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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 2d

Madagascar has faced repeated social crises primarily due to frequent power and water cuts. These circumstances have been a source of frustration, sparking fresh protests in the country in September 2025.

Madagascar’s Gen Z-led revolt against power outages and water supply cuts in urban areas

Madagascar has faced repeated social crises primarily due to frequent power and water cuts. These circumstances have been a source of frustration, sparking fresh protests in the country in September 2025.

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Mobilisation Lab Collective @mobilisationlab.bsky.social · 2d

Grassroots protest movements have always looked to popular culture for symbolism, and the flag of a pirate crew that liberates oppressed peoples against all odds and stands against powerful leaders has resonated broadly with many in Gen Z protest movements.

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This Japanese manga flag has become a global protest symbol for Gen Z | CNN

As Nepal’s famed palace complex Singha Durbar went up in flames last week, protesters determined to rattle the government hung a manga flag showing a skull wearing a straw hat against the building’s o...

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Mobilisation Lab Collective @mobilisationlab.bsky.social · 16d

86% of our respondents so far see financial constraints as the biggest barrier to building people power. So how will civil society respond to the rise of the far right and empower our communities?

Take part in our benchmarking survey: mobilisationlab.org/stories/benc...

Benchmark survey: understanding the learning ecosystem for changemakers - MobLab

Building the power of changemakers to confront today's greatest challenges

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Mobilisation Lab Collective @mobilisationlab.bsky.social · 23d

How do we win back the many ordinary people who have voted for Trump? By having frank and honest conversations with them where we build connection and find common ground.

Lots of learnings for campaigners in this short film from More Perfect Union!

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I Took Bernie Into Deep Trump Country. Can He Win Them Over?

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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Mobilisation Lab Collective @mobilisationlab.bsky.social · Sep 10

Is civil society investing in people and leadership enough? Share your experiences to help us map out learning ecosystems in the sector.

We want to build a resource that helps us all shift the narrative from short term to long term investment in people power!

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Benchmark survey: understanding the learning ecosystem for changemakers - MobLab

Building the power of changemakers to confront today's greatest challenges

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Mobilisation Lab Collective @mobilisationlab.bsky.social · Sep 2

Georgia govt freezes accounts of seven NGOs in attack against civil society. Accuses the orgs of funding anti-government protests in 2024. This case is another example of nationalist governments attacking civil society to silence criticism.

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Georgian authorities freeze accounts of seven NGOs

The Prosecutor General’s Office accused the organisations of inciting violence.

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Mobilisation Lab Collective @mobilisationlab.bsky.social · Sep 1

Powerful actors are mobilising against rights across the world. From attacks on migrants, anti-trans hate, and anti-abortion lobbyists. This new report from @amnestyuk.bsky.social maps the rise of anti-rights groups in the UK and who funds them.

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A powerful anti-rights movement is growing in the UK

A powerful anti-rights movement is growing in the UK, threatening to roll back our hard-won freedoms and rewrite the rules on whose rights, bodies and lives deserve protection. But - we refuse to be d...

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Mobilisation Lab Collective @mobilisationlab.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thanks for sharing! We hope you found these tools useful.

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Peter Kodde @peterpolder.bsky.social · Aug 28

Anti-Oppression & Campaigning

Tools to help campaigners understand how racism, sexism, ableism, and other forms of systemic oppression play out within your campaign problem and dream of a future where we are all free. @mobilisationlab.bsky.social

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Anti-Oppression Tools for Campaigners

Tools for campaigners to understand how systems of oppression play out in your campaign problem and dream of a future where we are all free.

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Mobilisation Lab Collective @mobilisationlab.bsky.social · Aug 29

Design matters - to the masses as well. This article covers which colors have represented mass movements and protests around the world and what they represent in their messaging. What colors are you incorporating into your campaigns? medium.com/demagsign/th...

The Colors of Protest

Color is a powerful way to represent hopes, ideals, but also frustrations and injustices. Let’s look at how colors have become symbols…

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Mobilisation Lab Collective @mobilisationlab.bsky.social · Aug 15

Starting October 2025, Meta is banning political advertising in the EU, which will also include social issues. As campaigners, we should already be strategizing to build #organic #peoplepowered digital strategy, even more essential in years to come. www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...

Meta to suspend political advertising as EU transparency law looms

The social media giant follows Alphabet, Google’s parent company, which made a similar decision in November.

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REScoop.eu @rescoop.eu · Aug 14

🌬️ Citizen-led renewable energy as a key measure against energy poverty during heatwaves💡🌡️

The community wind energy project by our member @ecopowercv.bsky.social and the Belgian city of Eeklo proudly stands out as an exemplary model of local action!
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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · Aug 6

🌡️Time to heat up the debate around summer #EnergyPoverty!

As we experience yet another record-breaking summer from Spain to Finland, we llok at what's being done around the world to protect the most vulnerable communities from excessive heat ➕ high energy bills

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Turning down the heat: how can Europe tackle summer energy poverty

Europe has broken one heat record after the other in the past couple of weeks. Unprecedented heatwaves have been registered from Spain to Finland to the UK.

