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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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