Mobilisation Lab Collective
@mobilisationlab.bsky.social
We work with progressive movements to build power and drive systems change through people-centred and powered campaigns.
www.mobilisationlab.org
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This month’s Dispatch takes a look at what is driving youth movements around the world and why there is an increasing divide between progressive movements for change in the Global Majority whilst in regressive far-right movements surge in the West.
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GenZ vs the far-right: roots and reactions - MobLab
Gen Z youth lead protest movements across the Global Majority demanding justice and dignity, while Western youth face a far-right surge fueled by grievance and nostalgia. This post explores why youth ...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This month’s Dispatch takes a look at what is driving youth movements around the world and why there is an increasing divide between progressive movements for change in the Global Majority whilst in regressive far-right movements surge in the West.
mobilisationlab.org/stories/gen-...
mobilisationlab.org/stories/gen-...
Indigenous people have made their presence felt at this year’s #COP30. From participation within the formal diplomacy to massive protests both inside and outside the conference - raising issues from land rights to climate financing.
theconversation.com/finally-indi...
theconversation.com/finally-indi...
Finally, Indigenous peoples have an influential voice at COP30. They’re speaking loud and clear
The UN climate conference in the Brazilian Amazon marks an unprecedented effort to elevate Indigenous concerns in negotiating rooms and on the streets.
theconversation.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Indigenous people have made their presence felt at this year’s #COP30. From participation within the formal diplomacy to massive protests both inside and outside the conference - raising issues from land rights to climate financing.
theconversation.com/finally-indi...
theconversation.com/finally-indi...
We’re holding training sessions in London and Brussels this January! So come join fellow campaigners as we learn how to develop better strategies within the context of the rise of the far right.
Apply now!
London: mobilisationlab.org/upcoming/cam...
Brussels: mobilisationlab.org/upcoming/cam...
Apply now!
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Brussels: mobilisationlab.org/upcoming/cam...
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
We’re holding training sessions in London and Brussels this January! So come join fellow campaigners as we learn how to develop better strategies within the context of the rise of the far right.
Apply now!
London: mobilisationlab.org/upcoming/cam...
Brussels: mobilisationlab.org/upcoming/cam...
Apply now!
London: mobilisationlab.org/upcoming/cam...
Brussels: mobilisationlab.org/upcoming/cam...
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BREAKING: 80+ young people are outside the Treasury right now to tell Rachel Reeves: make tax the super-rich PAY UP - or step down.
This Budget, it's time for Reeves to pick a side: us or the billionaires.
For wealth taxes to fund investment in a better future.
This Budget, it's time for Reeves to pick a side: us or the billionaires.
For wealth taxes to fund investment in a better future.
October 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
BREAKING: 80+ young people are outside the Treasury right now to tell Rachel Reeves: make tax the super-rich PAY UP - or step down.
This Budget, it's time for Reeves to pick a side: us or the billionaires.
For wealth taxes to fund investment in a better future.
This Budget, it's time for Reeves to pick a side: us or the billionaires.
For wealth taxes to fund investment in a better future.
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Today, members of @50501newyork.bsky.social , @wgaeast.bsky.social, and Get Free’s Project Fulcrum rallied in front of the Nexstar’s corporate office in NYC to demand they free the airwaves, show Jimmy Kimmel, and refuse to comply with future regime attacks on truth and freedom.
September 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Today, members of @50501newyork.bsky.social , @wgaeast.bsky.social, and Get Free’s Project Fulcrum rallied in front of the Nexstar’s corporate office in NYC to demand they free the airwaves, show Jimmy Kimmel, and refuse to comply with future regime attacks on truth and freedom.
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"We saw an opportunity in the final season of 'Andor' and now many more people across races, backgrounds and genders have joined our ranks for truth and reparations — and have already dealt major blows to the MAGA regime’s agenda."
More about Project Fulcrum⬇️
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/10/why-...
More about Project Fulcrum⬇️
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/10/why-...
Why fandom organizing is a powerful strategy for movement building
As the Disney/ABC boycott took off, youth activist group Get Free mobilized its “Andor” fan community to amp up the pressure.
wagingnonviolence.org
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"We saw an opportunity in the final season of 'Andor' and now many more people across races, backgrounds and genders have joined our ranks for truth and reparations — and have already dealt major blows to the MAGA regime’s agenda."
More about Project Fulcrum⬇️
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/10/why-...
More about Project Fulcrum⬇️
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/10/why-...
