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When would you take direct action to stop global warming?
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Does Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine hold water?
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How two guys with fake business cards punked Dow, Exxon, and the World Trade Organization.
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Surprising lessons for today from late-Cold-War cinema.
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Is Muhammad Yunus selling "free markets" in the guise of liberal do-gooderism?
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Can the U.S. remain the world's sole superpower?
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How Thomas Friedman gets globalization wrong.
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How grassroots democracy is challenging corporate rule.
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How Harvard's famous apologist for empire turned to praise the wonders of capital.
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How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy
By Mark Engler
(Nation Books, 2008)
Selected by the Drum Major Institute as one of the "most interesting and informative progressive books" of the year. Read a description of the book, the latest reviews, an author bio, and information about upcoming talks, or buy the book.
RECENT ARTICLES
Hilda Solis: Protecting Workers, Not Corporations
By Mark Engler
Published on February 25, 2010
Amid the disappointments of Obama's first year in office is one bright spot: a Department of Labor that stands up for workers' rights.
The Robber Barons of Social Change
By Mark Engler and Arthur Phillips
Published on February 25, 2010
Should advocates of progressive transformation adopt market values and business know-how? (A review of Small Change: Why Business Won't Save the World by Michael Edwards.)
Grading the Obama Administration on Honduras: D
By Mark Engler
Published on January 20, 2010
How the White House botched its response to the Honduran coup.
Grading the Obama Administration on Trade: B
By Mark Engler
Published on January 15, 2010
Why the White House agenda is incomplete, and why that's not all bad.
MLK Economics
By Mark Engler
Published on January 15, 2010
How Dr. King might have responded to current crises of recession, unemployment, and foreclosure.
Heating Up Climate Action
By Mark Engler
Published in the Winter 2010 issue of Yes! Magazine.
This fall is becoming a breakthrough season for the emerging social movement for climate justice.
A Utopia of Caring
By Mark Engler
Published in the November 2009 issue of The Progressive magazine.
Rebecca Solnit explores how our responses to disasters can point the way to a better society. (A review of A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster.)
The "Battle in Seattle" at Ten
By Mark Engler
Published on November 30, 2009
Did the 1999 protests against the World Trade Organization actually make a difference?
Pranksters Fixing the World
By Mark Engler
Published on October 21, 2009
With a new film, the Yes Men carry forth their gonzo brand of anti-corporate activism.
The Godfather of Microcredit
By Mark Engler
Published in the Fall 2009 issue of Dissent magazine.
Is Muhammad Yunus selling ''free market'' neoliberalism in the guise of liberal do-gooderism?
Casino Capitalism as Usual
By Mark Engler
Published on September 30, 2009
G20 leaves needed reforms for global economy off the table.
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PAST FAVORITES
Science Fiction from Below
By Mark Engler
Published on May 8, 2009
Alex Rivera re-imagines the future of the Global South.
Why Wendell Matters
By Mark Engler
Published in Grist Magazine on August 5, 2004
The veteran sage of sustainable agriculture has made a life of stewardship, "staying home"--and turning off the computer.
Ordinary Outrages
by Mark Engler
Published on April 24, 2002
A review of Political Fictions by Joan Didion.
Fair Trade Sweatshops?
By Mark Engler
Published in the November 2006 issue of the New Internationalist
Supporting 'clean clothes' campaigns to end the exploitative labour practices that pervade the textile industry is not as simple as just picking the 'right' brand to buy.
On the Price is Right
By Mark Engler
Published in Bad Subjects, in October 2001
A journey into Television City.
How Should We Measure Human Progress?
By Mark Engler
Published in the January 2005 issue of New Internationalist
Moving from economic growth to human development.
The Birth of The Burning Bush
By Paul Engler
Published on May 30, 2006
How the Center for the Working Poor began.
Taking Back Your Time
By Mark Engler
Published on October 22, 2003
Come October 24, if our country's workload were on par with the rest of the industrialized world, you would have the rest of the year off.
Treated Like a Criminal
An interview with Behrooz Arshadi by Mark Engler
Published in The Progressive, March 2003
How the INS stole three days of my life.
Those Who Don't Count
By Mark Engler
Published on May 9, 2003
Why it matters to remember the Iraq War's civilian victims.
In God's Country
By Mark Engler
Published on August 19, 2003 in In These Times
A review of Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer.
Reverend Billy's Holiday Shopocalypse
By Mark Engler
Published on December 2, 2005 in the Chicago Reader
The Church of Stop Shopping hits the road.
A History of Nonviolence
By Mark Engler
Published on September 13, 2006
The author of "Cod" suggests that the world's most dangerous idea could have derailed the American Revolution, the Civil War and possibly even World War II.
Bush's Bad Business Empire
By Mark Engler
Published on November 3, 2005
Making the World Unsafe for Microsoft and Mickey Mouse.
A shorter version of this article appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle under the title, "Has 'War' become a leading brand for United States?"
Six Essays About War and Peace
By Mark Engler
Published on May 6, 2004
A series of post-9/11 reflections.
Failures of an Economic Hit Man
By Mark Engler
Published in the April 18, 2005 issue of In These Times
A review of the best-selling Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.
Has U.S. Foreign Policy 'Failed'?
By Mark Engler
Published on July 8, 2004
Analyzing "good faith" and "bad faith" criticisms of American actions.
When Lost Is Found
By Mark Engler
Published on July 22, 2005 in In These Times
A review of Rebecca Solnit's Field Guide to Getting Lost.
Farming the Everglades
By Mark Engler
Published in the December 2003 issue of the New Internationalist
Florida sugar growers milk taxpayers, farm workers, and endangered wetlands.
Memoirs from the "Architect of Black Power"
By Mark Engler
Published in the March 2004 issue of Z Magazine
A review of Ready for Revolution by Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture).
Republicans Among Us
By Mark Engler
Published on September 3, 2004
A week in review from the Republican National Convention, inside and out.
New York Says "No"
By Mark Engler
Published on August 28, 2004
Why the city will -- and should -- demonstrate against the Republican Convention.
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