Resources

• Ulex (2022): Sustaining the Climate Justice Movement (Training Manual)Recommended
• Adams (2025): “Mapping the UK climate movement again”
• Cox (2018): Why Social Movements Matter
• Eden and Rodrigues (2025): All In: A Revolutionary Theory to Stop Climate Collapse
• Holling (2001): “Understanding the Complexity of Economic, Ecological, and Social Systems”
• Nunes (2021): Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization
• Tufekci (2017): Twitter and Tear Gas
• Ulex (2025): Ecology of Social Movements in Central and Eastern Europe (One-week training)
• Wright (2010): Envisioning Real Utopias

• Williams and Gilbert (2022): Hegemony Now: How Wall Street and Big Tech Won the WorldRecommended
• Adams (2019): “Mapping hegemonic power in a time of monsters”
• Cox (2024): “Social movements and hegemonic struggle”
• Gramsci (1971): Selections from the Prison Notebooks
• Hoare and Sperber (2016): An Introduction to Antonio Gramsci
• Mezz (2023): “Why do people brag about working long hours?” (Short video)
• Perez (2004): “Finance and technical change: A long-term view”
• Williams (2020): Political Hegemony and Social Complexity: Mechanisms of Power After Gramsci

• Boulton, Allen and Bowman (2015): Embracing Complexity: Strategic Perspectives for an Age of TurbulenceRecommended
• Case (2018): “Attractor Landscapes” (A fun, interactive online visualisation)
• Snowden et al. (2023): “Cynefin Framework” (Wiki)
• Snowden et al. (2025): “Estuarine Framework” (Wiki)
• Doyle (2022): “Vector theory of change”
• Juarrero (2010): “Dynamical Systems Theory”
• Levin (2022): “Technological Approach to Mind Everywhere: An Experimentally-Grounded Framework for Understanding Diverse Bodies and Minds”
• Sapolsky (2010): “Chaos and Reductionism” and “Emergence and Complexity” (Lectures)
• Valente (2017): “Complexity theories and Systems Thinking: parallels and differences”

• The Trapese Collective (2007): Do It Yourself: A Handbook for Changing Our WorldRecommended
• Akuno (2022): “Organizing for revolution, not crisis avoidance” (Video)
• Gahman (2016): “Dismantling neoliberal education: a lesson from the Zapatistas”
• Hope and Timmel (1984): Training for Transformation: A Handbook for Community Workers
• Knapp, Flach and Ayboga (2016): Revolution in Rojava
• Linares (2025): Decolonising Money
• Pien (2010): “Black Panthers’ Breakfast Programme”
• Rojava Information Center (2022): “The Rojava Revolution – A Decade On (Part 1)”
• Spade (2020): Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)

• Machado de Oliveira (2021): Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social ActivismRecommended
• Lawson (2021): The Entangled Activist: Learning to Recognise the Master’s Tools
• Munson (2009): The Making of Pro-Life Activists: How Social Movement Mobilization Works (Summary article)
• Powerlabs (2024): “Thriving Together: The Science of Motivation” (Webinar)
• The “Triangle of Love and Hate” we use in our course is listed as “Exploring an Ecology Of Strategies Activity” in Ulex’s Training Manual.

• Bookshop UK. An independent online platform supporting local booksellers.
• Biblio and World of Books. Good for getting second-hand books.
• Anna’s Archive. “The largest truly open library in human history.” Has downloadable eBooks and PDFs of books and scientific papers. You can download eBook reading apps for free. If you can, please donate directly to the authors of books or papers you get there.

If you have trouble locating any of the resources we list, get in touch and we’ll help you find them.