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Published in: TransformationNothing about us, without us: reversing the power dynamics of philanthropyIf money is power, then control over money has to be democratized. What if grants to social movements of sex workers...
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Published in: TransformationNot just about the money: corporatization is weakening activism and empowering big businessActivist and advocacy organizations increasingly look and act like multinational corporations. Is it worth the...
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Published in: TransformationA year of living generouslyGenuine happiness involves sharing time and money, but beware of thinking that the poor belong to some other tribe....
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Published in: TransformationHow I learned to let go and be myselfI was bullied in school for not fitting in, while at home my father abused alcohol to cope with his pain. I learned...
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Published in: TransformationSocial room: making a more civil societyThe US school shooters weren't just pathological murderers, they were responding to suffocating beliefs about...
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Published in: TransformationIs laughter the best medicine for monopoly capitalism?When the New York Public Library hosted an event with Mexican business-philanthropist Carlos Slim, the night got a...
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Published in: TransformationEnough talk about intersectionality. Let's get on with itWhat are we not doing while so many of our movement's resources are being used for unproductive internal arguments?
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Published in: TransformationThe limits of non-cooperation as a strategy for social changeCivil disobedience is vital, but it is insufficient to transform society. A new science of cooperation illuminates...
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Published in: TransformationThe transforming power of metaphorMetaphors are the basic building blocks of how we think and communicate with one another. Let’s use more that speak...
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Published in: TransformationWhy we need radical love to create changeLiving on an isolated island with my dog, it was a departure to find myself with 4,000 other LGBTQ people at the...
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Published in: TransformationWhat would you do in a revolution?Our reviewer went to the theatre to find out. Coney, a British theatre company, have framed a political experiment...
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Published in: Transformation#Iceland3: people who take food from bins should be applauded, not arrestedThe British court case against three men who "skipped" food from Iceland supermarket has been dropped. But food...
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Published in: TransformationSilence = death: Sarah Schulman on ACT UP, the forgotten resistance to the AIDS crisisWhen the AIDS activist movement ACT UP was formed in New York in 1987, 50 per cent of Americans wanted people with...
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Published in: TransformationThank You Pete Seeger“We are not afraid…we shall all be free.” Pete Seeger died last night, but the power of his music lives on. One...
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Published in: Transformation“Being poor is not a crime:” transforming the struggle for housing rights worldwideFrom singing in New York courtrooms to gluing door locks in Berlin: the struggle to protect housing rights is about...
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Published in: TransformationSuffering happens, but Pakistan's Afghan refugees are more than just victimsThe word 'refugee' conjures up images of rows of tents, barefoot children and saddened faces. The reality is more...
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Published in: TransformationWhat’s so special about storytelling for social change?A new world requires new stories, but people will only listen to them when they themselves are included in the...
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Published in: TransformationAloneness is central to our collective wellbeingIs spending time alone an escape from reality or a gateway to more effective social action? A walk can be...
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Published in: TransformationThe world should be watching India’s coup of common peopleCan the new Aam Aadmi party transform Indian democracy? Or will high expectations be dissipated as the party's...
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Published in: TransformationWhy the monster Grendel has no place in activism todayI was at the anti-fracking protest at Balcombe in the UK when another activist said austerity is "a beast bigger...
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