Articles by Nicola Paris
- Profile
- Nicola Paris established CounterAct in 2012 and has trained 1000s of people in civil resistance and grassroots campaign skills. She has nearly 20 years’ experience working across the progressive spectrum on a range of issues, from blockades to boardrooms, from federal parliament, to tiny NGO’s, to frontline action in Antarctica. She has helped defend the Kimberley from industrialisation, supported direct action to protect the Beeliar Wetlands near Perth – helped coordinate Break Free, involving 2000 people blockading the coal port of Newcastle, and worked on a range of social justice campaigns.
Culture, Economy, Social Justice
Staying Together While Keeping Apart During COVID-19: Part One
In light of the Coronavirus pandemic and the rapid shift to physical distancing the Green Institute hosted a webinar on 19 March 2020 titled Staying Together While Keeping Apart. Green Agenda is now publishing transcripts of the speakers of the webinar. This week we are publishing the talks from Nicola Paris, Tim Lo Surdo and El Gibbs. Read Part Two.... Read More
Peace, Social Justice
Suppression Of The Right To Protest
This paper formed part of the Green Institute Report ‘Rebalancing Rights: Communities, Corporatations and Nature’. 25 years jail for peaceful protest. That is the potential outcome from the Espionage and Foreign Interference Bill (EFI) that was introduced by the Liberals and rubber stamped by Labor in 2018. It was slammed through with such speed that the cross-benches had one hour... Read More