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Published in: TransformationEnlightenment values and the politics of transformation
Transformation implies renewing the core values of the enlightenment and placing them at the centre of political discourse.
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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: TransformationCuring the poison of "rankism"
The cancer of “rankism” persists as a residue of our predatory past. But the urge to dominate others isn’t working...
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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 authority
These 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 case
Amid 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: TransformationPractising mindfulness at the checkpoint
Is caring for ourselves an act of self-indulgence or social change? Alessandra Pigni tests the boundaries of...
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Published in: TransformationBlue Heart
In the wake of the Trayvon Martin verdict, what will it take for racial healing in America? A personal tragedy...
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Published in: TransformationElemental Dr Watson?
Michael Edwards explores a new documentary about three people who are confronting environmental degradation in a...
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Published in: TransformationMarginal bodies: queer migrants on transformation
What does it mean to be undocumented in the USA? Drawing from her own experiences of the asylum system, mónica...