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Social Movements

  • Acts of Conscience on a Bended Knee

    by Mark Engler December 1, 2016
    by Mark Engler December 1, 2016

    On a protest that spread far beyond a single sport.

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  • Protectors vs Pipelines

    by Mark Engler November 1, 2016
    by Mark Engler November 1, 2016

    The native-led resistance at Standing Rock has emphasized environmentalism of a different complexion than is typically associated with ecological activism in the United States.

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  • The ‘Fight for $15’ Dreams Big—and Wins

    by Mark Engler June 1, 2016
    by Mark Engler June 1, 2016

    Stubborn and visionary got the goods.

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  • One Gas Leak Too Many

    by Mark Engler May 1, 2016
    by Mark Engler May 1, 2016

    Can we just stop fracking, already?

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  • Claiming Our Victories

    by Mark Engler April 7, 2016
    by Mark Engler April 7, 2016

    Despite the cynics, social movement uprisings are producing some remarkable wins.

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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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  • Why MLK Chose Not to Run for President

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler January 18, 2016
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler January 18, 2016

    Like Bernie Sanders today, Martin Luther King, Jr. considered launching a presidential campaign to oppose military interventionism and promote democratic socialism. Here’s why he decided against it.

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  • A Good Moment to Make a Scene

    by Mark Engler January 1, 2016
    by Mark Engler January 1, 2016

    Protests work when they escalate, refusing to be silenced. And right now, urgent cries for racial justice must not go unheard.

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  • #ShellNo: The Triumph of the Kayaktivists

    by Mark Engler December 1, 2015
    by Mark Engler December 1, 2015

    Sometimes those who are creative and daring — those who paddle hard and bring enough friends — prevail in spite of cynics and detractors.

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  • Act Against Amazon!

    by Mark Engler November 1, 2015
    by Mark Engler November 1, 2015

    Society as a whole is bearing the true cost of the company’s misbehavior.

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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
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  • 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
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    • 1999-2002