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Mark Engler

Mark Engler

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. He can be reached via the website http://www.DemocracyUprising.com.

  • Casino Capitalism as Usual

    by Mark Engler September 30, 2009
    by Mark Engler September 30, 2009

    G20 leaves needed reforms for global economy off the table.

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  • The Catholic Worker Movement: A Definition

    by Mark Engler April 1, 2007
    by Mark Engler April 1, 2007

    An entry for the Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice.

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  • Will the Winds of Change Reach El Salvador?

    by Mark Engler March 2, 2009
    by Mark Engler March 2, 2009

    The prospect of progressive leadership coming to power in El Salvador’s March 15 presidential elections should prompt new U.S. policy toward Central America.

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  • ¿Llegarán a El Salvador los vientos de cambio?

    by Mark Engler March 2, 2009
    by Mark Engler March 2, 2009

    La posibilidad de que un gobierno progresista llegue al poder en las elecciones presidenciales del 15 de marzo en El Salvador debiera provocar una nueva política norteamericana hacia Centroamérica.

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  • Can the Left Win in El Salvador?

    by Mark Engler January 15, 2009
    by Mark Engler January 15, 2009

    A Joint Report on the 2009 Presidential Elections in El Salvador, With a Contribution by Mark Engler.

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  • The Impact of the “Battle In Seattle”

    by Mark Engler September 29, 2008
    by Mark Engler September 29, 2008

    The 1999 protests against the WTO were dramatic enough to inspire a new feature film, but did they actually make a difference?

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  • The End of the “End of America”

    by Mark Engler December 15, 2008
    by Mark Engler December 15, 2008

    Essay for a symposium on “What’s Happening to America?”

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  • The War Dividend

    by Mark Engler December 1, 2008
    by Mark Engler December 1, 2008

    Will the Pentagon lock the Obama administration into ever-escalating military budgets?

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  • Spreading the Wealth

    by Mark Engler December 15, 2008
    by Mark Engler December 15, 2008

    A review of Unjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance And Why We Should Take It Back

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  • When the Betting Goes Bad

    by Mark Engler September 24, 2008
    by Mark Engler September 24, 2008

    A review of Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Crisis of American Capitalism by Kevin Phillips (Viking, 2008).

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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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  • Dissent
  • The Nation
  • The New Republic
  • N+1
  • Salon.com
  • The Los Angeles Times
  • Waging Nonviolence
  • Boston Review
  • The Atlantic
  • Rolling Stone
  • The Guardian
  • In These Times
  • TomDispatch
  • New Internationalist
  • Yes! Magazine
  • Audubon Magazine
  • Jacobin
  • Mother Jones
  • Le Monde diplomatique
  • Grist Magazine
  • Rebelión
  • The San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Progressive
  • Newsday
  • openDemocracy
  • Truthout
  • Christian Science Monitor
  • Dollars & Sense
  • Progreso Semanal
  • Chicago Reader
  • Sin Permiso
  • Baltimore Sun
  • The Ecologist
  • TruthDig
  • Asia Times
  • Sierra Magazine
  • Labor Notes
  • New Politics
  • The Catholic Worker
  • The Des Moines Register
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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
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    • 2019-2020
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    • 2015-2016
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