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2003-2004

  • Unhappy Birthday, World Bank!

    by Mark Engler April 22, 2004
    by Mark Engler April 22, 2004

    Protests this weekend will highlight the dramatic changes in the development debate of past years, and denounce the nefarious, US-backed policies that remain intact.

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  • My Political Suicide Note

    by Mark Engler April 13, 2004
    by Mark Engler April 13, 2004

    As a candidate for President, there are certain things that John Kerry can’t say. But I can.

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  • The End of “Constructive Engagement”

    by Mark Engler March 1, 2004
    by Mark Engler March 1, 2004

    The World Bank invites cooperation from civil society, then buries critical findings.

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  • Oiled Again

    by Mark Engler and Nadia Martinez March 26, 2004
    by Mark Engler and Nadia Martinez March 26, 2004

    Free trade agreement threatens Costa Rican environmental protections.

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  • The Peace Movement One Year Later

    by Mark Engler March 16, 2004
    by Mark Engler March 16, 2004

    One year after the invasion of Iraq, what has the peace movement accomplished? And where do we go from here?

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  • U.N. Spies and Iraq War Lies

    by Mark Engler March 3, 2004
    by Mark Engler March 3, 2004

    While spying on one’s allies may not be unusual at the UN, new charges against the US and Britain paint a damning picture of the unseemly push for war in …

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  • The Iraqi Monkey Crisis

    by Mark Engler February 24, 2004
    by Mark Engler February 24, 2004

    Bush’s invocation of the Cuban Missile Crisis to justify war in Iraq was absurd—but telling.

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  • Wisconsin Farewell: A Dean Retrospective

    by Mark Engler February 17, 2004
    by Mark Engler February 17, 2004

    With Howard Dean’s withdrawal from the presidential race it’s time to take stock of the candidate’s dramatic reversal of fortune, and to appreciate his contribution to a revived Democratic Party.

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  • “The Leak” Still Drips of Scandal

    by Mark Engler February 1, 2004
    by Mark Engler February 1, 2004

    Before 2004’s presidential elections every American should take another look at the Bush administration’s outing of an undercover CIA agent.

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  • The WMD Blame Game

    by Mark Engler February 2, 2004
    by Mark Engler February 2, 2004

    The independent investigation into Iraq WMD claims must have power to look beyond technical intelligence-gathering processes and investigate how the White House misused findings in its push for war.

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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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Democracy Uprising
  • About
    • About Mark Engler
    • About Democracy Uprising
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    • How To Rule the World
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