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Social Movements

  • When Women Revolted

    by Laura Tanenbaum and Mark Engler January 18, 2017
    by Laura Tanenbaum and Mark Engler January 18, 2017

    A wave of disruptive protest fifty years ago helped put women’s liberation on the map—and showcased a radical feminist vision that remains relevant in the age of Trump.

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  • Should We Fight the System or Be the Change?

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler June 3, 2014
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler June 3, 2014

    The strengths and limitations of prefigurative politics.

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  • Gandhi’s Strategy for Success — Use More Than One Strategy

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler March 17, 2017
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler March 17, 2017

    How creating a healthy “ecology of change” can help propel social movements.

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  • Surviving the Ups and Downs of Social Movements

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler September 3, 2014
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler September 3, 2014

    Can theories of movement cycles equip activists to persevere over the long haul?

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  • The “Battle in Seattle” at Ten

    by Mark Engler November 30, 2009
    by Mark Engler November 30, 2009

    Did the 1999 protests against the World Trade Organization actually make a difference? Yes. Here’s how.

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  • Climate Disobedience

    by Mark Engler August 11, 2009
    by Mark Engler August 11, 2009

    Deciding the time has come for direct action to stop global warming.

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  • The Last Porto Alegre

    by Mark Engler February 14, 2005
    by Mark Engler February 14, 2005

    Assessing the state of the World Social Forum after five years.

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  • Pranksters Fixing the World

    by Mark Engler October 21, 2009
    by Mark Engler October 21, 2009

    With a new film, the Yes Men carry forth their gonzo brand of anti-corporate activism.

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  • There Is an Alternative to Corporate Rule

    by Mark Engler September 1, 2008
    by Mark Engler September 1, 2008

    All over the world, truly democratic approaches are bubbling up from the grassroots.

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  • Reverend Billy’s Holiday Shopocalypse

    by Mark Engler December 2, 2005
    by Mark Engler December 2, 2005

    The Church of Stop Shopping hits the road.

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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:

  • Dissent
  • The Nation
  • The New Republic
  • N+1
  • Salon.com
  • The Los Angeles Times
  • Waging Nonviolence
  • Boston Review
  • The Atlantic
  • Rolling Stone
  • The Guardian
  • In These Times
  • TomDispatch
  • New Internationalist
  • Yes! Magazine
  • Audubon Magazine
  • Jacobin
  • Mother Jones
  • Le Monde diplomatique
  • Grist Magazine
  • Rebelión
  • The San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Progressive
  • Newsday
  • openDemocracy
  • Truthout
  • Christian Science Monitor
  • Dollars & Sense
  • Progreso Semanal
  • Chicago Reader
  • Sin Permiso
  • Baltimore Sun
  • The Ecologist
  • TruthDig
  • Asia Times
  • Sierra Magazine
  • Labor Notes
  • New Politics
  • The Catholic Worker
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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