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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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.
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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Ariel Markose, the Chief Strategy Officer of Amal-Tikva, Talks About How To Do Peacebuilding in Wartime
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Peacebuilding looks different in the context of war, but it can (and must) be done, explains Ariel Markose, CEO of a leading Israeli-Palestinian NGO. And, she explains, it IS being done, despite tremendous obstacles.
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Kristin Hansen: As America’s political “world series” wraps up, let’s focus on the long game + Richard Harwood Concurring Statement
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Kristin Hansen of the Civic Health Project reflects on where we need to move to strengthen our civic health after the election; Richard Harwood and the Burgesses concur and add a few more thoughts about how to create a new "civic path."
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Do You Want the U.S. Government to Work? Read This! And Then Do This!
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A description of the House Administration's Subcommittee on Modernization, and its predecessor, the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, and a plea for everyone to lobby for its continuation in the incoming Congress.
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Massively Parallel Peace and Democracy Building Links for the Week of November 24, 2024
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Our weekly compilation of interesting and important readings from other sources.
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Massively Parallel Peace and Democracy Building Links for the Week of November 17, 2024
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Our weekly set of "reader-suggested" links, colleague activities and news and opinions from journalists and others outside the conflict and peace field.
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