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# Democracy Uprising

Articles and Essays by Mark Engler

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- [Can Mamdani Build Mass Engagement to Support City Socialism?](https://democracyuprising.com/2026/05/04/10788/) - The success of Organize NYC, an initiative designed to bring the grassroots into the governing process, will have wider implications for the left.
- [Help Wanted—Female](https://democracyuprising.com/2017/09/01/help-wanted-female/) - The sexist job ads of the 60s are gone, but female-dominated jobs are still vastly undervalued today.
- [Can Frances Fox Piven's Theory of Disruptive Power Create the Next Occupy?](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/05/07/can-frances-fox-pivens-theory-of-disruptive-power-create-the-next-occupy/) - Reconsidering Poor People's Movements in the wake of mass uprising.
- [How ‘No More Miss America’ Announced a Feminist Upheaval](https://democracyuprising.com/2018/09/07/how-no-more-miss-america-announced-a-feminist-upheaval/) - A bold and irreverent protest 50 years ago put a renewed women’s liberation movement on the public map—and offers important lessons for today’s resistance.
- [No More Miss America: A Collective Memory of Liberatory Action](https://democracyuprising.com/2018/09/07/no-more-miss-america-a-collective-memory-of-liberatory-action/) - Fifty years ago, a protest against the Miss America pageant kicked off a new phase of the women’s liberation movement. We present a narrative history of that landmark protest, as told by the participants themselves.
- [When Women Revolted](https://democracyuprising.com/2017/01/18/when-women-revolted/) - 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.
- [It’s going to take multiple strategies to win under Trump 2.0](https://democracyuprising.com/2025/01/31/its-going-to-take-multiple-strategies-to-win-under-trump-2-0/) - Social movement ecology can help groups with different organizing traditions work together to pursue change in a time of hostile government. To compel Trump to reverse course, our job is to highlight political missteps, heighten public outrage and raise the political cost of implementing his radical agenda.
- [Is Trump co-governing with the billionaire class?](https://democracyuprising.com/2025/06/25/is-trump-co-governing-with-the-billionaire-class/) - Politicians regularly partner with business, when they should collaborate with grassroots movements.
- [Learning from Myles Horton’s legendary career in social movements](https://democracyuprising.com/2025/12/12/learning-from-myles-hortons-legendary-career-in-social-movements/) - The famed educator and Highlander Folk School founder offers insights on living through the ups and downs of movement cycles.
- [The key to defeating Trump? Mass non-cooperation](https://democracyuprising.com/2026/02/15/the-key-to-defeating-trump-mass-non-cooperation/) - Studying the field of civil resistance gives insight into the level of popular organizing needed to repel assaults on democracy.
- [Trump’s backpedaling shows he’s not invincible](https://democracyuprising.com/2025/03/19/trumps-backpedaling-shows-hes-not-invincible/) - To compel Trump to reverse course, our job is to highlight political missteps, heighten public outrage and raise the political cost of implementing his radical agenda. 
- [Could we be entering a ‘movement moment’ against Trump?](https://democracyuprising.com/2025/04/10/could-we-be-entering-a-movement-moment-against-trump/) - How to recognize the characteristics that make for powerful whirlwinds of protest against injustice and tyranny.
- [Trump Is Inspiring a Historic Wave of Protests](https://democracyuprising.com/2025/06/20/trump-is-inspiring-a-historic-wave-of-protests/) - There is no need to wait for resistance. It is happening now.
- [Latest Book: This Is An Uprising! (10th Anniversary Edition)](https://democracyuprising.com/2026/01/27/new-book-this-is-an-uprising/) - Now available from Nation Books.
- [Globalization's Watchdogs](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/05/26/globalizations-watchdogs/) - Railing against Bolivia's oil and gas nationalization, the media's "free trade" ideologues value markets over democracy.
- [The Gulf at the Gas Station](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/08/12/the-gulf-at-the-gas-station/) - Why the market fails in calculating the true cost of our dependence on oil.
- [The "Make Me Do It" Myth](https://democracyuprising.com/2021/02/12/its-a-myth-that-presidents-welcome-movement-pressure-and-biden-is-no-different/) - Politicians fear the disruptive power of a mobilized base, even when it helps them succeed.
- [Globalization's Watchdogs (in Chinese)](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/05/26/globalizations-watchdogs-in-chinese/) - Railing against Bolivia's oil and gas nationalization, the media's "free trade" ideologues value markets over democracy. Translated into Chinese by Young Turks.
