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  • Ride Toward Freedom

    by Mark Engler September 23, 2003
    by Mark Engler September 23, 2003

    More than championing a set of just immigration reforms, the activists on the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride are shaping the future of American progressivism.

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  • Who Pays For Poverty?

    by Mark Engler September 8, 2003
    by Mark Engler September 8, 2003

    Critics questioned welfare reform during the prosperous ’90s, but the real crisis is emerging in the wake of the Bush recession.

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  • False PRIDE

    by Mark Engler October 3, 2003
    by Mark Engler October 3, 2003

    The welfare reauthorization bill now championed by Senate conservatives—aka PRIDE—targets the poor, but it won’t defeat poverty.

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  • Stopping the “Full Control” Agenda

    by Mark Engler November 3, 2002
    by Mark Engler November 3, 2002

    The Republicans’ plan for control of the Senate makes business lobbyists giddy — but it should make you outraged.

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  • In The Kingdom Of Forgetting

    by Mark Engler May 28, 2003
    by Mark Engler May 28, 2003

    Memory can be an inconvenient thing, especially in Republican Washington.

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  • Fiscal Fantasy

    by Mark Engler April 16, 2003
    by Mark Engler April 16, 2003

    When it comes to the costs of war and tax cuts, Bush is living in a dream world.

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  • ‘Tis the Season For Corporate Welfare

    by Mark Engler December 26, 2002
    by Mark Engler December 26, 2002

    Post-Election Holiday Handouts Abound.

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  • The Inauguration and Its Discontents

    by Mark Engler January 18, 2001
    by Mark Engler January 18, 2001

    A Protest Against the Odds.

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  • A Green-Donkey Government

    by Mark Engler November 3, 2000
    by Mark Engler November 3, 2000

    Lessons from parliamentary politics.

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  • The People’s Conventions

    by Mark Engler September 6, 2000
    by Mark Engler September 6, 2000

    In-Depth Analysis of the Protests at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.

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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
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