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  • Marching for a Global Peace

    by Mark Engler April 22, 2002
    by Mark Engler April 22, 2002

    Militaristic responses may be simpler than multi-issue protests, but they cannot make the world a safer place.

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  • Brewing Poverty and Violence in El Salvador

    by Mark Engler April 22, 2002
    by Mark Engler April 22, 2002

    While President Bush has emphasized US aid to developing countries, the Salvadoran experience shows how the economic policies he is promoting on his Latin American tour work to deepen poverty …

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  • The Politics of Persistence

    by Mark Engler February 1, 2002
    by Mark Engler February 1, 2002

    To answer the question “Are ‘anti-globalization’ protests destined for irrelevance in a political landscape transformed by September 11?” we must ask, “Why were they relevant in the first place?”

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  • A Week in New York

    by Mark Engler September 17, 2001
    by Mark Engler September 17, 2001

    The experience, and the politics, of living in the aftermath of terror.

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  • With Harvard Sit-In Victory, A Movement Continues

    by Mark Engler May 11, 2001
    by Mark Engler May 11, 2001

    After twenty-one days, living wage activists have emerged victorious. Here’s why their sit-in not only shook the campus, but signaled an important win for progressives across the country who are …

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  • Conflict in Quebec

    by Mark Engler April 24, 2001
    by Mark Engler April 24, 2001

    Eyewitness Report and Analysis from the FTAA protests in Quebec City.

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  • Teamsters and Turtles Unite Again

    by Mark Engler April 17, 2001
    by Mark Engler April 17, 2001

    Why Quebec City will witness the Labor movement’s return to globalization activism.

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  • The Inauguration and Its Discontents

    by Mark Engler January 18, 2001
    by Mark Engler January 18, 2001

    A Protest Against the Odds.

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  • A Green-Donkey Government

    by Mark Engler November 3, 2000
    by Mark Engler November 3, 2000

    Lessons from parliamentary politics.

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  • The People’s Conventions

    by Mark Engler September 6, 2000
    by Mark Engler September 6, 2000

    In-Depth Analysis of the Protests at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.

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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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  • N+1
  • The New Republic
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  • In These Times
  • Jacobin
  • TomDispatch
  • Convergence
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  • New Internationalist
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  • Mother Jones
  • Le Monde diplomatique
  • openDemocracy
  • The San Francisco Chronicle
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  • Rebelión
  • Yes! Magazine
  • The Progressive
  • Newsday
  • Truthout
  • Christian Science Monitor
  • Dollars & Sense
  • Chicago Reader
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Democracy Uprising
  • About
    • About Mark Engler
    • About Democracy Uprising
  • Books
    • This Is An Uprising
    • How To Rule the World
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  • Translations
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