%0 Journal Article %A Scandrett, Eurig %A Glass, Dan %A Nada-Rajah, Rebecca %T Reflections on a workshop on popular education, direct action and the arts in tackling environmental justice struggles, held at the World Education Forum in Palestine, October 2010 %D 2011 %J Journal of Arts & Communities, %V 2 %N 3 %P 239-245 %@ 1757-1944 %R https://doi.org/10.1386/jaac.2.3.239_1 %K environmental justice %K direct action %K art %K Popular education %I Intellect, %X ABSTRACT This case study describes a piece of emersion theatre conducted during a workshop at the World Education Forum in Ramallah, Palestine in 2010. The piece explores the relationship between three different approaches to political change: popular education; direct action and art – using the scenario of a campaign against environmental pollution. The workshop was designed to focus critically on the tensions between the three approaches with a view to understand better their contributions to radical social change. The case study describes the theoretical background as well as the insights from the workshop. %U https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jaac.2.3.239_1