This blog contains posts highlighting things everyone--not just powerful people, not just important or rich people--but everyone of us--can do to help limit the dynamics that lead to destructive and intractable conflicts.
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Don't Take the "Hate Bait"
Hate begets hate, fear, anger, and eventually violence. Don't fall into the trap! And if you are in, climb out!
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Play a "Third Side Role"
"Third siders" are disputants and outsiders - united in a desire to transform conflicts for the better.
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Minimize the Use of Force
Exchange and respect are more powerful than force--they persuade without causing backlash.
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Seek Co-existence, Not Total Victory
The demand for total victory is a recipe for continuing and deepening strife--co-existence is essential for peace.
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Meeting the Authoritarian Populism Challenge 5: The "Protected Classes" and the "Left Behind"
More ideas for spanning the left/right divide: the win-win pursuit of social equity, multi-multi-culturalism, and more.
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Meeting the Authoritarian Populism Challenge 4: The "Super Rich" and the "Meritocratic Elite"
How might the super-rich be persuaded to do the right thing? How might the cosmopolitan elite better earn the public's support and trust?
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Meeting the Authoritarian Populism Challenge 3: Communication, Governance, and Economics
Find out about building a "conflict mirror" (so you can understand why you make others so mad) other constructive conflict strategies.
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Meeting the Authoritarian Populism Challenge 1: Authoritarian and Partisan Conflict
The first key to saving democracy is to understand how that differs from simply trying to advance partisan objectives.
Brief readings and videos which highlight the conflict and peacebuilding field's fundamental building blocks – ideas which help address both "tractable" and intractable conflicts more effectively.
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Channels of Communication
When channels of communication between hostile actors close, risks of destructive conflict raise substantially.
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Misunderstandings
Even if the misunderstandings do not cause conflict, they can escalate it rapidly once it starts.
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Interpersonal Communication
We take it for granted, but so much can go wrong with our communication. In conflict, care is essential!
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Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive dissonance can escalate or de-escalate conflict depending on how it is used.
Beyond Intractability's efforts to promote more constructive approaches to conflict occur within the larger context of efforts to promote wise and equitable solutions to a broad range of social problems. This blog highlights readable news articles that help us understand the big picture.
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The ACLU Declines to Defend Civil RightsAn undoubtedly controversial, and thought-provoking, article on the relationship between civil rights and Title IX enforcement.
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How Would You Draw History?For those interested in conflict mapping, an exploration of different strategies for drawing and thinking about history.
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The Myth of Stagnant IncomesA surprising argument worth considering -- the problem of income stagnation is overstated.
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The Next Arab UprisingEncouraging signs that authoritarianism might not be so stable after all. The challenge is to make democracy really work.
Many other people are doing important and interesting things in an effort to move beyond intractability-in theory and in practice, in different locations and on different conflicts. Please share what you are doing here so we can all learn from each other.
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The Solutions Journalism Network
The Solutions Journalism Network shares 1000s of stories about solutions to problems that actually work!
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AFP's Resource Page on Peacebuilding in the U.S.
Books, articles, videos, podcasts showing how peace can be built in the U.S. as well as abroad.
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Being Validated
Being validated is a basic need--that is getting met less and less. Face-to-face connection can fix that.
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Randy Butler's Peacemaker Podcast
While our world seems to be falling apart, peacebuilders worldwide are working to put the pieces back together.
