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  • Guantanamo Has Got to Go

    by Mark Engler January 12, 2012
    by Mark Engler January 12, 2012

    Protesting Ten Years of Indefinite Detention

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  • Iowa: Republican for a Day

    by Mark Engler January 4, 2012
    by Mark Engler January 4, 2012

    The neighborly good cheer of the caucus I attended was almost enough to make me forget, at least for a few moments, that I was sitting four rows up in …

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  • A Moment to Celebrate

    by Mark Engler January 2, 2012
    by Mark Engler January 2, 2012

    Why the left should take the time to celebrate its victories.

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  • Iowa: The People’s Caucus

    by Mark Engler December 30, 2011
    by Mark Engler December 30, 2011

    As caucus craziness reaches its peak in Iowa, the Occupy movement has not been left out.

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  • Why America’s 99% Have Rebelled

    by Mark Engler December 23, 2011
    by Mark Engler December 23, 2011

    Those who have joined the #Occupy movement are drawing strength from shared experience. They are laying bare the failure of a system. And they are doing something to change it.

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  • The Indestructable Osprey

    by Mark Engler December 22, 2011
    by Mark Engler December 22, 2011

    Many agree that the V-22 Osprey is a major bust, so why does the government keep authorizing spending on it?

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  • Pipelines, “Free Trade,” and Make-Believe Jobs

    by Mark Engler December 15, 2011
    by Mark Engler December 15, 2011

    A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.

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  • Obama’s “Free Trade” Follies: A Conversation with Global Trade Watch’s Todd Tucker

    by Mark Engler November 29, 2011
    by Mark Engler November 29, 2011

    How “free trade” prevailed in the Obama White House.

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  • Let’s end corruption – starting with Wall Street

    by Mark Engler November 15, 2011
    by Mark Engler November 15, 2011

    As the #OccupyWallStreet protests continue to grow, bankers must be held to account for their ill-gotten gains.

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  • Occupy the Pulpit

    by Mark Engler November 14, 2011
    by Mark Engler November 14, 2011

    A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.

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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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Mark’s Articles Appear In:

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  • The Guardian
  • N+1
  • The New Republic
  • Salon.com
  • The Los Angeles Times
  • Waging Nonviolence
  • Boston Review
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  • Rolling Stone
  • In These Times
  • Jacobin
  • TomDispatch
  • Convergence
  • The Forge
  • New Internationalist
  • Audubon Magazine
  • Mother Jones
  • Le Monde diplomatique
  • openDemocracy
  • The San Francisco Chronicle
  • Grist Magazine
  • Rebelión
  • Yes! Magazine
  • The Progressive
  • Newsday
  • Truthout
  • Christian Science Monitor
  • Dollars & Sense
  • Chicago Reader
  • Sin Permiso
  • Baltimore Sun
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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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