Don’t wait for the revolution - live it

When pranksters and creative organizers create temporary utopias, the experience leaves us wanting more - and ready to work hard to get it.

By Open democracy

/ 11 Jul 2014

Israel's wall: 10 years justice denied

"Operation Protective Edge" is under way, with air strikes in Gaza, 22 Palestinians killed and rockets fired at Israel. 10 years ago the International Court of Justice declared the Israeli separation wall illegal under international law. Has anything changed?

By Open democracy

/ 9 Jul 2014

What do you think of Transformation?

Transformation, openDemocracy’s newest section, turns one year old today. We want your help in evaluating our progress.

By Michael Edwards

/ 8 Jul 2014

The case for hard: why social transformation demands lots of social friction

Hovering above the restrictions of place and culture, detached from democracy, and technocratic to its core, a new discourse favours a frictionless approach to solving social problems.

By Open democracy

/ 7 Jul 2014

They burn clean and leave only ashes: transforming San Quentin

In one of the world’s most infamous institutions, rage and pain are channeled into personal empowerment and the reform of the prison-industrial complex.

By Open democracy

/ 2 Jul 2014

If this is what it feels like to be a woman, what does it mean to be a man?

Sexual violence is closely linked to women’s status in society, but changing the definition of masculinity is just as important to long-term safety, security and equality.

By Rebecca Tinsley

/ 30 Jun 2014

Should we fight the system or be the change?

Short-term campaigns versus building the beloved community: what are the real costs and benefits of pre-figurative politics?

By Open democracy

/ 25 Jun 2014

Song under fire

From battle softened veterans to adrenaline junkies, a new song theatre production celebrates the work of war correspondents worldwide.

By Open democracy

/ 20 Jun 2014

No surrender: responding to the new breed of climate change in-activists

Waiting for death in the planetary hospice is not a convincing response to climate change: a response to Carolyn Baker.

By Open democracy

/ 18 Jun 2014

Welcome to the planetary hospice

Surrendering to the implications of climate change is an act of courage not cowardice. This is the first article in a new debate on Transformation. Shannon Biggs responds here.

By Open democracy

/ 17 Jun 2014

Safe white hands: Hollywood's problem with minorities in film

White men make films about the emancipatory struggles of everybody else. The final article in Transformation's liberation series.

By Open democracy

/ 11 Jun 2014

What's liberation got to do with it?

Veteran activist Urvashi Vaid on being a utopian in the 1970s, and how gay rights prevailed over liberation politics. Part of Transformation's liberation series.

By Open democracy

/ 10 Jun 2014

Transforming Society