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Published in: TransformationEmpathy, democracy and the economy
Democracy is lost unless we re-structure our economies, and re-structuring our economies requires a new system based...
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Published in: TransformationMuriel Lester and the stench of injustice
Asserting the dignity of all people is a central moving force in the history of social change. This is the fifth...
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Published in: TransformationRoots of empathy: an interview with Mary Gordon
Empathy is central to education for democracy, and it can be “caught not taught” among children in schools. This is...
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Published in: TransformationForget empathy – it’s time for radical connection
In the struggle for social justice it’s not how much empathy we feel that makes the difference, but what we do with...
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Published in: TransformationCompassionate economics
What kind of economics could facilitate the liberation of all human beings? A new middle path can transform our...
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Published in: TransformationIntroducing empathy
Is the “empathy revolution” just a passing fad or the key to peace and social justice? This is the first in a...
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Published in: TransformationWomen’s survival strategies in Chechnya: from self-care to caring for each other
Luiza encounters regular violence and intimidation in her work helping women survivors of state-sponsored violence....
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Published in: TransformationFlash mob iftars and the Ramadan Tent: Islamic organizing for social justice
Inspired by Islamic traditions, London's dynamic young Muslim scene is struggling for change.
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Published in: TransformationGoing inside, coming out
Before Chelsea Manning rebelled against the order of the US army, others had already done so—the soldiers she...
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Published in: TransformationHow to win friends and influence the new economy
Loneliness is as strong as smoking or alcohol abuse as an indicator of premature mortality. When Lisa Cook found she...
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Published in: TransformationThe green machine of Copenhagen
When machines break down, don't throw them away, fix them. Anders Koefoed has declared war on “planned...
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Published in: TransformationTango: the intimate dance of conflict transformation
Trust, dialogue, passion, communication, vulnerability and empathy. Like tango, transforming conflict is an intimate affair.
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Published in: TransformationSix boys, one cop, and the road to restorative justice
With US Attorney-General Eric Holder announcing plans to curb mass incarceration, could restorative justice...
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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: TransformationOpen borders for a sustainable future
Should people be deported for being who they are? What if we were to scrap all anti-immigrant laws? An Open Borders...
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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: TransformationThe banality of legal
The outcome of the Trayvon Martin case holds critical implications. We are not responsible for George Zimmerman...
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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: TransformationThe age of endings
Our myths of progress are killing us. Where can we find a new set of stories to inspire the work of the future? Only...