- [The Godfather of Microcredit](https://democracyuprising.com/2009/10/01/the-godfather-of-microcredit/) - Is Muhammad Yunus selling ''free market'' neoliberalism in the guise of liberal do-gooderism?
- [Naming Our Desire: How Do We Talk About Socialism in America?](https://democracyuprising.com/2017/12/20/naming-our-desire-how-do-we-talk-about-socialism-in-america/) - The millennial embrace of socialism has allowed a new generation to draw inspiration from a long legacy of struggle.
- [A new wave of movements against Trumpism is coming](https://democracyuprising.com/2024/11/09/a-new-wave-of-movements-against-trumpism-is-coming/) - Our job is to translate outrage over his agenda into action toward a truly transformational vision.
- [Democrats Won Power in Several States. Will They Actually Use It?](https://democracyuprising.com/2023/02/01/democrats-won-power-in-several-states-will-they-actually-use-it/) - While Republicans have used legislative majorities at the state level to undermine their opposition, the Democratic Party has too often failed to fight back.
- [Can movements keep politicians from inevitably selling out?](https://democracyuprising.com/2023/03/22/can-movements-keep-politicians-from-inevitably-selling-out/) - By understanding how mainstream political culture co-opts elected officials, grassroots groups can help them resist.
- [Lessons from Barcelona’s 8-year experiment in radical governance](https://democracyuprising.com/2023/05/09/lessons-from-barcelonas-8-year-experiment-in-radical-governance/) - The activists who took over the city hall of Catalonia’s capital have changed one of Europe’s preeminent cities for good, while also confronting the limits of being in power.
- [Lessons from Gramsci for today’s social movements](https://democracyuprising.com/2023/08/01/lessons-from-gramsci-for-todays-social-movements/) - Why we should care about the battle for “hegemony.”
- [How ideology can help—or hurt—movements trying to build power](https://democracyuprising.com/2023/09/22/how-ideology-can-help-or-hurt-movements-trying-to-build-power/) - Political educator Harmony Goldberg discusses whether the ideological traditions of the left are helpful for practical organizing.
- [This new model for upholding labor law may change the way we think about government](https://democracyuprising.com/2023/11/02/this-new-model-for-upholding-labor-law-may-change-the-way-we-think-about-government/) - Scholar and long-time organizer Janice Fine argues that the state must reject “neutrality” and embrace social movements as partners in promoting justice.
- [Think #MeToo didn’t make a real difference? Think again](https://democracyuprising.com/2023/11/28/think-metoo-didnt-make-a-real-difference-think-again/) - It takes effort to track the impacts of mass mobilizations like #MeToo, Occupy or Black Lives Matter, but understanding social change is impossible without such work.
- [How to make sure your disruptive protest helps your cause](https://democracyuprising.com/2024/08/09/how-to-make-sure-your-disruptive-protest-helps-your-cause/) - Five key factors determine whether controversial protests are more likely to spark backlash or create positive outcomes.
- [Why protests work, even when not everybody likes them](https://democracyuprising.com/2024/07/10/why-protests-work-even-when-not-everybody-likes-them/) - Organizers must learn to embrace the polarizing nature of protest in order to use it effectively.
- [Those Who Don't Count (Japanese)](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/05/14/those-who-dont-count-japanese/) - Prepared by Translators United for Peace, Japan.
- [Harold Washington’s lessons for taking on a political machine](https://democracyuprising.com/2024/02/21/10372/) - A new documentary explains how, 40 years ago, Chicago’s first black mayor shattered status-quo politics in his city, offering insights that remain relevant for grassroots movements today.
- [What’s the problem with taking state power?](https://democracyuprising.com/2022/10/25/whats-the-problem-with-taking-state-power/) - As social movements move beyond the default anarchist sensibility that prevailed through Occupy, they must still reckon with hard questions about bureaucracy and cooptation.
- [Strategy is a Craft](https://democracyuprising.com/2024/01/24/strategy-is-a-craft/) - A conversation with Deepak Bhargava and Stephanie Luce about their new book, Practical Radicals, and the need for the left to embrace a rigorous, multi-pronged strategy for change.
- [Movements are vying for political power — is ‘co-governance’ the answer?](https://democracyuprising.com/2022/05/20/movements-are-vying-for-political-power-is-co-governance-the-answer/) - As the left increasingly focuses on electoral politics, a new framework is emerging for how candidates who win should partner with social movements.
- [Changing the ‘world as it is’ into the ‘world as it should be’](https://democracyuprising.com/2022/12/15/changing-the-world-as-it-is-into-the-world-as-it-should-be/) - Resolving the conflict between being visionary and being pragmatic is critical for those who want to transform society.
