Democracy Uprising
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      Social Movements

      What If America Had Six Political Parties?

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      Movements are vying for political power — is…

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      How movements can maintain their radical vision while winning…

      Social Movements

      What Happens After Movement-Backed Politicians Take Office

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      Should we disrupt the Democratic Party or try…

      Social Movements

      How to Take Over a Political Party

      Social Movements

      A Guide to Co-Governance: Can Movements and Politicians…

      Social Movements

      Making Our Demands Both Practical and Visionary

      Book Reviews

      The Pan American

      Book Reviews

      The Godfather of Microcredit

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      Capitalism as Catastrophe

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      Four Ways of Looking at an Aztec Eagle

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      The Ascent of Niall Ferguson

      Book Reviews

      Ordinary Outrages

      Book Reviews

      No Better Place

      Book Reviews

      In God’s Country

      Environment

      Why Wendell Matters

      Environment

      The Gulf at the Gas Station

      Environment

      Climate Disobedience

      Environment

      Farming the Everglades

      Environment

      The Winter of the Climate Denier

      Environment

      Climate of Change: An “Inside-Outside” Strategy Against Global…

      Environment

      Provoking an American Climate Crisis

      Environment

      The Real “Farmer” Story: So God Made High-Fructose…

      Essays / First Person

      Is Rambo Still A Republican?

      Essays / First Person

      On the Price is Right

      Essays / First Person

      The Last Porto Alegre

      Essays / First Person

      Six Essays About War and About Peace

      Essays / First Person

      Republicans Among Us

      Essays / First Person

      New York Says “No”

      Essays / First Person

      The Sideshow Rebels

      Essays / First Person

      A Week in New York

      Global Economy

      Meet the Bailout’s New Slush Fund for Corporate…

      Global Economy

      The Seattle Protests Showed That Another World Is…

      Global Economy

      Jeff Bezos Has Enough! It’s Time for a…

      Global Economy

      The Amazon Effect: Sweat, Surveillance, Exploitation

      Global Economy

      The Godfather of Microcredit

      Global Economy

      Capitalism as Catastrophe

      Global Economy

      Immigration Economics: An Interview with Professor Giovanni Peri

      Global Economy

      The World Is Not Flat

      Immigration

      When Undocumented Activists Infiltrated ICE

      Immigration

      The Children of Intervention

      Immigration

      Immigration Economics: An Interview with Professor Giovanni Peri

      Immigration

      Science Fiction From Below

      Immigration

      Four Ways of Looking at an Aztec Eagle

      Immigration

      Treated Like a Criminal

      Immigration

      When Sanctuary is Resistance

      Immigration

      The Massive Immigrants Rights Protests of 2006 Are…

      Labor

      The Case for a Social Distancing Wage

      Labor

      The Seattle Protests Showed That Another World Is…

      Labor

      Reviving the General Strike

      Labor

      Jeff Bezos Has Enough! It’s Time for a…

      Labor

      There’s Still Power in a Strike

      Labor

      The Amazon Effect: Sweat, Surveillance, Exploitation

      Labor

      There’s More Than One Way to Strike the…

      Labor

      Ai-jen Poo: Organizing a Movement for Care

      Latin America

      How movements can maintain their radical vision while winning…

      Latin America

      The Pan American

      Latin America

      Lessons from the Pledge of Resistance

      Latin America

      The Children of Intervention

      Latin America

      Against Shithole Nationalism

      Latin America

      The Last Porto Alegre

      Latin America

      Kissinger Is Not Our Friend

      Latin America

      Even If You Have Nothing to Hide

      Social Movements

      What If America Had Six Political Parties?

      Social Movements

      Movements are vying for political power — is…

      Social Movements

      How movements can maintain their radical vision while winning…

      Social Movements

      What Happens After Movement-Backed Politicians Take Office

      Social Movements

      Should we disrupt the Democratic Party or try…

      Social Movements

      How to Take Over a Political Party

      Social Movements

      A Guide to Co-Governance: Can Movements and Politicians…

      Social Movements

      Making Our Demands Both Practical and Visionary

      Religion

      In God’s Country

      Religion

      Reverend Billy’s Holiday Shopocalypse

      Religion

      Toward the “Rights of the Poor”

      Religion

      The Pope and the Poor

      Religion

      Will the Next Pope Embrace Liberation Theology?

