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Mark Engler and Paul Engler

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

Mark Engler and Paul Engler are co-directors of the Whirlwind Institute, a social change strategy center, and authors of This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century (Nation Books).

  • Can Social Movements Realign America’s Political Parties to Win Big Change?

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler March 25, 2021
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler March 25, 2021

    In claiming the goal of “realignment,” groups such as Sunrise and Justice Democrats are reviving an old idea, with hopes of provoking new political transformations.

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  • The “Make Me Do It” Myth

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler February 12, 2021
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler February 12, 2021

    Politicians fear the disruptive power of a mobilized base, even when it helps them succeed.

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  • Hacer Que Nuestras Demandas Sean Tanto Orácticas Como Visionarias

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler July 27, 2021
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler July 27, 2021

    Cómo los movimientos sociales están empleando el concepto de la «reforma no reformista» para promover un cambio de largo alcance.

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  • C’è più di un modo per colpire il padrone

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler February 24, 2019
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler February 24, 2019

    Dagli scioperi delle tariffe alle assenze per malattia, i movimenti stanno implementando una varietà di tattiche creative per interrompere gli affari come al solito.

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  • As reformas não reformistas de André Gorz mostram como podemos transformar o mundo hoje

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler July 22, 2021
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler July 22, 2021

    Sobre a história da “reforma não reformista”.

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  • Las reformas no reformistas de André Gorz

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler July 25, 2021
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler July 25, 2021

    Sobre la historia de la “reforma no reformista”.

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  • Die nicht-reformistischen Reformen von André Gorz

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler July 25, 2021
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler July 25, 2021

    Zur Geschichte der „nichtreformistischen Reform“.

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  • Richieste dei movimenti: sia pratiche che visionarie

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler August 13, 2021
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler August 13, 2021

    Come i movimenti sociali stanno utilizzando il concetto di “riforma non riformista” per promuovere un cambiamento di vasta portata. Ecco come rendere le richieste dei movimenti sia pratiche che visionarie.

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  • In Praise of Impractical Movements

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler April 7, 2016
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler April 7, 2016

    Three Times When the World Broke Open—and Two When it Might Again

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  • Would Saul Alinsky Break His Own Rules?

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler April 2, 2014
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler April 2, 2014

    Having experienced recent mass mobilizations, some community organizers are interested in questioning the old divide between “movements” and “organizations”—and in harnessing the power of both.

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Mark Engler is a writer based in Philadelphia, an editorial board member at Dissent, and co-director of the Whirlwind Institute, a social change strategy center. His latest book, written with Paul Engler, is This Is An Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-first Century (Nation Books). Mark’s full bio is available here.

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  • The Guardian
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  • The New Republic
  • Salon.com
  • The Los Angeles Times
  • Waging Nonviolence
  • Boston Review
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  • Rolling Stone
  • In These Times
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  • TomDispatch
  • Convergence
  • The Forge
  • New Internationalist
  • Audubon Magazine
  • Mother Jones
  • Le Monde diplomatique
  • openDemocracy
  • The San Francisco Chronicle
  • Grist Magazine
  • Rebelión
  • Yes! Magazine
  • The Progressive
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  • Truthout
  • Christian Science Monitor
  • Dollars & Sense
  • Chicago Reader
  • Sin Permiso
  • Baltimore Sun
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Democracy Uprising
  • About
    • About Mark Engler
    • About Democracy Uprising
  • Books
    • This Is An Uprising
    • How To Rule the World
  • Topics
  • Translations
  • Appearances
  • Archive
    • 2023-2025
    • 2021-2022
    • 2019-2020
    • 2017-2018
    • 2015-2016
    • 2013-2014
    • 2011-2012
    • 2009-2010
    • 2007-2008
    • 2005-2006
    • 2003-2004
    • 1999-2002