- [How movements can maintain their radical vision while winning practical reforms](https://democracyuprising.com/2022/05/10/how-movements-can-maintain-their-radical-vision-while-winning-practical-reforms/) - Forty years of struggle by Brazil's landless workers movement offers lessons on engaging the system without being co-opted.
- [What If America Had Six Political Parties?](https://democracyuprising.com/2022/06/14/what-if-america-had-six-political-parties/) - Understanding the warring factions within the Democratic and Republican Party coalitions is critical for progressives who want to build power.
- [A Guide to Co-Governance: Can Movements and Politicians Work Together?](https://democracyuprising.com/2022/07/05/a-guide-to-co-governance-can-movements-and-politicians-work-together-2/) - What is co-governance? And why is it relevant to progressive politics? This report, "A Guide To Co-Governance," provides answers, examining how movements and elected officials can strategize together.
- [Would Saul Alinsky Break His Own Rules?](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/04/02/would-saul-alinsky-break-his-own-rules/) - Having experienced recent mass mobilizations, some community organizers are interested in questioning the old divide between "movements" and "organizations"—and in harnessing the power of both.
- [It's Time We Celebrate Ella Baker Day](https://democracyuprising.com/2020/01/17/its-time-we-celebrate-ella-baker-day/) - Honoring Baker alongside Martin Luther King would highlight the long and patient work of building a social movement.
- [Is Los Angeles Creating a Model for Fighting Mass Incarceration?](https://democracyuprising.com/2022/08/22/is-los-angeles-creating-a-model-for-fighting-mass-incarceration/) - In the past five years, abolitionists and advocates of criminal justice reform in Los Angeles County have amassed some impressive victories—laying out a vision for reducing incarceration and providing care that could have national significance.
- [Gandhi’s Strategy for Success — Use More Than One Strategy](https://democracyuprising.com/2017/03/17/gandhis-strategy-for-success-use-more-than-one-strategy/) - How creating a healthy "ecology of change" can help propel social movements.
- [What Happens After Movement-Backed Politicians Take Office](https://democracyuprising.com/2022/04/05/what-happens-after-movement-backed-politicians-take-office/) - As the "co-governance" model gains traction, here's a look into the promises and pitfalls--and how organizers are reimagining electoral politics.
- [How to Take Over a Political Party](https://democracyuprising.com/2021/10/08/how-to-take-over-a-political-party/) - Daniel Schlozman argues that, by becoming “anchor groups” within mainstream political parties, movements can secure lasting influence. But is entry into a party worth the price of admission?
- [There’s More Than One Way to Strike the Boss](https://democracyuprising.com/2018/06/27/theres-more-than-one-way-to-strike-the-boss/) - From fare strikes to sick outs, movements are deploying a variety of creative tactics to disrupt business as usual.
- [Obrat strachem odvrácený](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/07/10/obrat-strachem-odvraceny/) - A campaign of fear may have kept Mexico locked into the status quo. (Czech)
- [Jordlösa kombinerar radikala visioner med praktiska reformer (Swedish)](https://democracyuprising.com/2022/06/14/jordlosa-kombinerar-radikala-visioner-med-praktiska-reformer/) - De jordlösa arbetarnas rörelse MST har varit en av de mest -inspirerande sociala rörelserna i världen ända sedan deras första djärva markockupationer i mitten av 1980-talet. Det var då grupper av fattiga bönder tog över oanvänd egendom i södra Brasilien och gjorde om dem till kooperativa jordbruk. I detta samtal diskuterar Mark Engler och Paul Engler med Rebecca Tarlau om denna strategi och om de lärdomar vi kan dra av den 40-åriga kampen.
- [És la Veritat una baixa de la Guerra?](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/05/07/es-la-veritat-una-baixa-de-la-guerra/) - Sobre la necessitat d'una verificació independent de les armes iraquianes de destrucció massiva.
- [Ljudi vs korporacije](https://democracyuprising.com/2009/10/29/ljudi-vs-korporacije/) - “The Yes Men Fix the World” premijerno je prikazan u New Yorku, 7. oktobra, a u ostalim gradovima projekcije su po?ele 23. oktobra. Kratko nakon premijere, Bichlbaum je govorio za Foreign Policy in Focus (Mark Engler).