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · Aug 14

🚨Record heat is hitting again

To protect yourself:
⛲Stay hydrated
🏖️ Avoid direct sun

And to protect everyone’s future:
⛔PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUELS, the driver of the climate crisis!

The Guardian article: Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of Europe

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Mobilisation Lab Collective @mobilisationlab.bsky.social · Aug 14

For your summer reading, here's a great list of books for campaigners by Sheila McKechnie Foundation.

'Emotions and Social Movements' and 'How to Win Campaigns' are two classics. What are some of the best books you've read on campaigning/organizing this summer or year?
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Top 10 Summer Reads for Campaigners < Sheila McKechnie Foundation

In this blog, SMK Programme Support and Communications Officer Greta Mauch shares her top 10 book recommendations for campaigners.

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Mobilisation Lab Collective @mobilisationlab.bsky.social · Aug 11

Cultural strategies and communication are important in the mass success of people-powered campaigns: one of the latest ones is the artist-driven boycott of music festivals and brands owned by KKR, an investment firm with ties to military and Israeli companies. www.eventplanner.net/news/11002_f...

Festivals under fire: DJ boycotts and outrage after KKR takeover

The recent acquisition of Superstruct Entertainment by the American private equity company KKR is causing considerable unrest within the European festival world.

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Mobilisation Lab Collective @mobilisationlab.bsky.social · Jul 22

A big thank you to the organisations and movements that inspired this issue: @ulex-project.bsky.social, @healingjusticeldn.bsky.social, @frontlinedefenders.bsky.social, @partnersglobal.bsky.social, and many more not yet on BlueSky.

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Mobilisation Lab Collective @mobilisationlab.bsky.social · Jul 22

How do we stay human in the face of war, genocide, ecological collapse, and authoritarianism?

This month's Dispatch explores how we put wellbeing in the heart of movement building work - sharing resources and ideas to help you prioritise wellbeing!

Read here: zc.vg/UGwdE?m=0

Image: Close-up of the mural "Be tender with yourself - listen to your rage", created by Fearless Collective on the streets of Garibalda, Tunis. Fearless Collective works at the frontline during crucial moments of resistance to make space for collective imagination, creative thinking, social discourse and beauty.Text overlay reads: MobLab Dispatch July 25 - putting wellbeing at the heart of movement building

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Mobilisation Lab Collective @mobilisationlab.bsky.social · Jul 9

MobLab Dispatch for June is about celebrating trans activists resisting the rise of anti-trans narratives around the world.

You’ll find:
- tools to understand the modern anti-trans movement to help fight back
- examples of trans activism
- recommendations for campaigners

Read: zc.vg/7gboy?m=0

Mobilisation Lab Collective @mobilisationlab.bsky.social · Jul 7

Some key lessons from the 2003 anti-war movement in Australia:
➡️ polite opposition did not change things
➡️ tactics chosen based on what was comfortable not on impact
➡️ civility culture kept them away from disruptive actions

Polite protests don't change the world

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Why didn’t we Stop the War? An Evaluation of the Campaign against the Iraq War

The Commons is an online library for the change makers of the world and for those interested in social change, activism, organising, advocacy and justice.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Jun 29

There's a lot to be said about identity, solidarity. But a simple place to start: the people who are willing to fight for their neighbors when their neighbors have different problems have a very, very good chance of having neighbors to fight with when you all share problems

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Jun 29

all this to say, know your target and aim at where it hurts them most for actual meaningful change

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Jun 29

most people seem to think the current geopolitical madness is temporary and things will eventually swing back. hate to tell say it but so long as tech oligarchs control large platforms, media & the knowledge ecosystem, this will likely remain the new normal

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Mobilisation Lab Collective @mobilisationlab.bsky.social · Jun 30

“It felt like a revolution. Or maybe a rerun of 1989 – but queerer.”

No corporate floats or sponsors, just people marching side by side. Budapest Pride saw 200,000 people turn out in defiance to a government ban of the event.

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Budapest Pride – Cancelled by the State; Reclaimed by the People

The Hungarian government banned this year’s Pride parade in Budapest. Yet people still came out in such numbers that the event turned from one of support for the LGBTQ+ community to a direct challenge...

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Mobilisation Lab Collective @mobilisationlab.bsky.social · Jun 25

"In the face of a skeptical public, Mamdani was even able to communicate democratic socialism as a universal politics rather than a niche identity or a dangerous ideology."

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Zohran Mamdani offered New Yorkers a political revolution – and won | Bhaskar Sunkara

Now the New York mayoral candidate he needs to ensure an electoral win that translates into tangible improvements in people’s lives

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Mobilisation Lab Collective @mobilisationlab.bsky.social · Jun 25

The Palestinian Youth Movement’s #MaskOffMaersk campaign just landed a major win! Global shipping giant A.P. Moller - Maersk has divested from illegal Israeli settlements. This campaign used clear targets and mobilized a strong base to achieve its mission: peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/23/p...

Pro-Palestine activists declare victory after shipping giant Maersk divests from Israeli settlements : Peoples Dispatch

Maersk’s decision follows over a year of pressure by the “Mask off Maersk” campaign, led by the Palestinian Youth Movement

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