      Religion

      Remembering Romero

      Religion

      John Paul II’s Economic Ethics

      Religion

      Against the God of Free Trade

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      What If America Had Six Political Parties?

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      Movements are vying for political power — is…

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      How movements can maintain their radical vision while winning…

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      What Happens After Movement-Backed Politicians Take Office

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      Should we disrupt the Democratic Party or try…

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      How to Take Over a Political Party

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      A Guide to Co-Governance: Can Movements and Politicians…

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      Making Our Demands Both Practical and Visionary

      War / Militarism

      Does It Make Sense to Protest a President…

      War / Militarism

      Lessons from the Pledge of Resistance

      War / Militarism

      Is Rambo Still A Republican?

      War / Militarism

      War: The Wrong Jobs Program

      War / Militarism

      The Ascent of Niall Ferguson

      War / Militarism

      Those Who Don’t Count

      War / Militarism

      Six Essays About War and About Peace

      War / Militarism

      The Dangerous Dignity of War

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      Translations

      Jordlösa kombinerar radikala visioner med praktiska reformer (Swedish)

      Español

      Hacer Que Nuestras Demandas Sean Tanto Orácticas Como…

      Italiano

      C’è più di un modo per colpire il…

      Português

      As reformas não reformistas de André Gorz mostram…

      Español

      Las reformas no reformistas de André Gorz

      Deutsch

      Die nicht-reformistischen Reformen von André Gorz

      Italiano

      Richieste dei movimenti: sia pratiche che visionarie

      Chinese

      泛美洲人 爱德华多·加莱亚诺的世界 (Chinese)

      Chinese

      泛美洲人 爱德华多·加莱亚诺的世界 (Chinese)

      Chinese

      Why Wendell Matters (in Chinese)

      Chinese

      Globalization’s Watchdogs (in Chinese)

      Deutsch

      Die nicht-reformistischen Reformen von André Gorz

      Deutsch

      Als Martin Luther King seine Feuerwaffen aufgab

      Deutsch

      Mikrokredite: Die Entlassung eines Nobelpreisträgers

      Deutsch

      CAFTA – am besten stillschweigend beerdigen

      Deutsch

      Bush in Mexiko

      Deutsch

      Das globale Duell in Evian

      Deutsch

      Die Rückkehr des Daniel Ortega

      Español

      Hacer Que Nuestras Demandas Sean Tanto Orácticas Como…

      Español

      Las reformas no reformistas de André Gorz

      Español

      ¿Adoptará el nuevo papa la teología de la…

      Español

      Wall Street quiere que les estemos agradecidos

      Español

      Si Las Monjas Se Fueran a una Huelga,…

      Español

      ALEC retrocede; a la derecha le da un…

      Español

      ¿ALEC disgustado ante la pérdida de patrocinadores? Se…

      Español

      La vida en la nación prisión

      Français

      La révolution non-violente a-t-elle échoué en Egypte?

      Français

      Le pari risqué du populisme au Pérou

      Français

      Hong Kong Phooey

      Français

      Bush Nuit Même Aux Compagnies U.S.

      Français

      Le dynamisme du mouvement pour la paix

      Français

      La déroute de l’ALCA dans une Miami en…

      Français

      Ceux qui ne comptent pas

      Français

      La guerre en Irak : une expo des…

      Italiano

      C’è più di un modo per colpire il…

      Italiano

      Richieste dei movimenti: sia pratiche che visionarie

      Italiano

      La strategia di Gandhi per il successo –…

      Italiano

      Le promesse infrante di Obama

      Italiano

      Guantanamo deve sparire

      Italiano

      IL BANK TRANSFER DAY: UN SUCCESSO

      Italiano

      Come il movimento Occupiamo Wall Street si sta…

      Italiano

      Economia tabù

      Japanese

      ガンジーはどのように勝利したのか? (Japanese)

