elections
10 LESSONS FROM BRITAIN’S CAMPAIGN GURUS
Earlier this year, Sam McLean (former CEO of GetUp Australia) spent two weeks working with British campaigning wizards, 38Degrees — the British sister organisation of GetUp. Here are his top 10 lessons for campaigners from our British mates: “It was just a...
Bird-dogging
Bird-dogging has nothing to do with animals and everything to do with grassroots power in action! To bird-dog is to “observe, follow, monitor and/or seek out with persistent attention.” Basically, you show up at the candidates’ events, ask them to commit and ask them...
Public Transport Not Traffic 2014: Campaign review
Danae Bosler and Cait Jones review the Public Transport Not Traffic campaign which began on 29 November 2013 – exactly a year before the Victorian state election. The campaign was run by a coalition of over 35 community groups from across Melbourne and regional...
The Good Fight with Ben Wikler
The Good Fight, with Ben Wikler is podcast and radio show that tells David versus Goliath stories about changing the world from the behind-the-slingshot point of view. The Good Fight features a mix of comedy, activism, interviews, explanations, and stories about epic...
The progressive secret weapon
Conservatives might have money, but progressives have something even more powerful: science. That’s right: gigantic, statistically valid, scientifically rigorous experiments about the best way to win elections.
Movements at the station: Campaigning, organising and winning elections
Joel Dignam’s blog: “There are hundreds of campaigners trying to make Australia a better place, using an array of tactics that sometimes work and sometimes don’t, with comparatively little reflection or analysis, and very little connection with the...