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Review of Fighting Better: Constructive Conflicts in America by Louis Kriesberg

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A review of a new (December 2022) book looking at the struggle for class, status, and power equity in the United States from 1945- 2022, drawing lessons about what strategies work and which don't.

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Lou Kriesberg's Chapter 10 in Fighting Better - Recovering and Advancing Equality in the Future

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A review of Louis Kriesberg's seven elements of constructive conflict, as illustrated in the closing chapter of his new book Fighting Better: Constructive Conflicts in America.

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Essential Elements + Obstacles = The Things That Need Doing Matrix

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Just as a body needs coordination between its different parts, so does the democracy ecosystem. Everyone has a role to play!

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Caleb Christen: Creating an Inter-movement Community

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Transforming democracy is an adaptive challenge requiring flexibility, adaptability and intentionality in organizing to enable organizations and millions of Americans to work in unison.

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Obstacles to Implementing the Elements of Successful Democracy

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Fixing democracy is everyone's responsibility: we can't leave it to our leaders or the other side. Everyone can -- and must -- do their part.

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Matt Legge: When Polarization is Beneficial

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Issue polarization can help people come closer to understanding "the truth" about controversial events or issues. How information is presented to parties in conflicts makes a big difference to the quality of the conflict that ensues.

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Essential Elements of Successful Democracies - Part 2

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Boulding's First Law is ""If it exists, it must be possible." All of the essential elements of democracy exist--though sometimes in other contexts. We need to implement them in our governance systems.

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AfP Seminar--Toxic Polarization: What's the Left Got to Do with It?

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The language used to refer to the right is just making things worse, not better. The substance of the left's arguments matters too.

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Essential Elements of Successful Democracies - Part 1

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Successful democracies control destructive escalation, promote respectful communication, use verified facts for decision making, and balance power among constituency groups fairly.

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