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Published in: TransformationFrom sharing economy to gift ecology
The highest potential of sharing comes from the transformative spirit of generosity.
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Published in: TransformationHow should we remember Auschwitz?
On the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, whose stories are told and whose are marginalized?
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Published in: TransformationThe Holocaust's lessons remain deeply contested
This year's commemoration marks a turning point in Holocaust remembrance. What we want is to honor the dead and...
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Published in: TransformationThe people’s state of the union: re-imagining U.S. politics
Could the U.S. President’s annual address be reconfigured as a playful, reflective and connective civic ritual? Here’s how.
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Published in: TransformationCan clients become citizens? Evaluating the new democracy in Indonesia
Political transformation means more than a few new institutions. It’s a deeply cultural process that lives in the...
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Published in: TransformationAmerica’s holy alliance is ripping apart at the seams
Liberals and progressives may feel besieged by the religious right, but they should breathe easy: they are winning.
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Published in: TransformationCan you imagine a city where trees and swings matter more than cars?
As we reimagine our future cities, we can make room for nature and humanity.
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Published in: TransformationWhat makes nonviolent movements explode?
The emergence of social movements is a product of two powerful forces working in tandem: disruption and sacrifice.
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Published in: TransformationImagine if we used renewable energy to build a safer world
The UK government spends £37 billion on the arms industry every year. What if it invested in green energy instead?
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Published in: TransformationWhy is there so little action on climate change?
Are there new ways to engage the public in mass action to reduce global warming, or should we focus on adapting to...
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Published in: TransformationCharlie Hebdo: is nothing sacred?
Until we know what we would die for, we don't know why we're alive. But what, if anything, would you be willing to kill for?
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Published in: TransformationAnother Politics—from anti-colonial to Occupy
Chris Dixon’s new book identifies four principles that underpin the success of transformative social movements.
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Published in: TransformationWhy the fight against HIV starts within us
We may no longer herd people with HIV/AIDS into colonies, but economic policy still leads to destitution and...
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Published in: TransformationChallenging patriarchy in Kyrgyzstan
A post-Soviet generation of feminists is struggling to transform society through a mix of personal and political action.
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Published in: TransformationWelcome to Transformation
Can the world be reconstructed through the fusion of personal and social change? We say yes. Here's to another year...
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Published in: TransformationScience fiction and the post-Ferguson world
Radical science fiction and fantasy are remedies for the belief that there is no alternative to the violence and...
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Published in: TransformationIrresistibly biased? The blind spots of social innovation
Social innovation has an irresistible global appeal, but is it biased towards protecting the status quo?
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Published in: TransformationFrom Weather Underground activist to life in prison
Even in a just war we need to feel the pain and tragedy of losses on the other side. And in the Brink's robbery our...
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Published in: TransformationHow I will prepare my white son for the interactions he won't have with police
Seamus’ whiteness means that I don’t have to teach him how to prepare for humiliation. That is white privilege in a nutshell.
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Published in: TransformationHow Florida farm-workers won fairer pay from America's biggest food companies
"This is not a film about oppression. It's actually about transformation."