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Massively Parallel Peace and Democracy Building Links for the Week of September 1, 2024

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More in our regular set of links from readers, about colleague's activities, and from outside news and opinion sources.

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Updating Our Impartiality Discussions - Part 2

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In part 2 of this 2-part series, we apply Martin Carcasson's notion of "principled impartiality" to the Israel/Gaza/Hezbollah/Iran war, and to the political conflict in the United States.

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Reprise: Constructive Confrontation: Applying Conflict Insights from a 1st Party (Not 3rd Party) Perspective

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A reprise of an old newsletter on constructive ways of engaging in conflict that is less likely to create backlash and more likely to achieve one's goals than typical adversarial approaches are likely to do.

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Guy and Heidi Burgess Talk with David Eisner about Threats to Democracy and How to Address Them

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The Burgesses talked with David Eisner about what he thinks the threats to democracy are, and how (and when) we might respond to them. We agreed, citizen involvement in governance is key.

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Updating Our Impartiality Discussions - Part 1

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The Burgesses update their 2-year old discussion of impartiality, adding to it Martin Carcasson's notion of "principled impartiality" which adds in quality information and "small-d" democracy.

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Massively Parallel Peace and Democracy Building Links for the Week of August 18, 2024

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Reader suggested links, and the Burgesses selections of articles about colleague's activities and other news and opinion articles of interest.

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 Susan Carpenter and Heidi Burgess Reflect on Susan's 40+ Years' Experience Doing Consensus

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Susan Carpenter has been working in the field of collaborative problem solving for over 40 years. She talked about the changes she's seen over those years, and the time-tested approaches she has come to rely on for success.

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Massively Parallel Peace and Democracy Building Links for the Week of August 11, 2024

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Our weekly collection of links from colleagues and outside news/opinion sources on the many predicaments we are now facing around the world. It's pretty daunting!

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Walt Roberts and Caleb Christian Talk about the Inter-Movement Impact Project

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Caleb Christen and Walt Roberts talk about the Inter-Movement Impact Project -- another example of massively parallel problem solving and democracy building "in the real world."

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