# social change (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover social change. Page: Feed: --- ## [Why Coherence Must Precede Our Strategies for Social Change: Part 1](https://www.richardflyer.com/p/why-coherence-must-precede-our-strategies) _2026-08-18 · Richard Flyer · Symbiotic Culture_ What Forty Years of Community Building Taught Me About Social Transformation ## [August 2026 newsletter](https://www.commonwealnonviolence.org/blogs/2999) _2026-08-13 · Commonweal · Commonweal_ August theme – activism in all forms The history of activism and social change is also a history of human ingenuity, creativity, and bravery, and these stories keep being written – all over the world there are people setting out to challenge injustice or change a system, and are using a whole range of different \[…\] ## [A Message That Came to Me 35 Years Ago About Love, Community, and Our Future](https://www.richardflyer.com/p/a-message-that-came-to-me-35-years) _2026-08-11 · Richard Flyer · Symbiotic Culture_ “Love Has Asserted Supremacy in My Life” — a video and reflection on a discovery that is turning how I think about social change upside down. ## [A NIGHT IN JAIL WITH DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK: REMEMBERING THE FIFTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF A PETITION FOR THE REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES PRESENTED TO CONGRESS ON MAY 24, 1972 by David I. Rubin](https://writersforda.substack.com/p/a-night-in-jail-with-dr-benjamin-71d) _2026-08-05 · Writers for Democratic Action_ \[Editor’s note: This is a repost with corrected copy, with apologies to the writer. ## [A NIGHT IN JAIL WITH DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK: REMEMBERING THE FIFTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF A PETITION FOR THE REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES PRESENTED TO CONGRESS ON MAY 24, 1972](https://writersforda.substack.com/p/a-night-in-jail-with-dr-benjamin) _2026-08-03 · Writers for Democratic Action_ by David I Rubin ## [AN URGENT APPEAL](https://writersforda.substack.com/p/an-urgent-appeal) _2026-07-28 · Writers for Democratic Action_ a letter to our community from Ilya Kaminsky ## [Birthing the Symbiotic Age is now on Kindle Unlimited](https://www.richardflyer.com/p/birthing-the-symbiotic-age-is-now) _2026-07-28 · Richard Flyer · Symbiotic Culture_ Dear friends, ## [The Landscape That Learns to Kill You](https://writersforda.substack.com/p/the-landscape-that-learns-to-kill) _2026-07-24 · Writers for Democratic Action_ By Valentyn Pospielov; Transl. Viktoriya Matyusha ## [July 2026 newsletter](https://www.commonwealnonviolence.org/blogs/july-2026-newsletter) _2026-07-21 · Commonweal · Commonweal_ Contents July theme – Music, Art and Storytelling Outreach news Poetry Workshops with Nabeela Ahmed The Radical Book Club News from the Collection Book of the month July theme – Music, Art and Storytelling Music, art and storytelling are all powerful tools to unify people, build solidarity and shape our approaches to social change, providing a \[…\] ## [No Movement Can Heal the World Alone:](https://www.richardflyer.com/p/no-movement-can-heal-the-world-alone-57b) _2026-07-15 · Richard Flyer · Symbiotic Culture_ FAQ #5 Recognizing the Ancient Blueprint Already Emerging Among Us ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/izVGIex65fCP) _2026-07-15 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [The Laggard Theory of Power](https://sudhanandagopal.substack.com/p/the-laggard-theory-of-power) _2026-07-10 · Sudha Nandagopal · Black Sheep Chronicles_ The false narrative we keep spinning about who we need to follow ## [The Hope Dialogues #1: Reframing the Good Immigrant Narrative](https://hopebased.substack.com/p/the-hope-dialogues-1-reframing-the) _2026-07-10 · Thomas Coombes · hope-based_ How to say migration is good ## [How Can Hope Compete with Fear?](https://hopebased.substack.com/p/how-can-hope-compete-with-fear) _2026-07-02 · Thomas Coombes · hope-based_ The Future of Social Change Communications ## [We Belong: The Brexit Campaign Britain Could Have Had](https://hopebased.substack.com/p/we-belong-the-brexit-campaign-britain) _2026-06-23 · Thomas Coombes · hope-based_ 2016 revisited: An Alternate History of the Brexit Referendum ## [IMAGINE A WORLD](https://writersforda.substack.com/p/imagine-a-world-916) _2026-06-16 · Mosab Abu Toha · Writers for Democratic Action_ IMAGINE A WORLD ## [What My Hometown Taught Me About Hope During a Time of Fear](https://hopebased.substack.com/p/what-my-hometown-taught-me-about) _2026-06-16 · Thomas Coombes · hope-based_ A lesson in resistance from Minneapolis-St. Paul ## [IMAGINE A WORLD](https://writersforda.substack.com/p/imagine-a-world) _2026-06-15 · Writers for Democratic Action · Writers for Democratic Action_ By Mosab Abu Toha ## [Culture Building for Democracy](https://sudhanandagopal.substack.com/p/culture-building-for-democracy) _2026-06-11 · Sudha Nandagopal · Black Sheep Chronicles_ A podcast episode for your listening pleasure ## [World Cup: Rethinking human rights strategy](https://hopebased.substack.com/p/world-cup-rethinking-human-rights) _2026-06-11 · Thomas Coombes · hope-based_ On identity, pride and shame ## [An American in Cuba](https://writersforda.substack.com/p/an-american-in-cuba) _2026-06-10 · Writers for Democratic Action · Writers for Democratic Action_ Katherine Towler ## [Find it on Amazon (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bCU31ZKziFqm) _2026-06-10 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Amazon product listing to see details and availability ## [A Hope-based Strategy for Migration](https://hopebased.substack.com/p/a-hope-based-strategy-for-migration) _2026-06-04 · Thomas Coombes · hope-based_ A hope-based strategy for migration ## [Reflections on Birthing the Symbiotic Age: an Ancient Blueprint to Unite Humanity](https://www.richardflyer.com/p/reflections-on-birthing-the-symbiotic) _2026-05-21 · Richard Flyer · Symbiotic Culture_ Reflections from religious and spiritual leaders, systems thinkers, community builders, changemakers, and grassroots practitioners working toward a more connected world ## [What supporting Arsenal taught me about hope](https://hopebased.substack.com/p/what-supporting-arsenal-taught-me) _2026-05-20 · Thomas Coombes · hope-based_ What organisers can learn from sports' fans ## [The Waters Call](https://writersforda.substack.com/p/the-waters-call) _2026-05-15 · Writers for Democratic Action · Writers for Democratic Action_ by Diane Jarvenpa ## [Why Abstract Values Messaging Falls Flat & How To Fix It](https://hopebased.substack.com/p/accepted-concepts) _2026-05-14 · Thomas Coombes · hope-based_ Messaging tools for turning Contested Concepts into Accepted Concepts ## [Scratch a Liberal](https://writersforda.substack.com/p/scratch-a-liberal) _2026-05-04 · Writers for Democratic Action · Writers for Democratic Action_ by Brian Morton ## [What Winning with People Feels Like](https://sudhanandagopal.substack.com/p/what-winning-with-people-feels-like) _2026-04-29 · Sudha Nandagopal · Black Sheep Chronicles_ Ten years later, what the Equity & Environment Initiative still teaches us about power, culture, and what it really takes to win ## [Dear Mr. President](https://hopebased.substack.com/p/dear-mr-president) _2026-04-28 · Thomas Coombes · hope-based_ An open letter about human rights from a Kenyan to the President of Ghana ## [Writer’s Tools for Social Change: III](https://writersforda.substack.com/p/writers-tools-for-social-change-iii) _2026-04-28 · Writers for Democratic Action · Writers for Democratic Action_ Sara R. Burnett ## [The books activists should be reading right now](https://hopebased.substack.com/p/what-activists-should-be-reading) _2026-04-23 · Thomas Coombes · hope-based_ World Book Day round-up ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ijE6nLG1XYT0) _2026-04-23 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [April Fools' Pranks are Smart Strategy](https://sudhanandagopal.substack.com/p/april-fools-pranks-are-smart-strategy) _2026-04-02 · Sudha Nandagopal · Black Sheep Chronicles_ How play can get you unstuck when the world feels overwhelming ## [A simple idea that could change everything (80-second video)](https://www.richardflyer.com/p/a-simple-idea-that-could-change-everything) _2026-03-31 · Richard Flyer · Symbiotic Culture_ When love becomes the structure of public life. ## [Commonweal receives large donation from Australia](https://www.commonwealnonviolence.org/blogs/commonweal-receives-large-donation-from-australia) _2026-03-17 · Commonweal · Commonweal_ The Commonweal Charity Trust has received a large donation from Brisbane, Australia. Dr Mark Hayes is a retired Australian media and journalism academic who did his MA in peace studies at Bradford University in 1981 to 1982, and worked as a journalist for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). He also taught journalism at several Australian \[…\] ## [Tapping into Tapir Wisdom](https://sudhanandagopal.substack.com/p/tapping-into-tapir-wisdom) _2026-03-03 · Sudha Nandagopal · Black Sheep Chronicles_ On doing ecosystem work even when you can't see it growing ## [Where This Leads: Building the Symbiotic Age in Practice (Video)](https://www.richardflyer.com/p/where-this-leads-building-the-symbiotic) _2026-03-02 · Richard Flyer · Symbiotic Culture_ Uniting Humanity in