Commons Conversations Podcast

Commons Conversations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Commons Conversations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Commons Conversations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Commons Conversations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Commons Conversations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s episode episode Commons Director Holly Hammond chats with Lucy Graham, Cape York Campaigner at the Cairns and Far North Environment Center (CAFNEC) about her experiences of rural and regional organizing. To hear more episodes of Commons Conversations visit- https://commonslibrary.org/commons-conversations-podcast/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s episode of Commons Conversations climate justice organizer and therapist Charlie Wood chats with trainer and educator Kazu Haga about his new book, Fierce Vulnerability. Together they explore the intertwined nature of personal and systemic change, emphasizing the importance of collective trauma healing and nonviolent direct action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Commons Library Director Holly Hammond chats with activist Allison Rich and activist-scholar Dr Alicia Pawluczuk about their creative activism and the Endo Violence Collective . The collective works to amplify the voices of those affected by endometriosis and foster a rich, inclusive dialogue that transcends conventional boundaries. Read transcript. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

In a conversation held in late 2024 Tarneen Onus Browne and Noura Mansour discuss solidarity between First Nations and Palestinian communities in Australia, highlighting the resilience and strength derived from resistance to shared experiences of genocide and settler colonialism. Tarneen Onus-Browne is a proud Gunditjmara, Yorta Yorta person through their mother and Bindal and Meriam person throug...

In this podcast Movement Monitor Fellow Isabella Todd interviews Dan Sherrell, from the Australian Council of Trade Unions , and Desiree Cai, from the Tomorrow Movement . They discuss the lessons learnt from campaigning around a policy and legislation win, in the form of the 2024 founding of the Net Zero Authority. In particular they explore how this work brought together and strengthened relation...

Common Library Engagement Officer Aoife Carli Hannan chats with two activists from Timor-Leste. First off Aoife is joined by Upe, a human rights activist and member of the LGBTIQA+ community, sharing his experiences in the Pride Movement in Timor, his involvement in international solidarity movements, and his experiences joining the fight to save Binybarra / Lee Point on Larrakia Country. After th...

In this episode Emily Trounce-Wood interviews anti-nuclear activists Al Lad and Annie McGovern. They discuss their four decades of campaigning against the Olympic Dam uranium mine at Roxby Downs, including taking part in blockades and maintaining a vigil during 1983 and 1984 and conducting citizen science in the years since. Read transcript Doc PDF Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

In this conversation Alex Kelly interviews Jackie Turner about the importance of building solidarity, community and knowledge of history while combating disinformation. Alex is an activist,filmmaker and the Economic Media Centre Communications Director. Jackie is the Director of the Trans Justice Project . Read transcript. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Commons Librarian Iain McIntyre interviews Kenzie Harris from the Global Grassroots Support Network about the assistance and resources the group provides to justice oriented activist groups from around the world. Particular attention is paid to findings and insights gleaned from a research report about climate justice campaigns entitled How We Win, which was released during 2024. T...

In this episode environmental justice activist Radhika Jhaveri is interviewed by Kenzie (Mackenzie) Harris, the principal coordinator for the  Global Grassroots Support Network  (GGSN). Radhika is the the GGSN coordinator for India, a member of the youth based collective "Let India Breathe", and the founder of Pantrynook- a zerowaste (plastic free) food packaging...

Aoife Carli-Hannan, engagement officer with the Commons Library, chats with Ned Howey, the co-founder of Tectonica, a movement building agency whose stated mission is “to create a seismic shift in the way politics are done, through innovations that empower social, economic, and environmental justice movements.” Alongside directly helping organizations, political parties, and unions with an array o...

This episode features a conversation between Emily Wood Trounce and Alice Hardinge, the acting Tasmanian campaign manager for the Wilderness Society. In it they explore the practice and value of citizen science and big tree hunting in locating and identifying threatened species. They discuss how this results in a number of valuable outcomes, including allowing conservationists to enforce exis...

Aoife Carli-Hannan, engagement officer with the Commons Library, chats with Hannah O’Rourke, co-founder of the UK based Campaign Lab and a trainer with Social Movement Technologies. They discuss the role AI technologies can play in supporting campaigners with messaging, outreach and other opportunities. They also canvas issues in regards to ethics and regulation, and ways in which activists c...

In this conversation community radio broadcaster Mike Tucak interviews Jess Beckerling, campaign director of the WA Forest Alliance about her decades of experience in supporting coalition work and mobilising communities. They discuss lessons drawn from the successful campaign to end the logging of Western Australian forests, many of which can be applied to other issues. Hosted on Acast. See a...

A conversation between Te Raukura O’Connell Rapira and Laniyuk. They discuss a range of topics including the power of Indigenous solidarity, love of land, resistance to rainbow capitalism, and the role of creativity and emotion in achieving story sovereignty and social justice. Te Raukura O’Connell Rapira is the Director of The Pod: Centre for Healing Justice and is from Te Ātiawa, Ngāruahine, Ngā...

Hear a conversation between Sophie Hartley, climate activism researcher with the Commons Library, and Professor Winnifred Louis, director of the Social Change Lab at the University of Queensland. Winnifred is a social psychologist whose research interests focus on the influence of identity and norms on social decision-making in contexts ranging from political activism to peace psychology to health...

Listen to an inspiring podcast about women and leadership in the Australian environment movement. In this episode co-founder of Women's Environmental Leadership Australia (WELA) Judy Lambert is interviewed by the current director of WELA, Victoria McKenzie-McHarg. They discuss Judy’s experience in many roles as well as her vision of a multilayered movement which features a diversity of people, ski...

A conversation between Holly Hammond, Director of the Commons Library, and Rochelle Porteous, the Advocacy Manager at the Council for Intellectual Disability. Rochelle discusses some key wins and the insights she has drawn from a rich history of campaigning.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features an interview with Laura O’Connell Rapira (now known as Te Raukura O'Connell Rapira) the former director of Aotearoa digital campaign organization ActionStation and former executive director of movement building at the Foundation for Young Australians. In conversation with Commons Librarian Holly Hammond they discuss the importance of putting shared values at the heart of camp...