Commons Social Change Library

Pleased to be able to contribute our @protestcamps research to this fab initiative from @ChangeCommons to bring together social movement history for the present commonslibrary.org/protest-camps-… cc @fabnomad @pmmcc @lestageog

@protestcamps @fabnomad @drfigtree @pmmcc We are gathering resources to support student encampments & would love to publish an extract from Protest Camps or do an interview with you. Please get in touch! commonslibrary.org

Happy IDAHOBIT. Trans people deserve safety, respect, and the same opportunity to build good lives as everyone else. Fight for trans lives.

There will be changes to the supported employment award from 1 July. The Fair Work Ombudsman (@fairwork_gov_au) has some Easy Read resources to help you understand what the changes might mean for you fairwork.gov.au/pay-and-wages/…

There has never been any acknowledgement that refugees come from very traumatising backgrounds. There’s never been any acknowledgement that mandatory and indefinite detention also causes trauma. End detention. End the trauma. theconversation.com/government-mus…

Gotta love the way the university sector decided to cry poor yesterday, just ahead of #NTEU's strike action. Members are not wearing it - they want decent pay rises, fair workloads and secure jobs and are prepared to fight for it. #BetterUnisNWA abc.net.au/news/2023-05-0…

This #MayThe4th get your activist nerd on with this great article by @catnadel Be the revolutionary leader you want to see in the world! commonslibrary.org/what-star-wars…

Happy #MayThe4th! It’s the perfect time to learn activist lessons from Star Wars’ Andor series. commonslibrary.org/what-star-wars… #MayTheFourthBeWithYou

THE family of Veronica Nelson want Victoria’s urgent bail reforms named after her so politicians are reminded of how cruel prison is for Indigenous people. Ms Nelson, 37, died alone in her cell in January 2020, with a coroner later finding her death was preventable.

We have halted coal into the world’s biggest coal port, demanding the ALP heed UN warnings and immediately cancel all new coal projects.

ABORIGINAL scientist Professor Alex Brown has been appointed to the CSIRO board of directors, becoming the first Indigenous scientist to serve on the national science agency’s board. MORE: koorimail.com #KooriMail #Indigenous #FirstNations #Blak #AboriginalScientist

Fantastic news! A Sydney court has overturned @VioletCoCo5's harsh & excessive 15 month jail sentence She should never have been jailed for her peaceful climate protest The NSW gov should review its problematic anti-protest law & uphold Australia’s international law obligations

listening to the ALP in the senate defending keeping refugees out, and see this on the feed. australia has thoroughly normalised and exported extreme disastrous violence against refugees

"We need to tell our stories. We need to learn the lessons from the pastml. Because of the backlash that is rising up around the world...we need to support each other" - Diane Minnis #SydneyWorldPride2023

"The first Mardi Gras came about asking for international solidarity with anti- LGBTIQA+ legislation back in California. International solidarity is really important, and it has been in our movement in Australia from very early on" - Diane Minnis, Co-Chair First Mardi Gras #SWP23

"... and what came out of international solidarity was a coalition... we have to remember the importance of coalitions" - Diane Minnis #SWP2023

"Despite borders, we are still united, and we are still all together. If one is suffering, we all stand up to support this person, group, or community. This is my important lesson, and I am very proud of my community" - Lenny Emson on LQBTIQA+ solidarity with Ukraine #SWP2023

Narratives and stories of people with lived experience can change lives.

Irene Kuzenko, a Ukranian-Russian intersex community advocate, explains how discovering she was intersex was the best thing to ever happen to her #SydneyWorldPride #WorldPrideConference

#SydneyWorldPride 👏👏

Akii, the Accessibility Manager at Sydney World Pride, explains how we cater to accessibility & support needs ... #SydneyWorldPride #WorldPrideConference