the AI-Symbiotic Age ## [February book of the month: Hope in the Dark](https://www.commonwealnonviolence.org/blogs/february-book-of-the-month-hope-in-the-dark) _2026-02-24 · Commonweal · Commonweal_ Maybe it’s just me – but I suspect it’s not just me – but hope seems in short supply at the moment. The weather certainly doesn’t help, but it’s not fair to just blame the Bradford rain when the day-to-day newspaper headlines repeatedly paint a picture of a world spiralling, which couples with the longer \[…\] ## [Where This Began: Discovering the Pattern Behind the Symbiotic Age (Video)](https://www.richardflyer.com/p/where-this-began-discovering-the) _2026-02-24 · Richard Flyer · Symbiotic Culture_ Dear Friends, ## [Living Between Worlds — The Preface to Birthing the Symbiotic Age](https://www.richardflyer.com/p/living-between-worlds-the-preface-cac) _2026-02-19 · Richard Flyer · Symbiotic Culture_ \[Originally published December 17, 2025. ## [You're Invited: Kickoff & (Brief) Survey](https://sudhanandagopal.substack.com/p/youre-invited-kickoff-and-brief-survey) _2026-01-24 · Sudha Nandagopal · Black Sheep Chronicles_ Shaping the interviews of Seeds of Climate Justice together ## [Reflections on our book of the month: Friends in Common](https://www.commonwealnonviolence.org/blogs/reflections-on-our-book-of-the-month-friends-in-common) _2026-01-19 · Commonweal · Commonweal_ In a world that feels increasingly fraught, violent, laden with intersecting crises, putting time and energy into thinking about something like friendship might feel a bit wasteful, even a little self-indulgent. The first pages of our book of the month – Friends in Common, by Laura C. Foster and Joel White – immediately challenges us \[…\] ## [This publication has moved — subscribe here instead](https://erichensal.substack.com/p/this-publication-has-moved-subscribe) _2026-01-18 · Eric Hensal · Progressive Conjecture_ https://newsletter.aprogressiveway.com/ ## [The Hummingbird's 360 Review](https://sudhanandagopal.substack.com/p/the-hummingbirds-360-review) _2026-01-16 · Sudha Nandagopal · Black Sheep Chronicles_ On celebration as growth ## [Napoleon Dynamite and Why I Am Leaving Substack](https://erichensal.substack.com/p/napoleon-dynamite-and-why-i-am-leaving) _2026-01-06 · Eric Hensal · Progressive Conjecture_ How Napoleon Dynamite exposed Netflix’s algorithmic blind spot—and why Substack now faces the same problem with strong, unpredictable writing. ## [The Science of Enshittification (ΔI \< k⋅I)](https://erichensal.substack.com/p/the-science-of-enshittification-i) _2025-12-31 · Eric Hensal · Progressive Conjecture_ Why do platforms get worse so slowly that we barely notice? A 19th-century law of perception explains enshittification. ## [Why This Newsletter Suddenly Feels Like It’s Yelling Into Felt](https://erichensal.substack.com/p/why-this-newsletter-suddenly-feels) _2025-12-26 · Eric Hensal · Progressive Conjecture_ I thought my Substack posts were being quietly throttled. After weeks of conversations with ChatGPT, I realized the platform had changed in ways that legitimately contain certain kinds of work. This guest column maps what shifted — and why it matters. ## [Ten Test Cases for Thinking About Social Change](https://erichensal.substack.com/p/ten-test-cases-for-thinking-about) _2025-12-26 · Eric Hensal · Progressive Conjecture_ What history tells us about social problems. Ten test cases—from gambling to ultrasound to a democratic life—offer clues about how social change actually works. ## [The history of hunger strikes in the Commonweal Collection](https://www.commonwealnonviolence.org/blogs/history-hunger-strikes-commonweal-collection) _2025-12-22 · Commonweal · Commonweal_ In recent weeks there has been lots of coverage in the British media about the hunger strikes conducted by a number of people who are being held in prison on remand, awaiting trial for a range of offences related to involvement in Palestine Action. At the time of writing, two hunger strikers have gone without \[…\] ## [Leading Through Change While Centering Your Values](https://sudhanandagopal.substack.com/p/leading-through-change-while-centering) _2025-12-20 · Sudha Nandagopal · Black Sheep Chronicles_ Crisis leadership insights plus a podcast conversation on business model transformation ## [Turn Off Trump's Oxygen](https://erichensal.substack.com/p/turn-off-trumps-oxygen) _2025-12-16 · Eric Hensal · Progressive Conjecture_ His Reiner posts are horrible, but his intent is worse ## [La Gringa and the Democratic Party's Future](https://erichensal.substack.com/p/la-gringa-and-the-democratic-partys) _2025-12-12 · Eric Hensal · Progressive Conjecture_ Put voters first as voters before anything else