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Published in: TransformationSeeing true nature: Buddhism and the environmentIn an age of increasing environmental destruction, Buddhism can inspire the ecological awareness that’s necessary...
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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: TransformationWhat do you think of Transformation?Transformation, openDemocracy’s newest section, turns one year old today. We want your help in evaluating our progress.
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Published in: TransformationAmerican politics: beyond angels and demonsIn celebration of July 4, Independence Day in the United States, Transformation asks what lies in store for...
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Published in: TransformationThey burn clean and leave only ashes: transforming San QuentinIn one of the world’s most infamous institutions, rage and pain are channeled into personal empowerment and the...
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Published in: TransformationThis is what life is like for an asylum seekerSurvival on £35 a week, the everyday boredom of waiting for a trial, and how the system needs to be humanised: a UK...
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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: TransformationI am sorry for you, you mean well: trust and history in the making of a better worldWhy do foreign aid and advice so often fail? A transformative social vision means nothing without humility.
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Published in: TransformationNo surrender: responding to the new breed of climate change in-activistsWaiting for death in the planetary hospice is not a convincing response to climate change: a response to Carolyn Baker.
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Published in: TransformationWelcome to the planetary hospiceSurrendering to the implications of climate change is an act of courage not cowardice. This is the first article in...
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Published in: TransformationSafe white hands: Hollywood's problem with minorities in filmWhite men make films about the emancipatory struggles of everybody else. The final article in Transformation's...
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Published in: TransformationWhat's liberation got to do with it?Veteran activist Urvashi Vaid on being a utopian in the 1970s, and how gay rights prevailed over liberation...
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Published in: TransformationI'm a woman, but I'm glad I used to be a manI was the kind of trans* person who, upon coming out, sought to destroy all references to my male social and legal...
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Published in: TransformationStephen Sutton and the politics of the deathbed smileIn the political economy of modern dying, Stephen's Sutton's death from cancer - wrapped up in cheery charity...
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Published in: TransformationThe good thing about having a disabilityAccepting I was disabled was the first step in becoming a force for change for others, as a feminist, trade unionist...
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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: TransformationTo stop HIV, let's bring sexy backSexual liberation is not only about more sex for some people, or more orgasms, but should prioritize pleasure,...
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Published in: TransformationWhy don’t men care?
Caregiving is neither a male nor female responsibility - it’s what helps to make us all human. It’s time we reshaped...
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Published in: TransformationBallet without the body fascismMy head echoed with internalised voices: “But you’re just a fat elephant. You couldn’t possibly do ballet.” This...
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Published in: TransformationLiberation in the age of the hashtag activistUnder austerity we tweet #bringbackourgirls from the safety of our laptops: anything else is naive. Liberation means...
