2022- Commons Library

a group of people protesting on the street wearing face masks and holding their fists in the air. There is a banner in the back reading Black Lives Matter. The person at the front wearing an Australian Aboriginal flag is holding their phone.|a cigarette billboard ad for Dunhill cigarettes. Over the top of the ad it says Superior lung cancer?? Heart disease??|Protesters standing in front of arrivals and departure boards at airport they are framed in between two policeman.|Two mean walking past a large gate into a building.|two people lying in a railway track with banners. One banner reads FLAC - Frontline Action on Coal. Another banner lying in the middle of the tracks reads - BlackRock Stop funding ? destruction.|a group of protestors in the forest on dirt road blocking a bullzoer|a group of protestors with barcode stickers over their mouths. They are holding banners. One reads Make them accountable and features a skeleton dressed in a suit. Another banner reads Stop environmental and human rights abuses|A group of Aboriginal Australians protesting. There is a large chalkboard that reads Aborigines Conference Day of Mourning

Australian Actions at Different Points of Intervention

Australian examples of actions that intensify impact in terms of ensuring visibility, challenging opponents, and disrupting narratives.

Changing Beliefs Through Action at the Point of Assumption

How can activists reframe debates & beliefs? By challenging the assumptions that underpin them using powerful actions at points of intervention.

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Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1986

Radical Science Fiction – Watch videos from a symposium held in 2022 focused on the links between sci-fi and forms of activism.

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The 1972 Sydney Opera House Work-In

Learn about the Sydney Opera House ‘work-in’ carried out by construction workers who expelled management & continued work under workers’ control.

Points of Intervention

Campaigners – Where is the best place to take action with the greatest impact? Learn about making change using points of intervention.

a group of men in work clothes covered in coal dust wearing hard hats with miners lamps on the hats

The Nymboida Coal Mine Takeover, NSW, 1975–1979

How workers at the Nymboida coal mine in NSW resisted mass sackings by taking over and running the mine themselves in 1975.

Three people at a table outside with white tablecloth that has word BlackRock on it. The people are eating fake money. A banner in the background says When the last tree is dead

“You can’t eat money”: An interview with Extinction Rebellion activist Jo Flanagan

Interview with an Extinction Rebellion activist about a protest against BlackRock in 2019. She explains how the action was conceptualised, organised & run.

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Understanding Politics, Government, Elections and Activism Through Books for Australian Children

A list of inspring books for children collated by the Little Bookroom on the topics of government, politics, elections, the law and activism.

Guide for Trainers about Organizing, Narrative, Campaign and Movement Building

An array of training resources for organizing, public narrative, campaigning trainers and coaches collated by the Leading Change Network.

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Guide to Campaign and Movement Building by the Leading Change Network

Learn about campaigning, organizing, movement building with this list of resources and case studies from the Leading Change Network.

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