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Campaign support for people power movements and groups across the world. Follow to hear about free and paid training and coaching, reading groups for organizing wisdom, and great organizing. https://socialmovementtechnologies.org
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📚🎧🎬 As we head into the holidays, ready for a movie night that feeds your soul? Great movement movies for you, friends and family. Plus podcasts...and books for gifts of meaning to yourself or others.

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Social change staffers & unionists:

Hope the year opens with purpose & energy. Join 2026 trainings: visuals, distributed organizing, AI, storytelling, LinkedIn, team & campaign mgmt, short-form video & copywriting to build power.

Learn more: community.socialmovementtechnologies.org?utm_medium=o...
January 7, 2026 at 4:30 PM
SMT is hiring in Asia, Europe and North America.

Passionate about building people power for justice? Want to put your digital campaigning and organizing skills to use supporting movements across Asia?

Apply here: workwith.socialmovementtechnologies.org/asia-movemen...
January 5, 2026 at 2:09 PM
📚🎧🎬 As we head into the holidays, ready for a movie night that feeds your soul? Great movement movies for you, friends and family. Plus podcasts...and books for gifts of meaning to yourself or others.

Explore: socialmovementtechnologies.org/campaign-sup...
December 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Social justice staffers & unionists:

Short-form video is how organizers meet people where they are. Are you?

Join SMT’s April 2026 apprenticeship to build skills for powerful, action-driven video storytelling.

Learn more: community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/shor...
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Social change managers & directors:

Join SMT’s management masterclass to gain tools & practices to align teams, delegate well, and lead across organizing, tech & campaigns. Includes templates + team worksheets.

Register: community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/team...
December 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
For social justice staffers and unionists:

LinkedIn isn’t just for networking — it’s an organizing tool

This training combines short recorded lessons with a live small-group session to apply LinkedIn tactics to your work.

Learn more: community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/link...
December 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We stand with organizers in South Africa who mobilized for months and protested during the G20 summit to demand action on femicide & GBV. In response, the president is now talking about taking action. May this lead to REAL action and justice. ✊🏾 Amandla!
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Free training Dec 11: Tools for digital campaigning, storytelling & movement-building in Europe & Central Asia.

For activists, & digital organizers working in shrinking civic space.

Offered in collaboration with UNDP.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
In solidarity with Palestine, thousands protested in Malaysia during Trump’s #ASEAN Summit visit, demanding an end to Gaza’s genocide and U.S. complicity. #FreePalestine #StoptheGenocide✊

www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...
Anti-Trump rally held in Malaysia over Gaza war
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters rallied in the Malaysian capital against the visit of US President Donald Trump.
www.aljazeera.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Social justice staffers & unionists: what’s actually working with A.I. in movement work?
Join this 90-minute roundtable to hear from groups using A.I. - tools, tips & lessons. Bring your experiences & questions too.
Free for most. More:
community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/move...
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Happening this week! Training on #Bluesky, with tips and guidance for social change groups. We'll cover:
🔎 Find your allies and supporters
🌱 Grow your account quickly & strategically
🔥 Start your campaign on Bsky
💡 Posts that gain traction
🧩Useful apps and more
bit.ly/BlueskyTrain...
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
For staff of social justice groups:

Want to tell stories that inspire people to take action? Join this training to learn how to craft and share narratives that connect deeply, shift perspectives, & inspire your audience to act.

Learn more:
community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/stor...
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
For social justice staffers:

Join "Building Power with Visuals" - a 4-week intensive certificate program (Jan-Feb 2026) on designing bold visuals that shift narratives & move people to act.

Learn more & register: community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/buil...
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A win for Lamu! After 7 years of organizing, Kenya’s Court upheld the cancellation of the Sh200B Lamu coal plant - a huge victory for local communities, & environmental justice!

✊🏾 Shoutout to @SaveLamu, @deCOALonize, @naturaljustice & @katibainstitute for this historic fight.
October 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Join us November 11/12 for a small group session to get feedback on your website & make it an organizing powerhouse!

We’ll cover:
CMS comparison
Campaign microsites & petitions
Designing for action-taking
#AI tools for copy & visuals
SEO

community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/make...
October 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Playing a management role in social change? This masterclass will equip yourself with the tools & practices to lead effectively in the digital age.

Perfect for managers & directors ready to boost team effectiveness & impact.

Learn more:
community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/team...
October 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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For more than 19 hours, Greenpeace Belgium activists have blocked the Zeebrugge LNG terminal now.

Europe must stop fossil gas! From Russia, from the US and from anywhere else.

Sign now: bit.ly/44DANBE
#StopFossilGas
October 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Join us Nov 19-20 for small-group sessions on #Bluesky, with tips and guidance for social change groups and activists. We'll cover:
🔎 Find your allies and supporters
🌱 Grow your account quickly and strategically
🔥 Start your campaign on Bsky
💡 Posts that gain traction
🧩Useful apps and more
Bluesky Ramp-up for People Power - Social Movement Technologies Global Community
November 19/20, 2025 | 90 min live session + 60 min recorded content | Training held twice to meet all global time zone needs: Recordings available now to start ramping up on Bluesky – Join the live s...
community.socialmovementtechnologies.org
September 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"A huge win for coastal communities, small-scale fishers & climate justice! Congrats to frontline groups, @GreenConnection & @NaturalJustice, on stopping offshore oil & gas drilling in Block 5/6/7. #PeoplePower wins. #ClimateJustice

naturaljustice.org/offshore-dri...
Offshore drilling project halted in landmark high court victory for coastal communities against Shell, TotalEnergies
In a landmark victory for civil society and coastal communities, the Western Cape High Court has set aside the South African government’s decision to grant environmental authorisation for offshore dri...
naturaljustice.org
September 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Happening now: Youth-driven protests involving thousands in Nepal angry about social media shutdown, corruption, inequality, nepotism force resignation of prime minister and more.
peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/09/n...

#PeoplePower #NepalUprising
Nepal’s Gen-Z uprising is about jobs, dignity – and a broken development model : Peoples Dispatch
The resignation of Nepali PM KP Oli, amid massive youth-driven protests has raised many questions for the people of Nepal and its once united Left. While many have accused the uprising about merely be...
peoplesdispatch.org
September 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Italian dockworkers threaten to “shut down all of Europe” & block all shipments to Israel if communication w/ the latest Gaza-bound aid flotilla is lost. This = a significant escalation in dockworkers’ history of action in solidarity w/ #Palestine. #Gaza #Unions
novaramedia.com/2025/09/02/i...
Italian Dockworkers Threaten to ‘Shut Down All of Europe’ If Gaza Aid Flotilla Is Blocked | Novara Media
A union representing dockworkers at one of the largest ports in the Mediterranean - a key stopping point for Israeli goods - has said it will ‘block everything’ if Israel stops the inbound aid flotill...
novaramedia.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Social justice staffers:

Want to tell stories that inspire people to take action? Join this training to learn how to craft and share narratives that connect deeply, shift perspectives, and inspire your audience to get involved.

Learn more:
community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/stor...
September 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thousands took to the streets across the U.S. on August 16, to fight against Texas far right's election rigging. People raised their voices to protect democracy, resist gerrymandering. ✊🏾
truthout.org/articles/fig...
“Fight the Trump Takeover” Protests Spread Nationwide
Republicans in Texas are poised to become the first in the nation to redraw their maps at the president’s behest.
truthout.org
August 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We stand in full solidarity with the brave activists using a culture-jamming tactic to resist #EACOP! Protecting land, water, and future generations is a fight we all share. Your courage inspires us. ✊ #StopEACOP #ClimateJustice
August 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM