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Published in: TransformationDamned is the man who abandons himself: the remarkable story of a homeless poetRaimundo Arruda Sobrinho lived and wrote for decades on a roadway median he called "The Island" in Sao Paulo,...
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Published in: TransformationListening to the Buddha: how greed, ill-will and delusion are poisoning our institutionsWhen politics and economics are based on the worst aspects of human nature, societies become riddled with inequality...
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Published in: TransformationPanic and the city: I thought I was dying two or three times a weekThere was no apparent trigger to my panic attacks, they were caused by the capitalist city itself. Part of...
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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: TransformationThe high price of materialism
The good life is not the same as a life filled with goods. Wellbeing and materialism don’t fit together. (Animation,...
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Published in: TransformationHave they healed yet? Western dreams about RwandaShattered societies cannot be mended with pills or analysis or technology or foreign aid. Our need to hear that...
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Published in: TransformationYou can’t bounce off the walls if there are no walls: outdoor schools make children happier and smarterNew approaches to kindergarten offer children a potentially transformative experience of education in nature - an...
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Published in: TransformationOn beauty: Special K adverts, body dysmorphic disorder, and Lupita Nyong'oNone of us can escape from the vicious reality of our cultural obsession with 'beauty', but I was lucky to survive...
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Published in: TransformationSocial change in Shoprite, aisle 5Millions of Americans use supplemental food benefits each month. Along with the stigma of holding up the supermarket...
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Published in: TransformationThe selective awareness of Wisdom 2.0Take an ancient practice, remove it from its context, strip away its ethical imperatives and sell it for a profit....
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Published in: TransformationActivists talk mental healthA feminist, a squatter, an environmentalist and a human rights activist speak: how does taking action affect mental...
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Published in: TransformationTo survive bipolar disorder, I needed people who didn't love meThere is a unique hope in a stranger's kindness. Despite my catatonic state, despite barely recognising the people I...
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Published in: TransformationWhy green growth won’t transform the economyGreen growth is a myth. Because it ignores the social, political and personal dimensions of sustainability, it can...
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Published in: TransformationFeminism helped me survive a forced marriageI have Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of fleeing a forced marriage a decade ago. Writing and...
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Published in: TransformationThe Religion of the FutureHow can we organize a society that gives us a better chance to be fully alive? How can we reinvent religion so that...
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Published in: TransformationPhilanthropic power erosion: the Edge Fund alternativeWhen power and privilege are acknowledged and addressed, decisions over funding can unite people instead of dividing...
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Published in: TransformationThe Labour Party's real challenge is finding a radical voiceWill the UK Labour Party ever really, vocally resist Conservative policies? They should be engaging young voters on...