      Japanese

      Truth Versus Superpower (Japanese)

      Japanese

      Bush’s Bad Business Empire (Japanese)

      Japanese

      Revenge of the Combat Cartoonist (Japanese)

      Japanese

      Bush’s Uneasy Mexican Visita (Japanese)

      Japanese

      Mark Twain in Iraq (Japanese)

      Japanese

      Globalization’s “Lost Decade” (Japanese)

      Japanese

      Hawks Say the Damnedest Things (Japanese)

      Português

      As reformas não reformistas de André Gorz mostram…

      Português

      A vida na Nação Prisão

      Português

      Outro pretexto?

      Português

      Imigração tem efeito positivo sobre emprego e salários

      Português

      O império hipotecado

      Arabic

      Abandoning the World Bank (in Arabic)

      Arabic

      The Return of Daniel Ortega (in Arabic)

      Arabic

      Where’s The Jubilee? (in Arabic)

      Arabic

      The Last Porto Alegre (in Arabic)

      Arabic

      Seattle At Five (in Arabic)

      Arabic

      Is Market Access the Answer to Poverty? (in…

      Arabic

      Mexico’s Democratic Transition Still Incomplete (in Arabic)

      Thai

      Progressive Good Tidings of 2007 (in Thai)

      Thai

      2006: A Global Justice Year in Review (In…

      Thai

      WTO: Best Left For Dead? (In Thai)

      Thai

      Is Market Access the Answer to Poverty? (In…

      Thai

      Bush’s Bad Business Empire (In Thai)

      Thai

      The Last Porto Alegre [Thai]

      Thai

      Globalizers, Neocons, or… ? (in Thai)

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Democracy Uprising

  • About
    • About Mark Engler
    • About Democracy Uprising
  • Books
    • This Is An Uprising
    • How To Rule the World
  • Topics
    • All Book Reviews Czech/Slovak Past Favorites Turkish Environment Dansk 2021-2022 Chinese Essays / First Person Deutsch 2019-2020 Global Economy Español 1999-2002 Swedish Immigration Français 2003-2004 Labor Hrvatski 2005-2006 Latin America Hungarian 2007-2008 Media Appearances Indonesian 2009-2010 Social Movements Italiano 2011-2012 Religion Japanese 2013-2014 Translations Korean 2015-2016 U.S. Politics / Elections Nederlands Latest Articles War / Militarism Português Archive Arabic Russian 2017-2018 Uncategorized Catalá Thai Topics Blog From the Archives Other Translations
      Social Movements

      What If America Had Six Political Parties?

      Social Movements

      Movements are vying for political power — is…

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      How movements can maintain their radical vision while winning…

      Social Movements

      What Happens After Movement-Backed Politicians Take Office

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      Should we disrupt the Democratic Party or try…

      Social Movements

      How to Take Over a Political Party

      Social Movements

      A Guide to Co-Governance: Can Movements and Politicians…

      Social Movements

      Making Our Demands Both Practical and Visionary

      Book Reviews

      The Pan American

      Book Reviews

      The Godfather of Microcredit

      Book Reviews

      Capitalism as Catastrophe

      Book Reviews

      Four Ways of Looking at an Aztec Eagle

      Book Reviews

      The Ascent of Niall Ferguson

      Book Reviews

      Ordinary Outrages

      Book Reviews

      No Better Place

      Book Reviews

      In God’s Country

      Czech/Slovak

      Obrat strachem odvrácený

      Czech/Slovak

      Pápež a globálny kapitalizmus

      Czech/Slovak

      Latinskoamerické jarné prázdniny prezidenta Busha

      Past Favorites

      It’s Time We Celebrate Ella Baker Day

      Past Favorites

      The Godfather of Microcredit

      Past Favorites

      There’s More Than One Way to Strike the…

      Past Favorites

      Capitalism as Catastrophe

      Past Favorites

      Would Saul Alinsky Break His Own Rules?

