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The problem of crowd-sourcing campaigns

by Alex on 07. Jan, 2010 in Blog, Campaigning

I’ve written previously about a very successful grassroots campaign – Save VCA – and how it brought together a diverse group of people. A key element to the success of this campaign has been its coordination at an early stage.
There is a very interesting discussion about the No Clean Feed movement by Mark over at [...]

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Explaining cap and trade

by Alex on 23. Dec, 2009 in Blog, Environment

An interesting little video from the creators of the Story of Stuff, this has an explanation of how “cap and trade” (emissions trading) works, and the major pitfalls with the system.
Unfortunately, the video is one of those preachy, moralising videos that is full of criticisms but no solutions. The closest it comes is proposing a [...]

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LabourStart Photo Competition

by Alex on 07. Sep, 2009 in Blog, Industrial Relations

For all you inspired unionists out there, I strongly encourage you to enter the LabourStart Photo Competition.
It’s a great initiative, and there are already some really good photos that have been submitted.
This year I entered the photo you see here.
It’s a picture I took in December 2008 of a protest out the front of the [...]

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Online social activism and Twitter

by Alex on 13. Jun, 2009 in Blog, Campaigning, Industrial Relations

A large part of my job is online communications: blogs, social networking, and new fads like Twitter.
A big challenge is how to use these tools in a meaningful way to support the campaigning and organising activities of the union. How can we engage our members and supporters using the social networking tools they are comfortable [...]

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Design: Young Labor Left Journal

by Alex on 02. Nov, 2008 in Portfolio

Young Labor Left (YLL) is the progressive group in Young Labor. Activist is the YLL journal distributed to all of Young Labor quarterly. It features articles written by YLL members and Left Members of Parliament.
This issue of Activist was distributed shortly after the Labor Youth Conference to promote YLL’s success and policy agenda.
The turn-around time [...]

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