Overview

Why community organising? 
 Community organising is what enables communities to put their ideas into action; it will enable you to shape your local community, and perhaps even the greater society, so that it responds to the needs and desires of the people. It is a way of organising and acting effectively, so that you have a say in how money is spent, can make the most of any grants available, and can even hold politicians to account. Organising effectively as a community and creating lasting change is incredibly empowering – it enables people to find and use their agency, to draw on their courage, and to understand that their views and voices matter. 
 If we can come together to organise COVID-19 mutual aid projects, why not food, land and housing cooperatives? The climate crisis is real and our communities have to learn to adapt to a world in flux. That will only happen if we learn to work together. This is the moment to do exactly that. 
 Useful Links 
 
 Imagination aphrodisiacs:
 
 Sundial: The Imagination Sundial 
 Guide: XR Guide to the Impossible 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ideas for a new world: 
 
 Stories: 21 stories of Transition 
 Platform: The Alternative 
 
 
 
 Building the New Economy: Resource Library on starting a Cooperative 
 
 
 
 Reclaiming Your Local Council:
 
 Guide: Transform Your Local Council 
 Podcast: Peter Macfadyen, former mayor, renegade, legend of local politics 
 
 
 
 
 Take Direct Action:
 
 Reading list: compiled by the Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination 
 Manual: Earth First! Direct Action Manual