After a certain point, the rich have to be creative in inventing new material wants as any reasonable need has already been met.
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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To make this culture of sexual harassment a thing of the past requires organizing and mass mobilization.
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Why it only takes a bit of a bomb-dropping and sabre-rattling to rally the reporters and bestow a presidential aura on our leaders.
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Taking down monuments to people who fought to defend slavery should not be controversial at all. Yet in the US today, it is.
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We should not underestimate the US president’s talent for undermining his own job security.
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What is an internationalist to make of Donald J Trump’s vow to blow up the North American Free Trade Agreement?
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Progressives have to try to maximize the liberatory potential of a growing discontent.
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In the United States in the 1980s, the simple act of providing refuge became a form of civil disobedience. Three decades later, in the era of Trump, providing sanctuary may again qualify as a radical stance.
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Technocratic liberals treat movement groups as another "special interest" rather than a central pillar upholding their ability to govern.
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We must respond with a genuine vision for ending the corrupt politics of privilege.