Nonprofits are returning to #PovertyPorn imagery by turning to AI generated imagery of Black and Brown bodies suffering. This is as much a failure of funders cutting budgets as it is a failure of leaders uplifting and resourcing organisations in the global south.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The ethics of global health communication in the artificial intelligence era: avoiding poverty porn 2.0
Following widespread criticism, so-called poverty porn, which usually appears in the
guise of photographs featuring people in extreme states of suffering,1,2 is now largely
discouraged in contemporary...
www.thelancet.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Nonprofits are returning to #PovertyPorn imagery by turning to AI generated imagery of Black and Brown bodies suffering. This is as much a failure of funders cutting budgets as it is a failure of leaders uplifting and resourcing organisations in the global south.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Learn about the far right’s digital campaigning and communications tactics in this webinar - sign up quick cos it starts tomorrow!
What can the far right’s use of online platforms teach us to defeat them? In the “Defeating the Far Right Online” training Oct 15/16 (accessible to all time zones) We'll cover messaging, tactics, amplification, + more.
Free for most.
Info:
community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/defe...
Free for most.
Info:
community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/defe...
October 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Learn about the far right’s digital campaigning and communications tactics in this webinar - sign up quick cos it starts tomorrow!
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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.
globalvoices.org
October 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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.
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.
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/19/a...
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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...
edition.cnn.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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.
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/19/a...
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/19/a...
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...
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
mobilisationlab.org
September 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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...
Take part in our benchmarking survey: mobilisationlab.org/stories/benc...
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!
youtu.be/RP8Oxe6OxJc?...
Lots of learnings for campaigners in this short film from More Perfect Union!
youtu.be/RP8Oxe6OxJc?...
I Took Bernie Into Deep Trump Country. Can He Win Them Over?
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
youtu.be
September 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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!
youtu.be/RP8Oxe6OxJc?...
Lots of learnings for campaigners in this short film from More Perfect Union!
youtu.be/RP8Oxe6OxJc?...
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!
mobilisationlab.org/stories/benc...
We want to build a resource that helps us all shift the narrative from short term to long term investment in people power!
mobilisationlab.org/stories/benc...
Benchmark survey: understanding the learning ecosystem for changemakers - MobLab
Building the power of changemakers to confront today's greatest challenges
mobilisationlab.org
September 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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!
mobilisationlab.org/stories/benc...
We want to build a resource that helps us all shift the narrative from short term to long term investment in people power!
mobilisationlab.org/stories/benc...
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.
oc-media.org/georgian-aut...
oc-media.org/georgian-aut...
Georgian authorities freeze accounts of seven NGOs
The Prosecutor General’s Office accused the organisations of inciting violence.
oc-media.org
September 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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.
oc-media.org/georgian-aut...
oc-media.org/georgian-aut...
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.
www.amnesty.org.uk/anti-rights
www.amnesty.org.uk/anti-rights
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...
www.amnesty.org.uk
September 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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.
www.amnesty.org.uk/anti-rights
www.amnesty.org.uk/anti-rights
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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
mobilisationlab.org/resources/an...
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
mobilisationlab.org/resources/an...
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.
mobilisationlab.org
August 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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
mobilisationlab.org/resources/an...
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
mobilisationlab.org/resources/an...
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…
medium.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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...
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.
www.aljazeera.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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...
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🌬️ 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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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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🌡️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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www.linkedin.com/pulse/turnin...
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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www.linkedin.com/pulse/turnin...
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.
www.linkedin.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🌬️ 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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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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🚨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!
To protect yourself:
⛲Stay hydrated
🏖️ Avoid direct sun
And to protect everyone’s future:
⛔PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUELS, the driver of the climate crisis!
August 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🚨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!
To protect yourself:
⛲Stay hydrated
🏖️ Avoid direct sun
And to protect everyone’s future:
⛔PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUELS, the driver of the climate crisis!
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?
smk.org.uk/top-10-summe...
'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?
smk.org.uk/top-10-summe...
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.
smk.org.uk
August 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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?
smk.org.uk/top-10-summe...
'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?
smk.org.uk/top-10-summe...
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.
www.eventplanner.net
August 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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...
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
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
July 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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
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
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
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
July 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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
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
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
commonslibrary.org/why-didnt-we...
➡️ 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
commonslibrary.org/why-didnt-we...
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.
commonslibrary.org
July 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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
commonslibrary.org/why-didnt-we...
➡️ 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
commonslibrary.org/why-didnt-we...