      Past Favorites

      Ai-jen Poo: Organizing a Movement for Care

      Past Favorites

      Can Frances Fox Piven’s Theory of Disruptive Power…

      Past Favorites

      Is Rambo Still A Republican?

      Turkish

      Pan Amerikan Eduardo Galeano’nun Dünyası (Turkish)

      Environment

      Why Wendell Matters

      Environment

      The Gulf at the Gas Station

      Environment

      Climate Disobedience

      Environment

      Farming the Everglades

      Environment

      The Winter of the Climate Denier

      Environment

      Climate of Change: An “Inside-Outside” Strategy Against Global…

      Environment

      Provoking an American Climate Crisis

      Environment

      The Real “Farmer” Story: So God Made High-Fructose…

      Dansk

      Det er legitimt nu at tale om at…

      Dansk

      Mark Twain i Irak?

      2021-2022

      What If America Had Six Political Parties?

      2021-2022

      Movements are vying for political power — is…

      2021-2022

      How movements can maintain their radical vision while winning…

      2021-2022

      What Happens After Movement-Backed Politicians Take Office

      2021-2022

      Should we disrupt the Democratic Party or try…

      2021-2022

      How to Take Over a Political Party

      2021-2022

      A Guide to Co-Governance: Can Movements and Politicians…

      2021-2022

      Making Our Demands Both Practical and Visionary

      Chinese

      Why Wendell Matters (in Chinese)

      Chinese

      Globalization’s Watchdogs (in Chinese)

      Essays / First Person

      Is Rambo Still A Republican?

      Essays / First Person

      On the Price is Right

      Essays / First Person

      The Last Porto Alegre

      Essays / First Person

      Six Essays About War and About Peace

      Essays / First Person

      Republicans Among Us

      Essays / First Person

      New York Says “No”

      Essays / First Person

      The Sideshow Rebels

      Essays / First Person

      A Week in New York

      Deutsch

      Die nicht-reformistischen Reformen von André Gorz

      Deutsch

      Als Martin Luther King seine Feuerwaffen aufgab

      Deutsch

      Mikrokredite: Die Entlassung eines Nobelpreisträgers

      Deutsch

      CAFTA – am besten stillschweigend beerdigen

      Deutsch

      Bush in Mexiko

      Deutsch

      Das globale Duell in Evian

      Deutsch

      Die Rückkehr des Daniel Ortega

      2019-2020

      The Fed Could Help Cash-Strapped Cities and States….

      2019-2020

      In the Pandemic, Should We Tax the Rich?

      2019-2020

      Mass Protests May Fade, But Movements Persist

      2019-2020

      It’s Time We Celebrate Ella Baker Day

      2019-2020

      When Undocumented Activists Infiltrated ICE

      2019-2020

      Meet the Bailout’s New Slush Fund for Corporate…

      2019-2020

      The Case for a Social Distancing Wage

      2019-2020

      The Seattle Protests Showed That Another World Is…

      Global Economy

      Meet the Bailout’s New Slush Fund for Corporate…

      Global Economy

      The Seattle Protests Showed That Another World Is…

      Global Economy

      Jeff Bezos Has Enough! It’s Time for a…

      Global Economy

      The Amazon Effect: Sweat, Surveillance, Exploitation

      Global Economy

      The Godfather of Microcredit

      Global Economy

      Capitalism as Catastrophe

      Global Economy

      Immigration Economics: An Interview with Professor Giovanni Peri

      Global Economy

      The World Is Not Flat

      Español

      Hacer Que Nuestras Demandas Sean Tanto Orácticas Como…

      Español

      Las reformas no reformistas de André Gorz

      Español

      ¿Adoptará el nuevo papa la teología de la…

      Español

      Wall Street quiere que les estemos agradecidos

      Español

      Si Las Monjas Se Fueran a una Huelga,…

      Español

      ALEC retrocede; a la derecha le da un…

      Español

      ¿ALEC disgustado ante la pérdida de patrocinadores? Se…

      Español

      La vida en la nación prisión

      1999-2002

      Ordinary Outrages

      1999-2002

      On the Price is Right

      1999-2002

      From the Quarantine Against Greed

      1999-2002

      Toward the “Rights of the Poor”

