> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.opendemocracy.net/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Week in 1 Minute: Transformative non-violence (July 29 – Aug 2 on openDemocracy) - URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/week-in-1-minute-transformative-non-violence-july-29-aug-2-on-opendemocracy/ - Published: 2013-07-28T23:07:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-04-23T01:30:29.000Z - Description: This week's theme is nonviolent transformation, led by Yotam Marom on climate denial and the “armaggedon complex”. Erica Chenoweth asks what civil resistance campaigns can learn from by safesaver" href="http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/1041587/986758806a/520502395/7262321cfa/#">military defectio - Author: openDemocracy Supporters - Tags: The Week in 1 Minute, #Migrated, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 17:36, #appended-excerpt With online media's **misogynist culture of trolling and abuse currently in the UK’s national spotlight**, [Lis Howell](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/61ef0640d2&ref=opendemocracy.net) examines the high stakes for women, [Aaron Peters](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/97f9fc9809&ref=opendemocracy.net) says the problem is greater than can be resolved with a Twitter abuse button, and [Martin Belam](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/5b758878ee&ref=opendemocracy.net) describes his experiences of abuse as a ghostly female Twitter-feed commenting on BBC Question Time. [Ruby Waterworth](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/65b5636dc5&ref=opendemocracy.net) celebrates the **UK High Court victory for the grassroots Save Lewisham Hospital campaign**, who this week defeated Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's attempts to cut services and departments. The ‘digital commons’ debate publishes two pieces on the work of Nobel Prize winning economist Elinor Ostrom, by editor [Dan Hind](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/a74656d5be&ref=opendemocracy.net) and [Danijela Dolenec](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/c5866b63b7&ref=opendemocracy.net). Over on **oD Russia**, the “Under the tightened screws” series looks at the future of Russian civil society following the crackdown on fundamental freedoms. Critiquing the **new law requiring NGOs to register as 'foreign agents'**, [Anna Sharogradskaya](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/6182ef1f21&ref=opendemocracy.net), [Kirill Koroteev](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/0ef7ccefa0&ref=opendemocracy.net), [Sergei Lukashevsky](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/9bd85ee68b&ref=opendemocracy.net), [Yuri Dzhibladze](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/25d7129998&ref=opendemocracy.net) and [Asmik Novikova and Natalya Taubina](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/d3f93353a4&ref=opendemocracy.net) describe the struggles for survival their organizations now face. **Two fantastic photo essays** are published: Saurabh Dube explores the expressionist imagination of [dalit artist Savindra Sawakar](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/1d91975764&ref=opendemocracy.net) and [Carlos Delclós](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/2fedf68914&ref=opendemocracy.net) tells the story of Mount Zion, a creative community of migrant workers in Barcelona, who were recently evicted from the space they occupied. We also return to **ongoing difficulties for migrants in the UK**: [Kate Blagojevic](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/8abbed7657&ref=opendemocracy.net) criticises the proposals to cut legal aid and judicial review. Kate Nustedt relates women's experiences of UK asylum, describing the Home Office's lack of understanding of the effects of trauma: “[What happened to me here...that's what broke my spirit](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/611871e762&ref=opendemocracy.net)”. Continuing our coverage of **Middle East politics**, openDemocracy columnist [Paul Rogers](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/48a1e096e5&ref=opendemocracy.net) analyses Israel's concern with Iran and its nuclear programme, openDemocracy Editor, Rosemary Bechler, [interviews Sameh Naguib](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/96bae82898&ref=opendemocracy.net), leading member of Egypt’s Revolutionary Socialists, and Joel Beinin has a different slant on [Egypt’s labour movement](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/64349904b6&ref=opendemocracy.net). [Valentina Azarov](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/bab540f425&ref=opendemocracy.net) views the EU guidelines banning funding to projects in settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories as sheer legal necessity. [Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/5a9aa46a6f&ref=opendemocracy.net) asks why the Gulf states are averse to political reform. Meanwhile, in Azerbaijan, [Arturo Desimone](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/23f3c5b6e0&ref=opendemocracy.net) interviews a member of the resistance movement who hankers for European Enlightenment. **Don’t miss:** - [The needs that make us human](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/de0c5c0b72&ref=opendemocracy.net) - [Ego in social entrepreneurship](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/718799756b&ref=opendemocracy.net) - [Baboons go on strike in Dutch zoo](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/387a4ca58a&ref=opendemocracy.net) **openDemocracy’s week in 1 minute is emailed to Members, Friends and authors who help pay for and create our great content. Please forward this to any contact you think might be interested and** [**want to join**](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/020091b2fc/openDemocracy/bb28beb484/946f39415f/51634b1085/openDemocracy/d4022f1a75/TEST/e64101092e&ref=opendemocracy.net) **or email us (**[**supporters@opendemocracy.net**](mailto:supporters@opendemocracy.net)**).** This week's theme is nonviolent transformation, led by [Yotam Marom](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/0b889e29cc&ref=opendemocracy.net) on climate denial and the “armaggedon complex”. [Erica Chenoweth](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/a123dde8c4&ref=opendemocracy.net) asks what civil resistance campaigns can learn from by safesaver" href="http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/1041587/986758806a/520502395/7262321cfa/#">military defection in Egypt, while [Mary Elizabeth King](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/dac7a5e4b4&ref=opendemocracy.net)reclaims the nonviolent side of history: flagging up the erasure of nonviolence in traditional accounts of past actions. A first-person account by [Jane McAlevey](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/986758806a/7262321cfa/0d8bf87a73&ref=opendemocracy.net) on lessons from her work as an organizer in by safesaver" href="http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/1041587/986758806a/520502395/7262321cfa/#">Connecticut, America, brings Transformation's collaborative week with **Waging Nonviolence** to a close