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Mark Engler blogs for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent Magazine. Click here for his author page at the magazine.

  • The Bank vs. America Showdown

    by Mark Engler May 10, 2012
    by Mark Engler May 10, 2012

    This spring is a season of confrontation at the shareholders’ meetings of U.S. banks and other major corporations. And this week, Bank of America has been in the spotlight.

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  • ALEC Retreats, the Right Wing Freaks

    by Mark Engler April 27, 2012
    by Mark Engler April 27, 2012

    Customers should be able to know if companies that they are supporting with their purchases are busy spending money on groups that bolster the right-wing legislative vanguard.

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  • Tax Day Doesn’t Belong to the Tea Party Anymore

    by Mark Engler April 16, 2012
    by Mark Engler April 16, 2012

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

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  • ALEC Annoyed at Losing Sponsors? It Breaks My Heart

    by Mark Engler April 13, 2012
    by Mark Engler April 13, 2012

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

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  • The Apple Retraction

    by Mark Engler March 19, 2012
    by Mark Engler March 19, 2012

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

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  • Joe Nocera Is Wrong About Environmental Activism

    by Mark Engler March 7, 2012
    by Mark Engler March 7, 2012

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

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  • Bye Bye Trade Jobs with Korea

    by Mark Engler March 2, 2012
    by Mark Engler March 2, 2012

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

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  • Why the $60,000 Per Year Housekeeper Is a Right-Wing Nightmare

    by Mark Engler February 22, 2012
    by Mark Engler February 22, 2012

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

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  • Honduras: Our Continuing Catastrophe

    by Mark Engler February 15, 2012
    by Mark Engler February 15, 2012

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

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  • Apple’s iEconomy is a Labor Dystopia

    by Mark Engler February 3, 2012
    by Mark Engler February 3, 2012

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

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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
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