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Lessons for powerful coalitions: aManda talks with Canadian unions (back in 2011)

A short speech exploring Amanda’s experience and research on coalition building – at a major Canadian union conference.

Back when I was still building the Sydney Alliance and speaking with groups about coalition building – following the launch of my book Power in Coalition – I was invited to speak at the Canadian Public Service Union (CUPE) National Conference.

A video of the speech is below and it includes stories like what I learnt from the protests around the War in Iraq, the Sydney Alliance as well as the three elements and five lessons about successful coalitions.

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UnderStanding the patterns of power: the three circles

Public life can feel random and confusing but that does not mean that it is organised in random ways. Power dynamics are often unequal and their patterns can help explain some of what is happening in our everyday lives and on the news. In Chapter 4, Conscious Tribes sets out a diagram called the Three…

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