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- Covid, class and the addiction to certainty
- Neoliberalism, the Life World and the Psychopathic Corporation
- Democracy is about our bodies, not just our minds
- What’s your motivation: is it yourself or the change you’re making?
- Mind over matter: The world of abstraction is driving us to destruction
- The real threats to our liberty and survival
- Avoiding the abyss of conspiracy theories
- The difference between a legal system and a fantasy novel
- What’s a conspiracy and what’s just common garden variety corruption?
- Unpredictability, humility and an emerging anthropandemic
- The trilemma – climate change, economic collapse, and rising fascism
- Happy New Normal for the decade ahead
- Fires, liars and climate deniers
- The race to the bottom in australian politics
- Talking about lock-on devices – an article in ‘The Conversation’
- The Ponzi scheme is teetering
- Regenerative culture a key part of the blockade experience
- Staying sane in the late Anthropocene
- Extinction Rebellion
- Major parties have failed on climate, it’s time to rebel.
- Elections In The Late Anthropocene
- It is the Greens that are defeating the Nats and it’s all about your preferences
- Australia’s powerhouse of democracy and innovation is in the Northern Rivers
- Is identity politics a problem for the left?
- The climate emergency and the awful state of Australian politics
- Liberty, freedom and civil rights? Do any of us understand these things anymore.
- Democracy and rights under threat in corporate police state
- The forest wars are back, time to mobilise
- …more commentary
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- A Flood of Emotions – Sydney Ideas Event
- Participatory democracy in the COVID era – SCU podcast
- Activism educator Aidan Ricketts explains how and why protests can be peaceful
- Bob Brown Is Taking “Shocking” Anti-Protest Laws To The High Court
- Anti protest laws could arrest nannas, seize tractors
- “They blinked first”
- Colin Barnett quick to protest against ‘activism degrees’ – The Australian, 16/10/2014
- ‘Degrees in activism’ put brake on growth – The Australian, 15/10/2014
- Magistrate throws out vexatious police case against CSG protesters
- Outrage over school PR ‘by stealth’- The Northern Star
- CSG clash a certainty
- Communities use new tactics
- Gas group attacks lecturer
- …more media
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Southern Cross University is proud to offer this ground breaking course in Public Interest Advocacy and social change activism as part of its innovative Byron Bay Summer Law School initiative.
Continue Reading → This unique study offering is all about promoting participatory democracy and developing the skills for […]
DATE: Thursday 23 October 2014, 1.30pm to 5pm
VENUE: Byron Community Centre, 69 Jonson Street, Byron Bay NSW
RSVP: by emailing – http://www.edonsw.org.au/earth_laws_and_regional_community_environmentalism-seminar
Is there a better way for democracy? Join Aidan Ricketts, democracy advocate Dr Kath Fisher & broadcaster Nyck Jeanes. Mon 20 Oct, 2014. Federal Hall.
Reboot is for anyone asking big questions about what’s wrong with our society and what we, together, can do about it. The Greens are excited to bring together great speakers and big topics and want you to join in. Help us maintain our grassroots democratic approach to social change and develop our principles of peace, sustainability and social justice.
Come and hear Aidan Ricketts, author of The Activists Handbook and spokesperson for Gasfield Free Northern Rivers, speak about the community struggle against Metgasco at Bentley (near Lismore).
Continue Reading → Join a Q&A about the sort of strategy that forced the government to suspend Metgasco’s operations at Bentley and […]
Aidan Ricketts is an experienced social and environmental activist as well as a prominent activism educator, academic and writer. Aidan has written for many academic journals and is author of “The Activists’ Handbook”. He is also a lecturer with the School of Law and Justice at Southern Cross University.
This workshop offers a unique opportunity to hear from activists and lawyers, from Australia, the USA and Ecuador who are using new organising frameworks to successfully protect their natural and human communities.
Southern Cross University is proud to offer this ground breaking course in Public Interest Advocacy and social change activism as part of its innovative Byron Bay Summer Law School initiative.
Continue Reading → The unit “Public Interest Advocacy” is […]
When: Sat July 13th, 2013, 11.30am – 4pm
Where: Stokers Siding Community Hall
With: Aidan Ricketts (author of The Activists Handbook) & Simon Clough (Lismore Shire Councillor)
$10 / $5 concession – Bookings essential.
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Calling all campaigners and activists!
We are running a training day for anyone who wants to become more involved in their community as a non-violent active campaigner.
When: Thursday 11 April 2013 9am – 3:30pm
Where: NSW Parliament House Macquarie Street Sydney
Who: Campaigners from Lock the Gate, Rising Tide, Coalition Against Duck Shooting, anti pig-dogging groups
Cost: $12 to cover the cost of lunch
RSVP: emma.heyde@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Join Aidan Ricketts and other skilled facilitators at the
Continue Reading → Adelaide Activist Skillshare 2013
From Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March
at Aldinga Beach Mini-Camp.
Training areas include:
Developing effective campaigns Practical campaign tools Strategic thinking Direct […]
Take the journey from citizen to activist with ‘Activists Handbook’ author Aidan Ricketts. Join Aidan for one of his popular training presentations that have become a key part of building capacity for community resistance to CSG and coal mining.
Bangalow training for CSG activists. Catholic Hall, Dec 8, 2012. 1-4pm
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