      1999-2002

      Stopping the “Full Control” Agenda

      1999-2002

      ‘Tis the Season For Corporate Welfare

      1999-2002

      Globalization’s Dirty Work

      1999-2002

      Bush’s Nobel Rebukes

      Swedish

      Jordlösa kombinerar radikala visioner med praktiska reformer (Swedish)

      Immigration

      When Undocumented Activists Infiltrated ICE

      Immigration

      The Children of Intervention

      Immigration

      Immigration Economics: An Interview with Professor Giovanni Peri

      Immigration

      Science Fiction From Below

      Immigration

      Four Ways of Looking at an Aztec Eagle

      Immigration

      Treated Like a Criminal

      Immigration

      When Sanctuary is Resistance

      Immigration

      The Massive Immigrants Rights Protests of 2006 Are…

      Français

      La révolution non-violente a-t-elle échoué en Egypte?

      Français

      Le pari risqué du populisme au Pérou

      Français

      Hong Kong Phooey

      Français

      Bush Nuit Même Aux Compagnies U.S.

      Français

      Le dynamisme du mouvement pour la paix

      Français

      La déroute de l’ALCA dans une Miami en…

      Français

      Ceux qui ne comptent pas

      Français

      La guerre en Irak : une expo des…

      2003-2004

      Is Rambo Still A Republican?

      2003-2004

      Why Wendell Matters

      2003-2004

      Treated Like a Criminal

      2003-2004

      Those Who Don’t Count

      2003-2004

      In God’s Country

      2003-2004

      Six Essays About War and About Peace

      2003-2004

      Farming the Everglades

      2003-2004

      Republicans Among Us

      Labor

      The Case for a Social Distancing Wage

      Labor

      The Seattle Protests Showed That Another World Is…

      Labor

      Reviving the General Strike

      Labor

      Jeff Bezos Has Enough! It’s Time for a…

      Labor

      There’s Still Power in a Strike

      Labor

      The Amazon Effect: Sweat, Surveillance, Exploitation

      Labor

      There’s More Than One Way to Strike the…

      Labor

      Ai-jen Poo: Organizing a Movement for Care

      Hrvatski

      Ljudi vs korporacije

      2005-2006

      The Last Porto Alegre

      2005-2006

      No Better Place

      2005-2006

      Fair Trade Sweatshops?

