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  • Mexico: Allow More Time For Democracy

    by Mark Engler July 14, 2006
    by Mark Engler July 14, 2006

    The demand for a full recount is a legitimate one.

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  • Mexico’s Democratic Transition Still Incomplete

    by Mark Engler July 6, 2006
    by Mark Engler July 6, 2006

    A campaign of fear may have kept Mexico locked into the status quo.

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  • Mexico’s Left Turn

    by Mark Engler June 29, 2006
    by Mark Engler June 29, 2006

    Bush won’t cheer a progressive win in Mexico’s presidential election, but the rest of us should.

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  • Introduction to “The Republicans”

    by Mark Engler June 16, 2006
    by Mark Engler June 16, 2006

    A book of photographs by Steve Simon.

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  • Globalization’s Watchdogs

    by Mark Engler May 26, 2006
    by Mark Engler May 26, 2006

    Railing against Bolivia’s oil and gas nationalization, the media’s “free trade” ideologues value markets over democracy.

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  • The Latin American Roots of Empire

    by Mark Engler May 8, 2006
    by Mark Engler May 8, 2006

    A review of Empire’s Workshop by Greg Grandin.

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  • Peru’s Populist Gamble

    by Mark Engler April 18, 2006
    by Mark Engler April 18, 2006

    Would a Win By Ollanta Humala Be Another Step Forward for the Latin American Left?

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  • Bush’s Latin American Spring Break

    by Mark Engler March 7, 2007
    by Mark Engler March 7, 2007

    The President’s trip south of the border will do little to sway a region that is demanding fairer economic policies.

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  • America’s Own Worst Enemy

    by Mark Engler March 6, 2007
    by Mark Engler March 6, 2007

    A Review of “Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic” by Chalmers Johnson.

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  • Abandoning the World Bank

    by Mark Engler October 1, 2006
    by Mark Engler October 1, 2006

    Pitfalls When Right and Left Agree.

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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
    • 2023-2025
    • 2021-2022
    • 2019-2020
    • 2017-2018
    • 2015-2016
    • 2013-2014
    • 2011-2012
    • 2009-2010
    • 2007-2008
    • 2005-2006
    • 2003-2004
    • 1999-2002