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Published in: TransformationEmpathy: lots of lessons but no final wordsWhat can we learn from two weeks of debate? Empathy must be used to correct injustice, not simply to understand it...
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Published in: TransformationMuriel Lester and the stench of injusticeAsserting the dignity of all people is a central moving force in the history of social change. This is the fifth...
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Published in: TransformationForget empathy – it’s time for radical connectionIn the struggle for social justice it’s not how much empathy we feel that makes the difference, but what we do with...
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Published in: TransformationIntroducing empathyIs the “empathy revolution” just a passing fad or the key to peace and social justice? This is the first in a...
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Published in: TransformationWomen’s survival strategies in Chechnya: from self-care to caring for each otherLuiza encounters regular violence and intimidation in her work helping women survivors of state-sponsored violence....
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Published in: TransformationFlash mob iftars and the Ramadan Tent: Islamic organizing for social justice
Inspired by Islamic traditions, London's dynamic young Muslim scene is struggling for change.
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Published in: TransformationGoing inside, coming out
Before Chelsea Manning rebelled against the order of the US army, others had already done so—the soldiers she...
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Published in: TransformationHow to win friends and influence the new economy
Loneliness is as strong as smoking or alcohol abuse as an indicator of premature mortality. When Lisa Cook found she...
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Published in: TransformationOpen borders for a sustainable futureShould people be deported for being who they are? What if we were to scrap all anti-immigrant laws? An Open Borders...
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Published in: TransformationMoral Mondays: the new face of protest?
"This is no momentary protest. This is a movement. We've been here before, and if slavery didn't kill us, if the...
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Published in: TransformationProtest politics and the ethical imagination
Protest, like marriage, means re-imagining relations to self and other. The Taksim Square Book Club - in which...
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Published in: TransformationThe age of endingsOur myths of progress are killing us. Where can we find a new set of stories to inspire the work of the future? Only...
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Published in: Transformation“Love 2.0:” a conversation with Barbara Fredrickson
Is there any scientific basis for believing that love can be a force for change in politics and economics? An...
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Published in: TransformationOrganizing as whole peopleThere are no shortcuts to building the kind of power it takes to win meaningful change. As an organizer in a county...
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Published in: TransformationReclaiming nonviolent history
In conventional histories, violence is generally celebrated. National memorials glamorize death, bloodshed and...
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Published in: TransformationChanging sides doesn't always make for transformation — just look at Egypt
What is the best kind of defection? During Egypt's recent turmoil there was too much collusion between nonviolent...
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Published in: TransformationBoth perilous and wonderful? The global transformation of authorityThese are exciting times, when authority is being challenged everywhere. But what will replace the old models that...
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Published in: TransformationWhat are white folks to do? Some thoughts on the Trayvon Martin caseAmid the outpuring of protest and opinion around the George Zimmerman case it's easy to feel overwhelmed. Here are...
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Published in: TransformationWelcome to America?With immigration policy the hottest of hot button issues in America, is it possible to transform the debate? Only by...
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Published in: TransformationNaked in the flat
Could you live without any belongings? Helsinki-based Petri Luukainen took radical action to conquer the clutter of...
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