      2005-2006

      Reverend Billy’s Holiday Shopocalypse

      2005-2006

      When Lost Is Found

      2005-2006

      Pope John Paul II’s Economic Ethics

      2005-2006

      Time To Cancel Tsunami Countries’ Debt

      2005-2006

      Remembering Romero

      Latin America

      How movements can maintain their radical vision while winning…

      Latin America

      The Pan American

      Latin America

      Lessons from the Pledge of Resistance

      Latin America

      The Children of Intervention

      Latin America

      Against Shithole Nationalism

      Latin America

      The Last Porto Alegre

      Latin America

      Kissinger Is Not Our Friend

      Latin America

      Even If You Have Nothing to Hide

      Hungarian

      Emberarcú populizmus

      2007-2008

      Capitalism as Catastrophe

      2007-2008

      The World Is Not Flat

      2007-2008

      There Is an Alternative to Corporate Rule

      2007-2008

      Obama’s Economic Mandate

      2007-2008

      Bailing Out the Financiers

      2007-2008

      The Fight For Global Alternatives

      2007-2008

      The World After Bush

      2007-2008

      Bush’s Latin American Spring Break

      Media Appearances

      The Future of the #Occupy Movement: An Interview

      Media Appearances

      Obama’s Economic Mandate

      Media Appearances

      Bailing Out the Financiers

      Media Appearances

      The Fight For Global Alternatives

      Media Appearances

      The World After Bush

      Media Appearances

      Pope John Paul II’s Economic Ethics

      Media Appearances

      The True Cost of Oil: An Interview

      Indonesian

      Bagaimana Memerintah Dunia setelah Era Bush

      Indonesian

      Meraba Kebijakan Luar Negeri Pemerintahan Barack Obama

      2009-2010

      The Godfather of Microcredit

      2009-2010

      Immigration Economics: An Interview with Professor Giovanni Peri

      2009-2010

      Science Fiction From Below

      2009-2010

      Four Ways of Looking at an Aztec Eagle

      2009-2010

      The “Battle in Seattle” at Ten

      2009-2010

      The Gulf at the Gas Station

      2009-2010

      Climate Disobedience

      2009-2010

      The Ascent of Niall Ferguson

      Social Movements

      What If America Had Six Political Parties?

      Social Movements

      Movements are vying for political power — is…

      Social Movements

      How movements can maintain their radical vision while winning…

      Social Movements

      What Happens After Movement-Backed Politicians Take Office

      Social Movements

      Should we disrupt the Democratic Party or try…

      Social Movements

      How to Take Over a Political Party

      Social Movements

      A Guide to Co-Governance: Can Movements and Politicians…

      Social Movements

      Making Our Demands Both Practical and Visionary

      Italiano

      C’è più di un modo per colpire il…

      Italiano

      Richieste dei movimenti: sia pratiche che visionarie

      Italiano

      La strategia di Gandhi per il successo –…

      Italiano

      Le promesse infrante di Obama

      Italiano

      Guantanamo deve sparire

      Italiano

      IL BANK TRANSFER DAY: UN SUCCESSO

      Italiano

      Come il movimento Occupiamo Wall Street si sta…

      Italiano

      Economia tabù

      2011-2012

      Ai-jen Poo: Organizing a Movement for Care

      2011-2012

      War: The Wrong Jobs Program

      2011-2012

      It’s Time for a Union at Wal-Mart

      2011-2012

      After the Election: Time to Stop Settling for…

      2011-2012

      How Not to Make Every Vote Count

      2011-2012

      Will Occupy Live to See Another Birthday?

      2011-2012

      Obama: A Better Adversary

      2011-2012

      Wall Street Wants Your Gratitude

      Religion

      In God’s Country

      Religion

      Reverend Billy’s Holiday Shopocalypse

      Religion

      Toward the “Rights of the Poor”

      Religion

      The Pope and the Poor

      Religion

      Will the Next Pope Embrace Liberation Theology?

      Religion

      Remembering Romero

      Religion

      John Paul II’s Economic Ethics

      Religion

      Against the God of Free Trade

      Japanese

      ガンジーはどのように勝利したのか? (Japanese)

      Japanese

      Truth Versus Superpower (Japanese)

      Japanese

      Bush’s Bad Business Empire (Japanese)

      Japanese

      Revenge of the Combat Cartoonist (Japanese)

      Japanese

      Bush’s Uneasy Mexican Visita (Japanese)

      Japanese

      Mark Twain in Iraq (Japanese)

      Japanese

      Globalization’s “Lost Decade” (Japanese)

      Japanese

      Hawks Say the Damnedest Things (Japanese)

      2013-2014

      Would Saul Alinsky Break His Own Rules?

      2013-2014

      Can Frances Fox Piven’s Theory of Disruptive Power…

      2013-2014

      When the Pillars Fall — How Social Movements…

      2013-2014

      Hijacked Organic, Limited Local, Faulty Fair Trade: What’s…

      2013-2014

      Should We Fight the System or Be the…

      2013-2014

      Surviving the Ups and Downs of Social Movements

      2013-2014

      What Makes Nonviolent Movements Explode?

