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Activism and Organising

Social Action and Emancipatory Learning with papers by Jack Mezirow, Mechtild Hart, Jane Thompson, Mike Newman and reflections by Bob Boughton and Griff Foley
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Does Popular Education Have a Past? Radical Adult Education and the Communist Party of Australia
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Boughton, B.

The Economic Environment of National Training Reform
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Brown, T.

Public Education about Globalisation: The Role of the Mass Media
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Foley, G.

Activism and Organising papers and abstracts from:

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Flowers, R. (Ed.) 2004 Education and Social Action Conference, Centre for Popular Education UTS

Brown, T.
Exploring radical democratic traditions in organising for the future

Delahunty, C.
We Make The Road By Talking?

Di Nicola, M., Foreman, J., Hogan, E. and Elton, Z.
Training for community action

Dolgon, C.
Cyber or internet-literacies for collectivities as opposed to individuals

Evans, G. and Smiles, B.
Challenging the fossil-fuel dinosaur: Grassroots education and organising for
'No New Coal' in the Hunter Region

Falzon, J.
The poverty inquiry: agitation or perpetuation?

Galvin, K.
How can narrative therapy inform union / activist education?

Goodman, J.
Social movement knowledge and learning: dialogue and action against globalism

Jordan, L. and Quinn, E.
Resilience and Renewal: Women’s Organisations in Croatia Participating in the
Process of Sustaining and Rebuilding a Society in Transition

Kelly, A.
A force more powerful: Activist training for radical non-violence

Kerslake, A.
Considerations in the Rebuilding of the Australian Union Movement
– Movement Building, Vision Setting and the Importance of Place

La Rocca, S. and Whelan, J.
Why get involved? Why stay involved? Strategies to recruit, motivate, empower
and sustain community organisers

Lee, K., Whelan, J. and Tattersall, A.
Planning a Community Organising School – forum led by social movement,
union and community organizers

Mills, S.
Drop poor country debt – Jubilee Australia

Olds, L.
The North American Alliance for Popular and Adult Education and the
Movement of Movements

Sammutt, J., Lethbridge, M. and Sheaves, K.
Why don’t we teach politics to the plebs? “It’s a hot issue!”

Schluter, J.
Young people and political and social activism – dispelling the myths

Sheaves, K.
Just do it - making trouble for democracy

Tattersall, A.
Union relationships with social movements and community organisations:
Towards developing better practice

Yasukawa, K., Brown, T. and Goodman, J.
Researching, recruiting and organising casual academic staff: A study in one university