Commons Conversations Series 4: Cathy Rogers and Sophie Hartley

Saturday, 17 January 2026 - 1:00pm to 1:10pm

Sophie Hartley, researcher at the Commons Social Change Library, chats with Cathy Rogers from the UK Social Change Lab about how to effectively campaign against the fossil fuel industry. The pair discuss recent reports they have published. Sophie's is entitled Tactics Used by Fossil Fuel Companies to Suppress Critique and Obstruct Climate Action while Cathy has co-authored Strategies and Tactics to Curb the Fossil Fuel Industry.

 The reports can be read here-

https://commonslibrary.org/strategies-and-tactics-to-curb-the-fossil-fuel-industry/

https://commonslibrary.org/tactics-used-by-fossil-fuel-companies-to-suppress-critique-and-obstruct-climate-action/

Saturday 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Ratbags, Peaceniks and Agents of Change. Resistance radio that explores the movements that made us, drawing from the activist archives through to voices of resistance today. We take you under the hood to see how collectives and campaigns are formed, mobilise people, work cooperatively to transform systems of oppression and are sustained over time.

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