- [Bolivia nationaliseert olie en gas](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/04/27/bolivia-nationaliseert-olie-en-gas/) - Morales gooit het roer om
- [Will the Winds of Change Reach El Salvador?](https://democracyuprising.com/2009/03/02/will-the-winds-of-change-reach-el-salvador/) - The prospect of progressive leadership coming to power in El Salvador's March 15 presidential elections should prompt new U.S. policy toward Central America.
- [Seattle At Five (in Arabic)](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/12/01/seattle-at-five-in-arabic/) - Where activists stand five years after their landmark protests reshaped the globalization debate. Translation by ZNet Arabic.
- [Greenwashing The Truth](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/04/01/greenwashing-the-truth/) - Bush's Environmental Strategy: Suppress, Ignore, Preempt.
- [Taking Back Your Time](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/10/23/taking-back-your-time/) - Come October 24, if our country's workload were on par with the rest of the industrialized world, you would have the rest of the year off.
- [Miami's Trade Troubles](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/11/24/miamis-trade-troubles/) - Contrary to the Bush Administration's spin, the Free Trade Area of the Americas met defeat in militarized Miami.
- [Seattle At Five](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/12/01/seattle-at-five/) - Where activists stand five years after their landmark protests reshaped the globalization debate.
- [Unhappy Birthday, World Bank!](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/04/22/unhappy-birthday-world-bank/) - Protests this weekend will highlight the dramatic changes in the development debate of past years, and denounce the nefarious, US-backed policies that remain intact.
- [The World Bank's One-Way Dialogue](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/01/01/the-world-banks-one-way-dialogue/) - When one of the World Bank's most substantial engagements to date with civil society began to produce findings critical of its structural adjustment policies, the institution ran away. Will activists, who have shamed the Bank back to the table, be able to force a more serious response?
- [No Pain, All Gain](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/04/01/no-pain-all-gain/) - Public agencies finance privatization.
- [Liberation Theology and the Battle for Human Rights in El Salvador (1975-1999)](https://democracyuprising.com/1999/04/30/the-battle-for-human-rights-in-el-salvador-1975-1999/) - An academic article on the evolving human rights discourse during the country's civil war.
- [Should we disrupt the Democratic Party or try to take it over?](https://democracyuprising.com/2022/01/14/should-we-disrupt-the-democratic-party-or-try-to-take-it-over/) - Political scientists Frances Fox Piven and Daniel Schlozman have debated whether movements do better to put pressure on political parties from the outside, or to focus on gaining insider power themselves.
- [Las reformas no reformistas de André Gorz](https://democracyuprising.com/2021/07/25/las-reformas-no-reformistas-de-andre-gorz/) - Sobre la historia de la "reforma no reformista".
- [Pan Amerikan Eduardo Galeano’nun Dünyası (Turkish)](https://democracyuprising.com/2018/08/13/pan-amerikan-eduardo-galeanonun-dunyasi-turkish/) - Uruguaylı yazar Eduardo Galeano, hayatta en az bir defa bir hayat kurtarmış olmalıdır.
- [Climate Disobedience](https://democracyuprising.com/2009/08/11/climate-disobedience/) - Deciding the time has come for direct action to stop global warming.
- [Hacer Que Nuestras Demandas Sean Tanto Orácticas Como Visionarias](https://democracyuprising.com/2021/07/27/hacer-que-nuestras-demandas-sean-tanto-oracticas-como-visionarias/) - Cómo los movimientos sociales están empleando el concepto de la «reforma no reformista» para promover un cambio de largo alcance.
- [C’è più di un modo per colpire il padrone](https://democracyuprising.com/2019/02/24/ce-piu-di-un-modo-per-colpire-il-padrone/) - Dagli scioperi delle tariffe alle assenze per malattia, i movimenti stanno implementando una varietà di tattiche creative per interrompere gli affari come al solito.
- [As reformas não reformistas de André Gorz mostram como podemos transformar o mundo hoje](https://democracyuprising.com/2021/07/22/as-reformas-nao-reformistas-de-andre-gorz-mostram-como-podemos-transformar-o-mundo-hoje/) - Sobre a história da "reforma não reformista".
- [Die nicht-reformistischen Reformen von André Gorz](https://democracyuprising.com/2021/07/25/die-nicht-reformistischen-reformen-von-andre-gorz/) - Zur Geschichte der „nichtreformistischen Reform“.
- [Richieste dei movimenti: sia pratiche che visionarie](https://democracyuprising.com/2021/08/13/richieste-dei-movimenti-sia-pratiche-che-visionarie/) - Come i movimenti sociali stanno utilizzando il concetto di “riforma non riformista” per promuovere un cambiamento di vasta portata. Ecco come rendere le richieste dei movimenti sia pratiche che visionarie.