      2013-2014

      People Power Brought Down the Berlin Wall—Can it…

      Translations

      Jordlösa kombinerar radikala visioner med praktiska reformer (Swedish)

      Translations

      Hacer Que Nuestras Demandas Sean Tanto Orácticas Como…

      Translations

      C’è più di un modo per colpire il…

      Translations

      As reformas não reformistas de André Gorz mostram…

      Translations

      Las reformas no reformistas de André Gorz

      Translations

      Die nicht-reformistischen Reformen von André Gorz

      Translations

      Richieste dei movimenti: sia pratiche che visionarie

      Translations

      泛美洲人 爱德华多·加莱亚诺的世界 (Chinese)

      Korean

      하버드 대학 점거농성의 성공과 함께 운동은 지속된/ (in…

      2015-2016

      In Praise of Impractical Movements

      2015-2016

      Martin Luther King Jr. Was a Disruptor Not…

      2015-2016

      Why Targeting Corporate Democrats Is Part of the…

      2015-2016

      Acts of Conscience on a Bended Knee

      2015-2016

      Protectors vs Pipelines

      2015-2016

      Kissinger Is Not Our Friend

      2015-2016

      #VetsVsHate—and Trump

      2015-2016

      What’s Not for Sale in Branded America?

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      What If America Had Six Political Parties?

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      Movements are vying for political power — is…

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      How movements can maintain their radical vision while winning…

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      What Happens After Movement-Backed Politicians Take Office

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      Should we disrupt the Democratic Party or try…

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      How to Take Over a Political Party

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      A Guide to Co-Governance: Can Movements and Politicians…

      U.S. Politics / Elections

      Making Our Demands Both Practical and Visionary

      Nederlands

      Bolivia nationaliseert olie en gas

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Where’s The Jubilee?

by Mark Engler June 28, 2005
written by Mark Engler June 28, 2005
Where’s The Jubilee?

The G8 debt deal should provide an opportunity for us to claim our victories while still pushing for more.

Published in TomPaine.com.


Seeing President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair touting their good deeds on behalf of the world’s poor is enough to make any opponent of empire and corporate globalization cringe. Perhaps because of this objectionable sight, progressives have been divided in their response to the announcement of a major deal on debt cancellation. In advance of next week’s summit in Scotland, the leaders of the G8 industrialized countries, led by Bush and Blair, agreed to cancel 100 percent of debt owed by 18 of the world’s poorest countries to the IMF, the World Bank and the African Development Bank.

While some on the left have applauded the deal, many others have focused on asking, “What’s the catch?” Some have gone so far as to charge that the agreement actually does more harm than good by attaching harmful strings to debt relief.

Certainly, there is reason to be skeptical: You don’t have to be a hardened cynic to wonder about the true scope of Bush and Blair’s compassion. Yet ultimately, the debt deal, while far from perfect, is a genuine advance—the product of a decade of increasing social movement pressure. No doubt, those of us who have campaigned for debt cancellation or sympathized with the cause should publicize the limits of the agreement and push for greater change. But we should do this while also celebrating the progress we have made. Rather than letting the leaders pretend that the debt cancellation sprang from the goodness of their hearts, we should insist on giving credit where credit is due—highlighting the dedication of activists throughout the world who have moved the injustice of debt to the fore of international discussion.

Those progressives who have attacked the debt deal emphasize that, even in announcing the cancellation, G8 finance ministers explicitly reaffirm a neoliberal economic paradigm. In their statement, the G8 leaders declare that “boost[ing] private sector development ” and “eliminat[ing] impediments to private investment, both domestic and foreign” remain central to their model for development. With regard to debt relief, they state that “good governance, accountability and transparency” will be required for countries to receive cancellation. Historically, such terms have been code words for the imposition of structural adjustment on poor nations. According to G8 ministers, a country practicing “good governance” is one that wholeheartedly embraces the Washington Consensus.

While the rhetoric of the G8 statement feels disturbing, such posturing comes as standard fare in official foreign policy declarations. In practice, the G8 deal does not create new conditions for cancellation. It merely keeps in place the conditions required by the existing Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative, or HIPC.

