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Websites

Surfers Against Sewage
The official surfers against sewage website
Trapese
‘Taking Radical Action through Popular Education and Sustainable Everything!’ Trapese is a Popular Education Collective
Autonomous Geographies
Two year action research project run jointly by geographers at the University of Leeds and the University of Leicester
Seeds for change
Non-profit coop providing training and resources to grassroots campaigners, NGOs, Co-ops and other community groups and organisations in the social sector
UK Social Centres Network
A portal to radical social centres and autonomous spaces around the UK
Indymedia UK
A network of individuals, independent and alternative media activists and organisations, offering grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial coverage of important social and political issues
Corporate Watch
Critical research into corporations and support for groups challenging the corporate take over
Monbiot
George Monbiot’s blogspot

Books

How to Win Campaigns: 100 Steps to Success
Author: Chris Rose
Description: This book explores what works in campaigning – a practical how-to guide
ISBN: 1853839620
People Power: In depth guide to local ‘grass-roots’ campaigning: How to Run a Campaign and Make a Difference in Your Community
Author: Jon Robins and Paul Stook
Description: All you need to know about local campaigning and how to make a difference to your community
ISBN: 1905261594
A Smile In The Mind
Author: Alan Fletcher
Description: Exploring witty thinking and playful graphic design.
ISBN: 0-7148-3812-8
Do or Die! Voices from the Ecological Resistance
Author: Earth First!
Description: A collection of inspiring, empowering and important stories from everything from the anti roads movement through reclaim the streets to pixie actions and monkey wrenching
ISBN: N/A
Pressure Groups, Politics and Democracy in Britain
Author: Wyn Grant
Description: Political studies on pressure groups, their influence within the UK and EU, their effectiveness and their position within democracy
ISBN: 0860037150
Anarchism and Other Essays
Author: Emma Goldman
Description: A collection of essays spanning the psychology of political violence, women’s emancipation and what anarchism really stands for
ISBN: 1599869896
Storming the Millennium: The New Politics of Change
Author: Tim Jordan and Adam Lent
Description: This is the first book to bring together a range of activists of journalists recognising the importance of new politics
ISBN: 0853158738
Hope in the Dark, Untold Stories
Author: Rebecca Solnit
Description: Tracing a history of activism and social change over the past five decades
ISBN: 1560255773
Do It Yourself: A Handbook for Changing our World
Author: Paul Chatterton
Description: Covers everything from setting up a community garden to taking direct action, alternative media to why we are what we eat
ISBN: 978-0-7453-2637-5

Organisations

Greenpeace
Greenpeace stands for positive change through action. We defend the natural world and promote peace.
Stop Heathrow Expansion
A website to campaign about the Heathrow Airport Expansion
Social Centre Network
Provides a portal to radical social centres and autonomous spaces around the UK
No Borders Network
Freedom of movement and equal rights for all
The John Muir Trust
UK charity dedicated to the protection of wild land for both nature and people