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Veganism and compassion

Veganism is often seen as a vain attempt to dismantle market demand for animal products, one block of tofu at a time. This debate overlooks the radically transformative potential of compassion.

By Sophie Barnes

/ 8 Oct 2013

Joy arises, rules fall apart: thoughts for the second anniversary of Occupy Wall Street

In these moments of rupture, people find themselves members of a "we" that did not until then exist, at least not as an entity with agency and identity and potency. New possibilities or the old dream of a just society emerge and shine.

By Rebecca Solnit

/ 16 Sep 2013

Organizing as whole people

There are no shortcuts to building the kind of power it takes to win meaningful change. As an organizer in a county with an acute housing crisis, simmering racial tension and little unionization, I learned that I had to help the community to take on the fight themselves. The final article in our "

By Jane McAlevey

/ 2 Aug 2013

Reclaiming nonviolent history

In conventional histories, violence is generally celebrated. National memorials glamorize death, bloodshed and warfare. This hides a global tradition of nonviolent struggle. This is the third article in our "Transformative Nonviolence" series with Waging Nonviolence.

By Mary Elizabeth King

/ 1 Aug 2013

Changing 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 people power and security forces. Instead, civil resistance campaigns should focus on producing shifts within several different elite groupings. This is the second article in our "Tran

By Erica Chenoweth

/ 31 Jul 2013