Another climate defender jailed
Deanna “Violet” Coco was recently sentenced to a record breaking fifteen months in prison by a NSW magistrate, for a peaceful climate protest. There is a solidarity event at the …
NSW Activist Legal Briefings
Counteract is running a series of legal briefings and workshops for people wishing to take part in non-violent direct actions. These trainings will focus on NSW law, be aware that …
Open Letter against anti-protest laws
An open letter condemning the proposed anti-protest laws has been signed by 39 organisations. CounterAct is proud to collaborate with a range of community groups, environmental, social justice, legal and …
Stop the attack on peaceful protest
Many of you may have seen news about the proposed changes to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act which will severely curtail peaceful protest and limit charities in their …
Fossil Free Arts – Breaking social license
We have been really excited to see the emergence of work from creative artivists on challenging fossil fuels and extractivism. Its long been our view that challenging the social license …
10 steps for building Community during Corona
This is Alana and Aysha. Aysha has down syndrome. Alana says “I’m wanting people who are unwell to pull back from sending kids to school, going to work, health services and public spaces. It’s serious, it might not be your most important person that doesn’t make it but it will be someone’s.”
Keep loving, keep fighting
This is an edited transcript of a talk from Progress 2019 on 20th June on a panel convened to discuss Big Ideas for Human Rights – we were lucky to …
Suppression of the right to protest
We were thrilled to be invited to submit an essay to this brilliant collection – Rebalancing Rights – Communities, Corporations, and Nature. What would change if we decided that the …
The battle for Djab Wurrung country
This is documentation of a historical action taken to protect the sacred birthing trees. What is happening on Djab Wurrung country, with the birthing trees and how do I help? …
New year, less you – Tools for more secure activism
Updated December 2023One of our New Years Resolutions is to encourage the progressive and radical movements on the Australian continent to get better at digital privacy and security… essentially putting …