Based on several decades of experience our Australian activist friends share with us what they have learned about organizing for a mass demonstration.
Here we reflect on some understandings from participating in the organising of such events over several decades, including peace and anti-war movements, for human rights and social and economic justice, in support of liberation struggles, and in the successful November 2015 People's Climate Marches. Some of these learnings may seem obvious, but that does not stop them from being overlooked. This list is far from comprehensive!