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Massively Parallel Peace and Democracy Building Links for the Week of January 26, 2025

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Two weeks' worth of readings from colleagues and journalists about hyper-polarization, intractable conflict and more.

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Massively Parallel Peace and Democracy Building Links for the Week of January 12, 2025 - Part 2.

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This is the second of a two compilations of links collected over the holiday break.

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Harry Boyte Talks with Heidi Burgess about the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and the Lessons it Can Teach Us

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Harry Boyte explained how the ideas of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s and 1960s can be adapted by anyone wanting to make fundamental change in their communities and their societies.

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Representative Derek Kilmer on the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress and De-polarization

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Guy and Heidi Burgess talked with Rep. Derek Kilmer on how to break down polarization in Congress and in society in order to actually solve problems collaboratively. There is much to learn and utilize here!

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Massively Parallel Peace and Democracy Building Links for the Week of December 21, 2024

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A last set of readings for 2024.

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A Reasonable Peace: Can Critical Thinking Save the Field of Peacebuilding?

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Ashok Panikkar, Heidi and Guy Burgess (with facilitation from Merrick Hoben) talked about why peacebuilding is failing in much of the world, and how the use of critical thinking explains why and what might be done to be more successful.

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Lou Kriesberg: Applying the Constructive Conflict approach to the American Right-Wing Populism Phenomenon

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Lou Kriesberg explores "what next" for progressives in the United States following Trump's election, arguing that two responses are necessary: resistance, and strengthening democracy.

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Marc Wong on How We Can Bring Out the Best in Others -- and Ourselves

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Road rage is much like ideological rage. We don't accept the former; why do we accept the latter?

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The US in 2024: An Election That Worked and a Democracy That Doesn't

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U.S. polarization and political dysfunction is only going to worsen until the two parties realize that the problem isn't "the other," but rather the way we (don't) tolerate, compromise and or work collaboratively with with "the other."

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