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Talking Peacebuilding and Democracy with Ashok Panikkar and Guy and Heidi Burgess

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Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess talked with Ashok Panikkar in a "Live Video Conversation" on February 11, 2024 about peace, peacebuilding, critical thinking, current political events, and how these all fit together.

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Colleague, News, and Opinion Links for the Week of March 23, 2025

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Lots of readings about the Trump administration and responses to it -- plus other readings and videos of note.

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Responses to: Are We Fiddling While Rome Burns? - Part 1

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A discussion with David Eisner and Bernie Mayer of how bridging efforts relate to other efforts to strengthen American democracy in what David refers to as the "renew-democracy ecosystem."

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Responses to Fiddling While Rome Burns - Part 2

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The Burgesses respond to Bernie Mayer's comments on "Are We Fiddling While Rome Burns," arguing that bridging and advocacy are both needed for change, along with other elements in David Eisner's "renewing democracy ecosystem."

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Colleague, News, and Opinion Links for the Week of March 16, 2025

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Our weekly collection of readings, not surprisingly, heavily focused on Trump's moves and responses to those moves.

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James Coan and Katie Hyten on Scaling Up Dialogue and Other Forms of Interpersonal Communication to Bridge Political Divides

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Interpersonal communication is not the only way to reduce political divides; other much more "scalable" approaches work in addition to, not instead of, one-on-one communication to reduce hyper-polarization.

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Louis Kriesberg's "For All the People" and Related Thoughts About Paths Forward for the U.S.

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Taking Kriesberg's essay as a starting point, this newsletter explores, from left-leaning and centrist perspectives, a range of hopeful responses that are emerging to the most extreme actions of the still young Trump presidency.

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Can we lower toxic polarization while still opposing Trump?

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In the United States, hyper-polarization has escalated to the point where President Trump is trying to destroy pretty much everything Democrats care about. The question is how can the Democrats defend themselves while also working to defuse the hyper-polarization that made Trump's Presidency possible.

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