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2017-2018

  • When “America First” is a Corporate Scam

    by Mark Engler March 1, 2018
    by Mark Engler March 1, 2018

    Trump’s policy is a top-down nationalism for America’s rich, when what we need—both here and abroad—is an internationalism from below.

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  • There’s More Than One Way to Strike the Boss

    by Mark Engler June 27, 2018
    by Mark Engler June 27, 2018

    From fare strikes to sick outs, movements are deploying a variety of creative tactics to disrupt business as usual.

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  • When Women Revolted

    by Laura Tanenbaum and Mark Engler January 18, 2017
    by Laura Tanenbaum and Mark Engler January 18, 2017

    A wave of disruptive protest fifty years ago helped put women’s liberation on the map—and showcased a radical feminist vision that remains relevant in the age of Trump.

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  • Gandhi’s Strategy for Success — Use More Than One Strategy

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler March 17, 2017
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler March 17, 2017

    How creating a healthy “ecology of change” can help propel social movements.

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  • Help Wanted—Female

    by Laura Tanenbaum and Mark Engler September 1, 2017
    by Laura Tanenbaum and Mark Engler September 1, 2017

    The sexist job ads of the 60s are gone, but female-dominated jobs are still vastly undervalued today.

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  • How ‘No More Miss America’ Announced a Feminist Upheaval

    by Laura Tanenbaum and Mark Engler September 7, 2018
    by Laura Tanenbaum and Mark Engler September 7, 2018

    A bold and irreverent protest 50 years ago put a renewed women’s liberation movement on the public map—and offers important lessons for today’s resistance.

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  • Shutting Down Guns and Greed

    by Mark Engler May 29, 2018
    by Mark Engler May 29, 2018

    Two of the most important recent developments in US politics have come from social movements involving schools. Each has a different look and generational profile, but they are united in …

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  • The Obscenity of Extreme Wealth

    by Mark Engler February 1, 2018
    by Mark Engler February 1, 2018

    After a certain point, the rich have to be creative in inventing new material wants as any reasonable need has already been met.

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  • Confronting a Culture of Sexual Violence

    by Mark Engler December 1, 2017
    by Mark Engler December 1, 2017

    To make this culture of sexual harassment a thing of the past requires organizing and mass mobilization.

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  • The Dangerous Dignity of War

    by Mark Engler November 1, 2017
    by Mark Engler November 1, 2017

    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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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
    • 2009-2010
    • 2007-2008
    • 2005-2006
    • 2003-2004
    • 1999-2002