Toolbox:

An interconnected web of the key strategies and tactics that have inspired people-powered victories & upended the status quo. Start anywhere and explore…

Theory

Theatre of the Oppressed

Theatre of the Oppressed

A set of theatrical games and exercises that empower people to explore collective struggles, analyze their history and present circumstances, and then experiment with inventing a new future together.

Story

Stolen Beauty

Stolen Beauty

The Stolen Beauty boycott campaign targeted the Israeli cosmetics manufacturer Ahava, causing economic damage, a tarnished reputation, and ultimately, a promise to move the factory out of historic Palestine.

Tactic

Image theatre

Image theatre

A theatre exercise in which participants form statues that represent an oppressive situation, followed by group reflection to better understand the situation and try out possible solutions.

Theory

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

A theory of education by which, according to Paulo Freire, “men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.”

Tactic

Lamentation

Lamentation

Public mourning as protest.

Story

Stop Prawer Plan

Stop Prawer Plan

In response to a draft Israeli bill that aimed to expel 70,000 Palestinian Bedouins from their ancestral land, Palestinians organized a massive campaign that led to the withdrawal of the proposed bill.

Principle

Reclaim the pre-colonial

Reclaim the pre-colonial

The path towards freedom, justice, and wise ecological living may ask us to lean back on our past to recover — and give new meaning to — ways of life that existed before slavery, colonialism, and capitalism.

Tactic

Forum theatre

Forum theatre

Forum theatre is a tool for exploring and rehearsing possible actions that people can take to transform their world. It’s often used both in preparation to taking action and in anti-oppression workshops.