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 …
Being an ally on Jan 26, 2021 and beyond
First off. Listen. That is what we are doing. And we aren’t writing this to centre our own experiences. We are writing it because we take the time to try …
Covid Not so Safe – the case for conscientious objection
EDIT NOTE 8/5/20 – Yes, this is a long post. We want to provide context for the bigger picture of some data, privacy and surveillance concerns but also outline the …
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 …
New year, less you – tools for more secure activism
One 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 less of …
Non-Indigenous allies MIA at Stolenwealth games
We were disappointed to see the lack of allies supporting the brave Aboriginal resistance at the Stolenwealth (Commonwealth) games earlier this year. Beth Muldoon writes about being there, and ideas …
My Health Record – opting out
UPDATE, 15th November 2018 – Concerns still remain, and the date has been put back again until January 31st 2019 A huge amount has happened since we posted this overview …
Family friendly organising
Building a bigger, better movement – Barriers to participation The climate movement has a problem. If you were to put a stereotype on it, its white, middle class, university educated, …
To facebook or not – Tips for risk management
The news from Cambridge Analytica has many people up in arms #DeleteFacebook has been a source of debate and discussion. But here is the thing – the horse has bolted. …
Beeliar – one year on
We recently returned to the area that the community defended as part of the campaign to defend the Beeliar Wetlands from the Roe Highway extension. Here are some personal reflections …