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But Jo's brutal murder has shone a light on someone who is the complete opposite of that. It flings down the gauntlet to everyone who's cried because we couldn't afford to lose her, or been inspired by her example. Commenting and donating to help people in Syria are great, but we need to do more. I think the reason so many of us are depressed and scared is because it feels as though there's a tide of hate and fear rising in the world. This could turn that tide.It could inspire them to come together and make a new kind of politics. Something that's less narrow, argumentative, and partisan, and more generous. It has inspired me to check myself and ask: Am I doing what I do and living my life out of laziness, vanity, or sheer habit—or out of love? I think that the least we can all do is to come together and stand up for love, no matter how idealistic that sounds. Not just within our own four walls but also in the wider world beyond them.Wednesday, June 22, would have been Jo Cox's 42nd birthday. Her friends and colleagues are organizing simultaneous events all over the world. In London, her neighbors from Hermitage Docks will sail a dinghy full of flowers and tributes up the Thames. At 4 PM, there will be a mass public event in Trafalgar Square, to celebrate her life and the love that was at the heart of it. The theme is #MoreinCommon—a quote from her maiden speech in Parliament, in which she argued that the things which unite us are greater than the things that divide us. I hope it's the start of something as extraordinary as she was. I'll be there either way.Caroline McGinn is editor in chief of Time Out London. Find out more about Wednesday's #MoreinCommon events and donate to the Jo Cox Fund.Follow Caroline McGinn on Twitter.