If the country is to be redeemed, it will depend on those who dissent—those who are now using their bodies to blockade bridges and highways.
Author
Mark Engler
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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People Power Brought Down the Berlin Wall—Can it Defeat Corporate Rule?
by Mark Englerby Mark EnglerCan people power also be successful in defeating the more diffuse evils of oligarchy and corporate rule? -
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