HIPC was created in 1996, and expanded in 1999, in response to a growing chorus of advocates demanding debt cancellation. The program promised relief to 42 “qualified” poor countries, largely in sub-Saharan Africa. However, in order to have debts cancelled under HIPC, the countries had to go through years of World Bank and IMF-mandated economic restructuring. Even the countries that did so saw their debt service payments decrease, on average, by only 33 percent. The final goal of the HIPC program was to eliminate just 65 percent of the countries’ debts—far less than full cancellation.

Under the new G8 agreement, 18 countries do receive full debt cancellation from the IMF and World Bank, and nine other countries may be granted similar relief at a later date. The 18 chosen countries are those that have reached “completion point” under HIPC, meaning that they have already complied with the onerous economic mandates. Since the G8 deal keeps this “conditionality” in place, new countries wishing to be included in future cancellation must still endure neoliberal “adjustments.” Obviously, this is a problem.

That said, it is clearly better for poor countries that have already suffered HIPC conditions to receive full cancellation, rather than inadequate, partial relief. Full, 100 percent cancellation has been one of the foundational demands of the debt relief movement. It is something that has been resisted by wealthy nations through years of mass protests and persistent lobbying. By affirming the legitimacy of this long-denied demand, the G8 agreement sets a landmark precedent.

This breakthrough represents a significant victory. It marks a shift of approximately a billion dollars a year in resources back to poor nations. Arguably the most effective form of aid, debt cancellation allows countries to retain and use their own funds to advance human development. Contrary to the claims of conservative critics, it works. Even the limited cancellation achieved through the HIPC program produced some impressive results. World Bank statistics show that between 1999 and 2004, the 27 countries that had received partial debt relief under HIPC were able to almost double their spending on poverty reduction programs—including education, health care and clean water.

Some large European aid groups, and even progressive stalwarts like John Pilger, have complained that, in order to finance the debt deal, the United States will be shifting some funding away from World Bank “aid” programs. Countries will lose in aid what they gain in debt service relief, the argument goes. However, this is a misreading of the compromise that was brokered in order to push through the debt deal. While some funds will indeed be redirected, the United States and other lenders have agreed to make more money available for Bank “aid” in order to meet demands for a net increase in funding. For Pilger and the charities, that should qualify as a victory—albeit a partial one. For those of us who don’t look upon the defunding of the World Bank as such a bad thing, the question remains as to why such advocates were so set on “additionality” in the first place.

Perhaps more important than what has already been gained, the debt deal puts advocates like those in the Jubilee movement in an excellent place to advance further demands. Ending conditionality will be easier now that full cancellation has been accepted as both morally just and politically feasible. Moreover, G8 nations have progressively less ground on which to deny relief to countries beyond the 18 already included. In addition to the 20 other countries still in HIPC, debt relief advocates can devote their attention to highlighting the plight of indebted poor countries like Haiti, Nigeria and the Philippines, which were not included in the previous program because of the specific formulas used by the World Bank to determine eligibility.

Likewise, the movement is now poised to force the issue of “odious” debt on the G8, challenging the legitimacy of debt incurred by repressive regimes in places like Indonesia, Chile and South Africa. While odious debt, as such, is not included in the current deal, the agreement has contributed to the momentum that has been building around the issue at least since the Bush administration campaigned to have Iraq’s odious, Saddam Hussein-era debts forgiven.

Finally, in addition to ending conditionality and lengthening the list of countries getting relief, activists will be able to leverage the G8 precedent while working to expand the list of institutions canceling their debts, forcing often-overlooked multilateral creditors like the Inter-American Development Bank to live up to the established standard.

The debt deal both represents a measurable improvement over the previous state of affairs and puts advocates in a much better position to push for greater gains. That, in short, is a fine definition of a victory. In a world of challenges and setbacks, where the obstacles confronting progressive movements are enormous, it is all too easy to wallow in despair. If for no other reason than that, we should take care to claim our wins—and to celebrate them—before continuing with the work ahead.

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Research assistance for this article provided by Jason Rowe. Photo credit: U.S. Federal Government / Wikimedia Commons.

Mark Engler

Mark Engler is a writer based in Philadelphia and an editorial board member at Dissent magazine. His latest book, written with Paul Engler, is entitled This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century.

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