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Published in: TransformationStructuring our beloved communities?If we believe that changing the world involves changing the kinds of relationships we have with one another, what’s...
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Published in: TransformationFrom empire to earth community: Casa de PazIn the Fruitvale district of East Oakland, California, 36th Avenue is the turf of three major gangs. Yet the...
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Published in: TransformationTo remain in prison for the rest of my life is the greatest honor you could give me: the story of Sister Megan RiceWhere does moral courage come from - the energy and strength to challenge and transform much larger powers? A prison...
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Published in: TransformationArt after Occupy
In the aftermath of Occupy, artists are utilizing a diversity of tactics at the cutting edges of radical politics...
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Published in: TransformationI know why I’m obsessed with Jews, but why are you?Can we care for people who don't look, speak and think like us? Only greater knowledge of our own responsibility for...
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Published in: TransformationRays of hope in Gaza: 13 Israeli and Palestinian groups building peaceThe safety and security that every Palestinian and Israeli child deserve can only come about if all children's...
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Published in: TransformationWhen the pillars fall: how social movements can win more victories like same-sex marriageIn only ten years, widespread opposition to same-sex marriage in the USA has been transformed into equally...
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Published in: TransformationSocial justice with knittingWelcome to the world of craftivism - a way of looking at life where voicing opinions through creativity makes your...
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Published in: TransformationTransforming anger into nonviolent powerAnger, rage and a desire for revenge are all reasonable and justified in the face of armed attacks, abuse and...
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Published in: TransformationThe danger of fetishizing revolutionRevolution has become an empty word - a distraction from the real work of social transformation.
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Published in: TransformationDon’t wait for the revolution - live itWhen pranksters and creative organizers create temporary utopias, the experience leaves us wanting more - and ready...
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Published in: TransformationShould we fight the system or be the change?Short-term campaigns versus building the beloved community: what are the real costs and benefits of pre-figurative politics?
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Published in: TransformationRemembering Vincent Harding, an enduring veteran of hopeA celebration of one of the pioneers of transformative nonviolence, who was both an historian and a maker of history.
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Published in: TransformationCan disruptive power create new social movements?Explosive short-term mobilization and long-term organizing are both important to social transformation. When, where...
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Published in: TransformationHumor but not humiliation: finding the sweet spot in nonviolent conflict resolutionHumor is a time-honored strategy in the repertoire of nonviolence, but we must learn to use it properly. Poke fun at...
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Published in: TransformationBrought together by the Keystone Pipeline fight, "Cowboys and Indians" heal old woundsAs Native Americans and ranchers work together to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, they're also learning to...
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Published in: TransformationPetition for redress to the Oxford English DictionaryAnger cannot be the dominant motivation of effective troublemakers. It’s time for a new definition of global activism.
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Published in: TransformationThe struggle to defend La Famantina is forever: how social movements in Argentina are close to changing historyIn La Rioja, Cordoba, Corrientes and elsewhere, activists are defending what they hold in common. In the process,...
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Published in: TransformationOrganizations as communities: lessons from Deir Mar Musa in SyriaSuccessful communities welcome disagreement and approach conflict constructively. Maybe the 21st century is the time...
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Published in: TransformationOn a good day she would kiss me back: transforming trauma into creative energy and actionInstead of giving in, the deepest thing we can do with trauma is to transmute pain into actions that heal ourselves...
