaigns against tobacco advertising, Australia, 1978-1994
Civil disobedience actions reversed tobacco advertising messages to show the negative health effects of cigarettes.
Dilemma Actions: The Power of Putting your Opponent in a Bind
A study of 44 dilemma actions over the last 90 years examines the many benefits of creative protests for social movements.