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About Gary Commins

Gary Commins is an Episcopal priest in California who has worked in urban communities for over 20 years. In addition to his day job, he is writing a book linking traditional spirituality with historical activism called If Only We Could See: Mystical Vision and Social Transformation.

Articles by Gary Commins

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Manuel Serrano is Junior Editor at DemocraciaAbierta.

European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

Technical, geopolitical, or transformative: what future for the Eastern Partnership?
Laure Delcour
'Practical wisdom' and EU integration
Can Büyükbay
Serbia’s choice: EU membership or eastern promises?
Srdja Pavlovic

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

TTIP: we were right all along
Thomas Fazi
TTIP and the right to protect personal data
Keno Franke
What we talk about when we talk about TTIP
Sam Lowe
The great rebranding: how the EU tried to fool us into thinking it has removed ISDS from TTIP
Virginia López Calvo

Muriel Lester and the stench of injustice

Gary Commins 9 September 2013

Asserting the dignity of all people is a central moving force in the history of social change. This is the fifth article in our series on empathy and transformation.