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May 2021: Airport resistance, digital campaigning tools, new workshops, and more
Hello Changemaker
May might have brought warmer spring days, but it has also brought with it many cases of people fighting for a fairer world.
For those of you who look forward to these bulletins, apologies if you have not received the last few editions. Due to our name change, several of our emails have been flagged as spam. We hope this issue is now resolved!
In this month’s newsletter, we have stories from both India and Portugal of communities organising for our planet, there are some amazing events happening, and we have some exciting tools on offer from our team at The Movement Hub.
FEATURED TOOL: DIGITAL ACTIVIST
Digital-Activist is a digital platform developed by The Movement Hub, full of tools to support your campaigns. The platform is free to use, lets you set up campaign pages with your own branding, and is fully customisable into most languages. On the site we have several tools:
- Social Storm – Create coordinated social storms across Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
- Brand Jam – Redesign advertising campaigns to fight greenwashing and other ‘badvertising’.
- Phone Jam – Organise mass phone calls from supporters to campaign targets.
If you’d like to set up an account, you can request one here:
HYDERABADIS GET TOGETHER TO SAVE BELOVED PARK FROM FLYOVERS
When residents of Hyderabad learned the state government planned to build six flyovers at the cost of parts of KBR park, they mobilised to protect their local environment.
You can read more about the five year-long Save KBR campaign on The Movement Hub website.
2 YEARS JAIL FOR DENOUNCING LISBON’S AIRPORT EXPANSION
Activists from ATERRA, a campaign group in Portugal, have spent the last few years attempting to prevent airport expansion around Lisbon.
In response to a recent action, one of their members faces up to 2 years in prison! Read more about how you can support ATERRA on our website.
If you’ve got a story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things that you want us to amplify and show solidarity with, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us by replying to us directly at [email protected]
TACKLING FOSSIL FUEL ADVERTISING
Last month, we helped organise an amazing live-stream on how to dismantle the fossil fuel industry’s hold on advertising, sponsorship and influence in politics. Moderated by climate justice organiser and trainer Talissa, the event saw contributions from Teresa from Fossil Free Culture NL, Mattina from BP or not BP?, and Noëlie from the Gastivists Collective.
Missed it? Don’t worry. You can watch a recording of the event online and learn more about these activists organising for a #FossilFreeRevolution.
ONLINE SUMMER SCHOOL COURSES FROM KLIMACAMP VIENNA
As an annex to this year’s climate camp in Vienna there are four half-day-long Summer School courses. Several of these will take place online and some in English:
- Anti-Racist and anti-colonial history (English): https://klimacamp.at/summer-school-2021/anti-racism/
- Thinking and practicing queerfeminism in an eco-context (English): https://klimacamp.at/queerfeminismus/
- Revolutionäre Reproduktionsgemeinschaften (German): https://klimacamp.at/revolutionaere-reproduktionsgemeinschaften/
- Nachhaltiger Aktivismus – Burnout und Resilienz sind politisch (German): https://klimacamp.at/nachhaltiger-aktivismus/
The courses take place between the 24th and 29th of May, find a full timetable here.
NEED HELP WITH ANYTHING?
If you’re focused on planning a campaign or an action but are stuck on an issue or would like to get feedback from experienced activists, use the form below to join our Campaign Surgery, where we give you access to the collective knowledge, links, and expertise of our broad network.
We’ll bring together experienced people in the field to draw on their wealth of knowledge and help answer any burning questions you might have.
That’s it for now but you can always check our website www.themovementhub.org for stories, webinars and tools.
Karl and the rest of The Movement Hub