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 …
Rare job opportunity
CounterAct are hiring! We’ve broken new ground in resourcing and supporting community activists in civil resistance, nonviolent direct action and legal information over the last 9 years and are the …
We are taking a huge leap
We are feeling the fear and doing it anyway! We are flying free from charity status as of this week… we want to support civil disobedience and all types of …
The reluctant radical
We take off our hat to relucant radicals world wide. There are so many people we have had the pleasure of working with, who, prior to doing what they do…. …
Walking for country in WA
This year we spent a month walking in solidarity with traditional owners on Wangkatja country on the Walkatjurra Walkabout – Walking for Country. The Walkabout is a one month walk …
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 …
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 …
Art and protest – If a tree falls
Eloise joined our team this year, and writes about her experience as an invited artist, to Tarkine in Motion This year I attended Tarkine in Motion, ran by the Bob …
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, …