One of the most powerful things we can do is learn to apply the cutting edge in conflict resolution psychology, to get results as activists.

One of the most powerful conflict resolution formulas I've ever seen, or practiced, is called NVC

. It's based on breaking situations down into needs and literal observations. It completely bypasses all labels and notions of 'right' or 'wrong' and goes straight for the real prize: everyone getting their needs met.

There's a video from a workshop Dr. Rosenberg did in San Francisco available on youtube, (that I would personally love to see get revamped and possibly even animated). There's also a large body of other resources available at CNVC.org -and that's just NVC the most effective conflict resolution language I've seen so far. There's no telling what else might be out there, or what might come, but in any case we can all benefit from learning conflict resolution formulas, and using them on Needpedia to create conflict resolution layers. -So that nomatter how controversial a subject is, we can break it down into useful and important information, instead of just yelling at each other like usual.