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Activist Philosophy & Reflection
The Trifecta of Civil Resistance: Unity, Planning, Discipline
Liberation Theory: A Working Framework
“Basic Training” for Spiritual Warriors
Why I've Started to Fear My Fellow Social Justice Activists
Juneteenth: Praise the Lorde, Audre Lorde
What Is My Activism Really About? to Love, Serve and Remember
Working Assumptions and Guidelines for Alliance-Building
No Impact Man's Guide to Activism
The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities
Hey Progressives, Can We Stop Using the Tools of Social Justice to Tear One Another Down?
The Problem with Wokeness | Ayishat Akanbi
The Polarization Trap
9 Ways We Can Make Social Justice Movements Less Elitist and More Accessible
Blocking Awareness and Defriending Our Way Into Group Think
There Is No One Right Way to Be an Activist
How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently
How to Sustain Your Activism: What Grace Lee Boggs Would Have Taught Us
Forget Shorter Showers: Why Personal Change Does Not Equal Political Change (2015)
How To (Not) Change Minds On The Internet
What Makes Call-Out Culture So Toxic
Towards a Perspective on Eliminating Racism: 12 Working Assumptions
Radical Kindness Is Liberating
One "Piece of the Oppressor" That I Have Discovered Within Myself
The Trap of Righteousness
The Left's Self-Destructive Obsession with Shame
Are You Tired of the Social Justice Outrage Machine?
Why Allies Are Welcome to Criticise Social Movements
The Problem With Judgement
How to Resist From a Place of Love: Self-Care for the Long Haul
Standing Rock Wisdom: How Sacred, Nonviolent Activism Has the Power to Succeed
Our Activism Must Be Focused on Serving the People
Fighting with Non-Violence | Scilla Elworthy
How to Disagree
20 Principles for Successful Community Organizing
5 Reasons to Build a Network of Small Groups, Rather Than a Mass Movement of Individuals
The Compassionate Activist Toolkit: the Ultimate Guide to Love-Based Activism
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