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Published in: TransformationUganda's 'Kill the Gays' bill: Pastor Martin Ssempa and the anti-gay lobby
You can now be imprisoned for life under Uganda's anti-homosexual law. It was pushed through by religious pastors,...
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Published in: TransformationOrganizations as communities: lessons from Deir Mar Musa in Syria
Successful communities welcome disagreement and approach conflict constructively. Maybe the 21st century is the time...
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Published in: TransformationDemand homes not jails: queer homelessness is being criminalized
Cities globally are starting to criminalize homelessness: banning begging and making free food provision illegal. I...
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Published in: TransformationUnlocking the transformative potential of storytelling
When people connect to political issues through personal stories, they see them in a different way. They don’t just...
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Published in: TransformationBenefits Street: how austerity transformed makeover TV
Benefits Street was born from coalition government rhetoric: no one should receive 'anything for nothing'. The...
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Published in: TransformationA year of living generously
Genuine happiness involves sharing time and money, but beware of thinking that the poor belong to some other tribe....
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Published in: TransformationOn a good day she would kiss me back: transforming trauma into creative energy and action
Instead of giving in, the deepest thing we can do with trauma is to transmute pain into actions that heal ourselves...
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Published in: TransformationHow I learned to let go and be myself
I 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 society
The US school shooters weren't just pathological murderers, they were responding to suffocating beliefs about...
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Published in: TransformationBuy low, sell low: the secret to a healthier economy
To raise the quality of life, we must lower the cost of living for one another, and that’s what ‘buy low, sell low’...
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Published in: TransformationAugustine Carter, 85, struggles to protect her voting rights in Virginia
“Anytime you take the right away from me to vote”, says 85-year old Augustine Carter in Richmond, Virginia, “that...
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Published in: TransformationCan philanthropy support the transformation of society?
Can philanthropy be more than a smile on the face of inequality? Two of America's leading philanthropists say "yes."...
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Published in: TransformationThe limits of non-cooperation as a strategy for social change
Civil 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 metaphor
Metaphors 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 change
Living 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: TransformationMaking everything our business: the social legacy of Rudolf Steiner
Is it possible for everyone to participate in everything, transforming themselves and society in the process? Rudolf...
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Published in: TransformationFive movies that show the power of nonviolent resistance during World War II
Hardly a year goes by without at least one new Hollywood film about the Nazis and World War II. But these offerings...
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Published in: TransformationWe need to talk about the UK media war on women
While Dylan Farrow's child abuse allegations against Woody Allen hold the headlines, it is time for journalists to...
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Published in: TransformationFukushima’s future
When communities are devastated by disasters like earthquakes and nuclear explosions, how can they recover? In...