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
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 …
20 years in jail
This isn’t just a dramatic headline. We wish it was. No, in actual fact it is referring to penalties that citizens could be faced with for nonviolent actions of peaceful …
Report into the Policing of Beeliar
Our report into the policing of the Roe 8 protests and community responses was launched in May 2017. CounterAct supported the Beeliar Legal Support team to coordinate this, and the …
Humanity awaken – there is no time
“We can not stop the struggle; we can not stop looking for a dignified life for all” We got a phone call ten days ago whilst presenting at a conference …
We Need to Wage Peace, Not War on Climate Change
Guest Blog by Phil Evans – originally published on Shouting For Deliverance War!! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing! So why would we, as renowned author and founder of …
Something rotten in NSW
There is something rotten in the state of NSW. The strength and speed of the changes to basic civil liberties has picked up pace again with yet more changes afoot …
Getting in the way – to #LetThemStay
Our round up of resources, groups and training to get involved in, pathways to action and suggestions for affinity group organising to get in the way, to #LetThemStay It is …
Defending the commons
This article was originally published in New Matilda: Environmentalist and non-violent direct action trainer Nicola Paris hits back at a parliamentary inquiry threatening green groups’ tax exempt status. More than …
About CounterAct
Make your actions count! CounterAct was conceived during work for the Broome community defending the Kimberley back in 2011. We launched in 2012 to support communities in taking effective, creative, …