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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.

  • Boycott Power and the Fall of Glenn Beck

    by Mark Engler June 29, 2011
    by Mark Engler June 29, 2011

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

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  • “Blowback” and “Baseworld”: Remembering Chalmers Johnson

    by Mark Engler December 2, 2010
    by Mark Engler December 2, 2010

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

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  • How Rich is Rich?

    by Mark Engler November 22, 2010
    by Mark Engler November 22, 2010

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

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  • Frances Fox Piven: Cool Under Fire

    by Mark Engler January 24, 2011
    by Mark Engler January 24, 2011

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

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  • Obama’s Tax Cut Debacle: When Compromise is the Enemy of the Good

    by Mark Engler December 8, 2010
    by Mark Engler December 8, 2010

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

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  • John Lennon, Bono, and Belafonte: Lessons in Celebrity Activism

    by Mark Engler December 20, 2010
    by Mark Engler December 20, 2010

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

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  • The 2010 Worth Remembering

    by Mark Engler December 31, 2010
    by Mark Engler December 31, 2010

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

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  • The Rich Can Already Call It a Year

    by Mark Engler January 5, 2011
    by Mark Engler January 5, 2011

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

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  • The Misuse of Martin Luther King, Jr.

    by Mark Engler January 14, 2011
    by Mark Engler January 14, 2011

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

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  • A State of Uprising in Egypt

    by Mark Engler January 28, 2011
    by Mark Engler January 28, 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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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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