Commons Conversations Podcast

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  • The Commons Conversations Podcast


    The Commons Conversations Podcast is hosted by the Commons Social Change Library. The Commons is an online library for the change makers of the world and for those interested in activism, advocacy and justice.


    Listen to our podcast where campaigners and changemakers share their experiences and insights into activism, learning in movements, radical history and more. The podcast started in 2023 and is also broadcasted on 3CR Radical Radio, a community radio station in Australia.


    You can find transcripts and more information about each episode and interviewees here.


    About the Commons Library


    Visit commonslibrary.org - a hub for social change resources.


    The Commons Social Change Library exists to make activism smarter and stronger. We gather the collective wisdom of people engaged in social change in one accessible online place. All of our materials are free, digital, and directly available.


    The Commons Library includes educational resources on campaign strategy, community organising, digital campaigning, communications and media, working effectively in groups, fundraising, diversity and inclusion and much more. We have over 1000 resources available in a range of formats and languages including videos, podcasts, manuals, case studies, articles, practical how-to guides, and training materials.


    The Commons Library is Australian based with a world wide reach. We have over 10 000 visitors a week.


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Episodes
  • Discussing LBGTIQA+ Activism and Solidarity in Timor Leste

    Discussing LBGTIQA+ Activism and Solidarity in Timor Leste
    Jan 21 2025

    Common Library Engagement Officer Aoife Carli Hannan chats with two activists from Timor-Leste.

    First off Aoife is joined by Upe, a human rights activist and member of the LGBTIQA+ community, sharing his experiences in the Pride Movement in Timor, his involvement in international solidarity movements, and his experiences joining the fight to save Binybarra / Lee Point on Larrakia Country.

    After this, she chats with the formidable Bella Galhos, a freedom fighter, survivor, social activist and current Presidential Advisor. During this interview, Bella talks about her role in Timor-Leste's liberation struggle, advancing LGBTIQA+ and women's rights in Timor, and the ongoing challenges facing the nation.

    These interviews were conducted during a trip to Dili, Timor-Leste in August 2024.



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    58 mins
  • Building Union and Climate Movement Coalitions with Dan Sherrell and Desiree Cai

    Building Union and Climate Movement Coalitions with Dan Sherrell and Desiree Cai
    Jan 21 2025
    In this podcast Movement Monitor Fellow Isabella Todd interviews Dan Sherrell, from the Australian Council of Trade Unions, and Desiree Cai, from the Tomorrow Movement. They discuss the lessons learnt from campaigning around a policy and legislation win, in the form of the 2024 founding of the Net Zero Authority. In particular they explore how this work brought together and strengthened relationships between unions, climate activists and others.

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    38 mins
  • Resisting Genocide and Settler-Colonialism With Noura Mansour and Tarneen Onus-Browne

    Resisting Genocide and Settler-Colonialism With Noura Mansour and Tarneen Onus-Browne
    Jan 21 2025

    In a conversation held in late 2024 Tarneen Onus Browne and Noura Mansour discuss solidarity between First Nations and Palestinian communities in Australia, highlighting the resilience and strength derived from resistance to shared experiences of genocide and settler colonialism. Tarneen Onus-Browne is a proud Gunditjmara, Yorta Yorta person through their mother and Bindal and Meriam person through their father and they live on the unceded land of the Wurundjeri peoples. They are a community organising lead at Australian Progress and a community organiser for Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance working on Invasion Day, Black Deaths in Custody and Black Lives Matter. Noura Mansour is a Palestinian educator, political analyst, writer, activist and community organizer who is the National Director of Democracy in Colour.




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    47 mins

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