Colleague, News, and Opinion Links for the Week of October 26, 2025
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More important readings we want to share.
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"Selected" CC-MOOS Posts
Use this for post-date ordered blog materials to be featured on the CC-MOOS All Recent Posts section of the BI homepage AND on the more limited, Selected Recent Posts section used on the landing pages mobile versions of BI. This is the same list we use on social media for the "Selected Posts" (MBI) option.
Constructive Confrontation: The Key to Making the Grand democratic Bargain Work
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Constructive confrontation takes the lessons from conflict resolution and peacebuilding and applies them to advocacy. The result is a strategy that is less likely to provoke backlash, and hence is more likely to succeed.
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Adapting Information Feeds to Support the Great Reframing
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If we are going to succeed at the Great Reframing, we need to reclaim our "information agency" and alter our business-as-usual information feeds.
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Jay Rothman: Re-engaging: A Letter to Fellow Peacebuilders
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Jay Rothman explains why he has been quiet for two years, and why he is emerging now. He also issues a call to all peacebuilders to rise to this important moment for the Middle East and the world.
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Colleague, News, and Opinion Links for the Week of October 19, 2025
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Highlighted links, reader suggested links, and our usual Colleague, News and Opinion links for this week.
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Partisan, Power-Over Democracy vs. a Power-With Democracy for All
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Those working to save democracy must decide whether they want to work toward the Grand democratic Bargain, or if they want to continue to pursue IFYFI rules to overpower the other side. The first will actually help save democracy. The latter, likely, will not.
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Colleague, News, and Opinion Links for the Week of October 5, 2025
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Articles on political violence in the U.S., the potential end of the Israel/Hamas war and much more.
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The Grand democratic Bargain — Humanity's Best Defense Against "I'll Fight You for It" Rules
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The second "Big Picture" essay, this one explaining why democracy is worth defending by looking at the systems it is designed to replace. While no democracies are perfect, they are clearly better than the alternative authoritarian or anarchistic approaches to societal organization.
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A Beyond Intractability GPT?
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An initial report on why and how BI is starting to experiment with AI. We'll know more over time, but the initial experiments are intriguing!
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Reflections on Braver Angels' Dignity Over Violence Convening
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12 Bridging and Civic Health Organizations reflect on the implications of Charlie Kirk's murder, and how we can turn America's increasing political violence and polarization around.
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