If we believe that changing the world involves changing the kinds of relationships we have with one another, what’s the role of organising structures in helping or hindering the relationships we’re trying to create?
In the Fruitvale district of East Oakland, California, 36th Avenue is the turf of three major gangs. Yet the residents of Casa de Paz never lock their doors. (Video 6 minutes)
The strategic step to convert people and energy on the streets into material gains for Palestinians is never taken, replaced with the easier 'raise even more awareness'.
Where does moral courage come from - the energy and strength to challenge and transform much larger powers? A prison correspondence provides some answers.
"We always wonder if we killed the right people, if we endangered the wrong people, if we destroyed an innocent civilian's life all because of a bad image or angle."
Welcome to the world of craftivism - a way of looking at life where voicing opinions through creativity makes your voice louder, your compassion deeper, and your quest for justice stronger.
Exaggerated by the growing celebrity culture of social change, hero worship is on the rise. In the process we risk rendering ourselves perpetually mediocre.
