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  • The Anti-War Moment

    by Mark Engler September 23, 2005
    by Mark Engler September 23, 2005

    With polls turning and Congress restless, timing is ripe for a return of organized resistance to the war in Iraq.

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  • Hook, Line, and Suckers

    by Mark Engler October 1, 2005
    by Mark Engler October 1, 2005

    Barbara Ehrenreich moves up the class ladder.

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  • Truth Versus Superpower

    by Mark Engler January 1, 2006
    by Mark Engler January 1, 2006

    Defying the Bush Administration’s neoconservative worldview, El Salvador’s historic Truth Commission Report has once again become a living document.

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  • Has the U.S. “Lost” Bolivia?

    by Mark Engler and Nadia Martinez December 16, 2005
    by Mark Engler and Nadia Martinez December 16, 2005

    To truly promote democracy in Latin America, the U.S. must redefine its national interests in the region.

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  • How Costly Is Too Costly?

    by Mark Engler February 23, 2006
    by Mark Engler February 23, 2006

    Finding the tipping point for Vietnam—and for Iraq.

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  • CAFTA’s Corpse, Revived

    by Mark Engler March 1, 2006
    by Mark Engler March 1, 2006

    New disputes are calling into question what the Central American Free Trade Agreement will look like in practice.

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  • Latin America Unchained

    by Mark Engler March 16, 2006
    by Mark Engler March 16, 2006

    Will the U.S. lose its influence over countries that have paid off their IMF loans?

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  • More To Be Done On Debt Relief

    by Mark Engler March 30, 2006
    by Mark Engler March 30, 2006

    If you think the third world debt crisis was solved at the meetings of G8 leaders last summer, think again.

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  • Politicizing U.S. Aid

    by Mark Engler March 21, 2006
    by Mark Engler March 21, 2006

    Under Bush’s new Director of Foreign Assistance, Randall Tobias, U.S. foreign assistance will be more overtly political than ever. Can progressives in good conscience demand increased aid?

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  • Bolivia and the Progressive Mandate in Latin America

    by Mark Engler and Benjamin Dangl March 2, 2006
    by Mark Engler and Benjamin Dangl March 2, 2006

    What will Evo Morales learn from leftist governments in Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela?

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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
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