Watch this documentary about César Chávez and his efforts to organise farm workers in the central valley of California, United States.
Tag: Boycotts and bans
Boycotts and bans
Tactics: Noncooperation
What is noncooperation? Here is a collection of resources curated by the Commons librarians about what noncooperation is, how to do noncooperation and examples from around the world.
Inside the Student Movement that Forced Ireland’s Trinity College to Divest from Israel
An inside account of the student movement (protest and camp) that forced Ireland’s Trinity College to divest from Israel.
Revolution Is For Us: Gay Liberation, Unions and the Left in the 1970s
Two pivotal events that set the platform for contemporary campaigning by Australian LGBTQI+ movements: union bans and 1978 Mardi Gras protest.
Leave it in the Ground: Union Bans and Uranium Exports in the 1970s
Read about the history of opposition to uranium mining in Australia in the 1970s and early 1980s regarding union bans and uranium exports.
Beer Strikes: A History of Hotel Boycotts in Australia, 1900-1920
Watch this video presentation or read an article about beer strikes and the history of hotel / pub boycotts in Australia in the early 1900s.
Australian Rainforest Action Groups boycott Malaysian Rainforest Timber, 1988-1994
Australian Rainforest Action Groups blockaded ships bringing rainforest timbers logged in Sarawak, Malaysia.
Noonkanbah 1979: When Unionists Stood up for Aboriginal Rights
The Noonkanbah dispute was an important chapter in both the struggle for Australian Aboriginal rights and union solidarity in the 1970s-80s.
Green Bans
In the 1970s Sydney builders labourers refused to work on projects that were environmentally or socially undesirable. This green bans movement, as it became known, was the first of its type in the world.
Chicano! The Struggle in the Fields: Documentary about the Farm Workers Movement
Watch this documentary about César Chávez and his efforts to organise farm workers in the central valley of California, United States.
Tactics: Noncooperation
What is noncooperation? Here is a collection of resources curated by the Commons librarians about what noncooperation is, how to do noncooperation and examples from around the world.
Inside the Student Movement that Forced Ireland’s Trinity College to Divest from Israel
An inside account of the student movement (protest and camp) that forced Ireland’s Trinity College to divest from Israel.
Revolution Is For Us: Gay Liberation, Unions and the Left in the 1970s
Two pivotal events that set the platform for contemporary campaigning by Australian LGBTQI+ movements: union bans and 1978 Mardi Gras protest.
Leave it in the Ground: Union Bans and Uranium Exports in the 1970s
Read about the history of opposition to uranium mining in Australia in the 1970s and early 1980s regarding union bans and uranium exports.
Beer Strikes: A History of Hotel Boycotts in Australia, 1900-1920
Watch this video presentation or read an article about beer strikes and the history of hotel / pub boycotts in Australia in the early 1900s.
Australian Rainforest Action Groups boycott Malaysian Rainforest Timber, 1988-1994
Australian Rainforest Action Groups blockaded ships bringing rainforest timbers logged in Sarawak, Malaysia.
Noonkanbah 1979: When Unionists Stood up for Aboriginal Rights
The Noonkanbah dispute was an important chapter in both the struggle for Australian Aboriginal rights and union solidarity in the 1970s-80s.
Green Bans
In the 1970s Sydney builders labourers refused to work on projects that were environmentally or socially undesirable. This green bans movement, as it became known, was the first of its type in the world.