The strengths and limitations of prefigurative politics.
Author
Mark Engler and Paul Engler
Mark Engler and Paul Engler
Mark Engler is a writer based in Philadelphia and an editorial board member at Dissent magazine. Paul Engler is founding director of the Center for the Working Poor, in Los Angeles. They are the authors of This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century.
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Creare una sana ecologia del cambiamento può spingere i movimenti sociali.
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Popular uprising have ramifications that go beyond immediate legislative results, and they can alter the climate of political debate.
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Lessons from the Salt March for today's social movements.