Again, from David Watkins, in rebuttal to the Parable of the Tribes

Gene Sharp founded the Albert Einstein Institute. His book From Dictatorship to Democracy has been used as a field manual in numerous liberation movements in Eastern Europe, in the Arab Spring and elsewhere. In his three volume The Politics of Nonviolent Action he examines the nature and control of political power and the methods and dynamics of nonviolent action. He identifies and document 198 specific methods of nonviolent action. Over half of these methods come under one or another heading of noncooperation. 

Another recommendation from David Watkins re the Parable of the Tribes.  He says: Gene Sharp founded the Albert Einstein Institute. His book From Dictatorship to Democracy has been used as a field manual in numerous liberation movements in Eastern Europe, in the Arab Spring and elsewhere. In his three volume The Politics of Nonviolent Action he examines the nature and control of political power and the methods and dynamics of nonviolent action. He identifies and document 198 specific methods of nonviolent action. Over half of these methods come under one or another heading of noncooperation. In this NewStatesman article Sharp is described as the Machiavelli of non-violence.

Also recommended by David Watkins re the Parable of the Tribes.  David says: In 1954 Sorokin's The Ways and Power of Love: Types, Factors, and Techniques of Moral Transformation was published. The common assumption is that love is weak in the face of power. Sorokin and his staff researched the history of war and peace. What they found was that coercion and force were given far too much credit in the headlines of our histories and the power of love not nearly what it deserved. He devotes an entire chapter to examples of how love prevailed against far superior forces. He said that he could have filled several books with the examples that they found. He covers much of the same ground as Tolstoy, Gandhi and King.

Recommended by David Watkins re the Parable of the Tribes.  Dave says: Pitirim Sorokin was no stranger to the abuses of power. He was imprisoned in his native Russia by the Czarists. Later he was sentenced to death by the Communists. Unlike many of his colleagues he survived his death sentence and in exile came to the U.S. He founded the Department of Sociology at Harvard and became President of the American Sociological Association. He directed the Harvard Research Centre in Creative Altruism. In 1937, in conflict with the then current view, he predicted WW2. In 1941 Sorokin wrote The Crisis of Our Age. In 1945 the book went to the best seller list. A sociology book on the best seller lists suggests that his ideas must have resonated with the time.

Recommended by Ted Newcomb - full of insight as to how we focus our attention, how that affects our personalities and life paths, and the results.

tool mentioned by Ken Morrison in cooplit - you can record your voice then share/send the recording via email, facebook, linkeditn, twitter, google+, etc. or download the recording as an mp3, ogg, flac, or wav. came up in the forum where Bernard mentioned the study where (most) student preferred the voice feedback on their work over the textual.

"The Art of Hosting Good Conversations Online" by Howard Rheingold. quick guide to the main points that Howard dashed off in just a few minutes years ago.

Doc by Howard et al.

shared by Gabriel Harp during live HR course meeting.

Glattfelder follows the chain of transnational corporate ownership to determine "who controls the world" economically-speaking.  I.e., our economic commons. He defines the rather tight network of control as an emergent property rather than some global conspiracy.

The simplest of the solutions offered by Fair Outcomes, Fair Buy-Sell, is based on an algorithm Brams helped develop in the 1990s. Aimed at delivering the fairest price in buyout situations, such as when two business partners decide to part ways, it requires each side to confidentially submit what he or she believes to be a business's true worth. Each value is absolute; there is no chance to negotiate. The system calls for looking at both bids and determining that the highest bidder will be the buyer. It then sets the price at the mean, or midpoint, of the two values. "They split the difference so that each does better than his offer," says Brams, who chairs the advisory board for Fair Outcomes. "That's the important thing."

" According to the parable of the tribes, civilized peoples have been compelled to live in societies organized for the maximization of competitive power. People become the servants of their evolving systems, rather than civilized society being the instrument of its members."

Transcript of fabulous presentation on the evolution of cooperation with great Q&A at the end.

Haidt's book which can help foster empathy and cooperation within a divided polity through understanding.

Canadian site encouraging aiding and abetting cooperation towards desired changes at a community level.

Canadian group that emphasizes focusing on what's gone well today and has a deck of cards that helps build empathy and moves conversations and relationships forward.