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Immigration

  • When Undocumented Activists Infiltrated ICE

    by Mark Engler May 1, 2020
    by Mark Engler May 1, 2020

    A conversation with directors Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera about their new film, The Infiltrators.

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  • The Children of Intervention

    by Mark Engler September 17, 2018
    by Mark Engler September 17, 2018

    Many of the root causes of immigration from Latin America are connected with U.S. intervention abroad.

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  • Immigration Economics: An Interview with Professor Giovanni Peri

    by Mark Engler September 16, 2010
    by Mark Engler September 16, 2010

    Doesn’t supply and demand dictate that new immigrants will steal jobs and drive down wages for U.S. citizens? A leading immigration economist explains why not.

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  • Science Fiction From Below

    by Mark Engler May 8, 2009
    by Mark Engler May 8, 2009

    Alex Rivera, director of the new film Sleep Dealer, imagines the future of the Global South.

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  • Four Ways of Looking at an Aztec Eagle

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler June 1, 2010
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler June 1, 2010

    The contested legacy of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers.

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  • Treated Like a Criminal

    by Mark Engler March 1, 2003
    by Mark Engler March 1, 2003

    “How the INS Stole Three Days of My Life.” A testimonial from Behrooz Arshadi, as told to Mark Engler.

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  • When Sanctuary is Resistance

    by Mark Engler April 1, 2017
    by Mark Engler April 1, 2017

    In the United States in the 1980s, the simple act of providing refuge became a form of civil disobedience. Three decades later, in the era of Trump, providing sanctuary may …

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  • The Massive Immigrants Rights Protests of 2006 Are Still Changing Politics

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

    Popular uprising have ramifications that go beyond immediate legislative results, and they can alter the climate of political debate.

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  • A Nation of Immigrants Speaks

    by Mark Engler January 1, 2013
    by Mark Engler January 1, 2013

    With 7 out of 10 Latinos voting to re-elect Barack Obama, Republicans are debating whether to alter their hardline immigration stance.

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  • The Unstoppable DREAMers

    by Mark Engler June 20, 2012
    by Mark Engler June 20, 2012

    Young activists score major win by forcing White House action.

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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 New Republic
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  • Salon.com
  • The Los Angeles Times
  • Waging Nonviolence
  • Boston Review
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  • In These Times
  • TomDispatch
  • New Internationalist
  • Yes! Magazine
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  • Le Monde diplomatique
  • Grist Magazine
  • Rebelión
  • The San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Progressive
  • Newsday
  • openDemocracy
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  • Christian Science Monitor
  • Dollars & Sense
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  • 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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    • 2021-2022
    • 2019-2020
    • 2017-2018
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