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2007-2008

  • Capitalism as Catastrophe

    by Mark Engler March 31, 2008
    by Mark Engler March 31, 2008

    Does Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine hold water?

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  • The World Is Not Flat

    by Mark Engler May 1, 2008
    by Mark Engler May 1, 2008

    How Thomas Friedman gets it wrong about globalization. An excerpt from How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy (Nation Books, 2008)

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  • There Is an Alternative to Corporate Rule

    by Mark Engler September 1, 2008
    by Mark Engler September 1, 2008

    All over the world, truly democratic approaches are bubbling up from the grassroots.

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  • Obama’s Economic Mandate

    by Mark Engler November 5, 2008
    by Mark Engler November 5, 2008

    Mark Engler on BBC World News.

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  • Bailing Out the Financiers

    by Mark Engler October 1, 2008
    by Mark Engler October 1, 2008

    An interview on the “Old Mole Variety Hour” on Portland’s KBOO radio discussing the financial meltdown. (16 minutes)

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  • The Fight For Global Alternatives

    by Mark Engler July 16, 2008
    by Mark Engler July 16, 2008

    An interview on “The Exchange” on Iowa Public Radio discussing America’s role in the world, alternative visions of globalization, religious activism, and Mark’s background as an activist. (46 minutes)

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  • The World After Bush

    by Mark Engler May 19, 2008
    by Mark Engler May 19, 2008

    A discussion about the future of globalization and American Empire with host Scott Horton. (37 minutes)

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  • Bush’s Latin American Spring Break

    by Mark Engler March 7, 2007
    by Mark Engler March 7, 2007

    The President’s trip south of the border will do little to sway a region that is demanding fairer economic policies.

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  • America’s Own Worst Enemy

    by Mark Engler March 6, 2007
    by Mark Engler March 6, 2007

    A Review of “Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic” by Chalmers Johnson.

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  • Contagious Defections

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

    How far will mainstream economics go in breaking with the increasingly discredited Washington Consensus?

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The Author

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
  • Books
    • This Is An Uprising
    • How To Rule the World
  • Topics
  • Translations
  • Appearances
  • Archive
    • 2023-2025
    • 2021-2022
    • 2019-2020
    • 2017-2018
    • 2015-2016
    • 2013-2014
    • 2011-2012
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