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  • The Godfather of Microcredit

    by Mark Engler October 1, 2009
    by Mark Engler October 1, 2009

    Is Muhammad Yunus selling ”free market” neoliberalism in the guise of liberal do-gooderism?

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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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  • 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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  • Would Saul Alinsky Break His Own Rules?

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler April 2, 2014
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler April 2, 2014

    Having experienced recent mass mobilizations, some community organizers are interested in questioning the old divide between “movements” and “organizations”—and in harnessing the power of both.

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  • Ai-jen Poo: Organizing a Movement for Care

    by Mark Engler November 30, 2011
    by Mark Engler November 30, 2011

    Talk to Ai-jen Poo about her work and it won’t be long before you hear language you don’t often hear in the midst of intense social movement campaigning.

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  • Can Frances Fox Piven’s Theory of Disruptive Power Create the Next Occupy?

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler May 7, 2014
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler May 7, 2014

    Reconsidering Poor People’s Movements in the wake of mass uprising.

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  • Is Rambo Still A Republican?

    by Mark Engler November 1, 2004
    by Mark Engler November 1, 2004

    Lessons from late-Cold War cinema for the post-9/11 era.

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  • Martin Luther King Jr. Was a Disruptor Not a Peacemaker

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler April 7, 2016
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler April 7, 2016

    Like those of Black Lives Matter activists today, King’s methods were widely criticized—even when they were effective.

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  • When the Pillars Fall — How Social Movements Can Win More Victories Like Same-Sex Marriage

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler July 9, 2014
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler July 9, 2014

    Where insider politics fails, a transformational approach can turn the impossible into the inevitable.

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  • Why Wendell Matters

    by Mark Engler August 5, 2004
    by Mark Engler August 5, 2004

    Seventy years old this week, the veteran sage of sustainable agriculture has made a life of stewardship, “staying home,” and turning off the computer.

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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
  • 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