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 …
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, …
To facebook or not – 7 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. …
Being an ally on Jan 26 and beyond
NOTE: This was written in 2018 so the event links are out of date and some excellent recent commentary hasn’t been added. Though much of the information remains relevant, the …
Lawyers network launched
Melbourne Activist Legal Support (MALS) launched our lawyers network with Amnesty International on the 30th May 2017. CounterAct supports and works with MALS and has found our work increasingly overlapping in …
Get your creative on
We just did a workshop with our friends at Action skills, and gathered up some great case studies and examples for creative activism – from stunts, hoaxes, and political satire …
Revealed: community survey on policing of Beeliar
It was just a short question on the Beeliar Community noticeboard … “how do you feel about police” … and it unravelled a huge discussion, and led us to prepare …
A vision for climate civil resistance
There are many conversations happening in the climate movement at the moment – with increasingly dire news – and likely breaching 2 degrees of warming or more by 2050, and …
Census and Sensibility
It’s a bit of a concern when one of the earliest vocal advocates for privacy around the Census is “Australia’s most beloved cartoonist” First Dog on the Moon. Whilst we have …