Camps & Blockades
A blockade is an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving. A blockade camp is a temporary camp site set up near …
Nonviolence
What we learned over more than 15 years of training people for direct action and peaceful protest is that nonviolence means many things to many people. What is nonviolence? To …
Actions
Actions are specific, visible activities within a broader campaign. This section offers resources on different types of action you may take, and how to plan, execute and evaluate a successful …
Case Studies
Case studies of specific campaigns and wider movements which offer insight into how to undertake effective activism. “Facilitating, building, empowering movements for positive change; economic, ecological and social justice.” Workshop …
Ten years of pushing back on repression of activists – a call for support
As you would have seen in recent weeks – we have broken new ground in terms of finally seeing broader cross sector movement support for civil resistance, and people speaking …
Millions raise voice for JAILED climate activists and anti-protest laws
Over 230 organisations – listed below – representing millions of members across the country have united to condemn the recent 15 month jail sentence for climate activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco …
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 …
Climate Justice
What do we mean when we talk about Climate Justice? When understanding and engaging with the global climate crisis, it is easy to overlook that the impacts are not being …
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 …