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 …
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 …
a beautiful mind
One of the things we all often try to do early in the year is get some better habits to de-clutter our minds and our workplaces, as well as our …
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 …
To change everything we need everyone
As Naomi Klein has brought up with her significant book – “This Changes Everything” we are in the midst of a climate crisis that is fueled by capitalism. And so, …
Civil disobedience in the public interest
It’s a challenging process to write a submission for a parliamentary inquiry that seems so likely have a forgone conclusion. The committee that is examining the tax deductible status and …
it is alive
Whew! After nearly 18 months since we first discussed it, we are so thrilled to say that our Legals Handbook is alive! And has been released into the wild. Much …
Starting some good – Crowdfunding 101
What is one thing many activists are really bad at doing?Asking for money. For ourselves. Sometimes it is easy to ask for other people, for projects we care about it. …