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 [...]
The problem of crowd-sourcing campaigns
by Alex on 07. Jan, 2010 in Blog, Campaigning
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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- Two tips for rank and file union members to lobby members of parliament 08. Mar, 2010
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ABCC should protect workers, not prosecute them: ILO http://post.ly/SGCS [alexanderwhite]
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@the_kennel And how will the Greens Party prevent political compromises being made with a two-year carbon tax, given the current senate? [alexanderwhite]
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@the_kennel On carbon taxes and why they are as flawed as trading schemes: http://bit.ly/cBBV30 [alexanderwhite]
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Hooray for stock photos. RT: @climateprogress: Big Oil uses fake “Americans” to attack fake “energy taxes.” http://bit.ly/c6VReV [alexanderwhite]
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@the_kennel And voting for a flawed two-year carbon tax is better than a flawed ETS, how exactly? [alexanderwhite]
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Liked VoteVets.org Ad: "Tough".
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How many Aussie veterans are climate activists? RT: @Pollytics: Clever piece of political advertising http://is.gd/abjQH [alexanderwhite]
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@the_kennel Nothing is what the Greens Party voted for when they voted against the CPRS (which really was better than nothing). [alexanderwhite]
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