- [泛美洲人 爱德华多·加莱亚诺的世界 (Chinese)](https://democracyuprising.com/2018/08/13/泛美洲人-爱德华多·加莱亚诺的世界/) - 王立秋，云南弥勒人，北京大学国际关系学院比较政治学博士，现为哈尔滨工程大学人文社会科学学院讲师.
- [Why Wendell Matters (in Chinese)](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/08/05/why-wendell-matters-in-chinese/) - Seventy years old this week, the veteran sage of sustainable agriculture has made a life of stewardship, "staying home"--and turning off the computer. Translated into Chinese by the Taiwan Environmental Information Center.
- [Le promesse infrante di Obama](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/03/20/le-promesse-infrante-di-obama/) - Non credete a tutta questa mancanza di entusiasmo? Allora spendete un po’ di tempo con qualche repubblicano e poi parlate con uno dei molti delusi sulla questione Guantanamo.
- [André Gorz and the Path Between Reform and Revolution](https://democracyuprising.com/2021/07/22/andre-gorz-and-the-path-between-reform-and-revolution/) - On the history of the “non-reformist reform.”
- [Making Our Demands Both Practical and Visionary](https://democracyuprising.com/2021/08/03/making-our-demands-both-practical-and-visionary/) - How social movements are employing the concept of the “non-reformist reform” to promote far-reaching change.
- [Frances Fox Piven on Polarization as a Tool for Social Change](https://democracyuprising.com/2021/05/05/frances-fox-piven-on-polarization-as-a-tool-for-social-change/) - The great theorist of disruptive power explains the concept of "dissensus" and how social movements prod elected officials into action by taking controversial stands.
- [Like Biden’s Bold Moves on Government Spending? Thank Social Movements.](https://democracyuprising.com/2021/05/26/like-bidens-bold-moves-on-government-spending-thank-social-movements/) - In spite of the rising popularity of concepts such as the "Overton Window," the importance of grassroots organizing is still being underestimated.
- [Immigration Economics: An Interview with Professor Giovanni Peri](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/09/16/immigration-economics/) - Doesn’t supply and demand dictate that new immigrants will steal jobs and drive down wages for U.S. citizens? A leading immigration economist explains why not.
- [Can Social Movements Realign America’s Political Parties to Win Big Change?](https://democracyuprising.com/2021/03/25/can-social-movements-realign-americas-political-parties-to-win-big-change/) - In claiming the goal of "realignment," groups such as Sunrise and Justice Democrats are reviving an old idea, with hopes of provoking new political transformations.
- [Mass Protests May Fade, But Movements Persist](https://democracyuprising.com/2020/07/05/why-do-protests-end/) - Smart organizing during whirlwind moments seeds the ground for new waves of action in the future.
- [The Fed Could Help Cash-Strapped Cities and States. Mnuchin Has Other Ideas.](https://democracyuprising.com/2020/11/20/the-fed-could-help-cash-strapped-cities-and-states-mnuchin-has-other-ideas/) - The lame-duck Treasury secretary seems to want to sabotage Biden’s ability to stave off the pandemic’s economic impacts.
- [In Praise of Impractical Movements](https://democracyuprising.com/2016/04/07/in-praise-of-impractical-movements/) - Three Times When the World Broke Open—and Two When it Might Again
- [The Case for a Social Distancing Wage](https://democracyuprising.com/2020/03/16/the-case-for-a-social-distancing-wage/) - The thousands of low-wage, hourly, and gig-work employees who are getting sent home amid the crisis need an income guarantee that goes beyond traditional unemployment insurance.
- [Meet the Bailout's New Slush Fund for Corporate America](https://democracyuprising.com/2020/04/02/meet-the-bailouts-new-slush-fund-for-corporate-america/) - History suggests that the battle over the bailout—which is set to be delivered through a once-obscure Treasury Department mechanism called the Exchange Stabilization Fund—has only just begun.
- [When Undocumented Activists Infiltrated ICE](https://democracyuprising.com/2020/05/01/when-undocumented-activists-infiltrated-ice/) - A conversation with directors Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera about their new film, The Infiltrators.
- [In the Pandemic, Should We Tax the Rich?](https://democracyuprising.com/2020/10/30/in-the-pandemic-should-we-tax-the-rich/) - Millionaires Taxes and other levies on the wealthy are essential—not only for fostering an equitable recovery, but also for reining in the rampant inequality of the pre-pandemic economy.
- [The Obscenity of Extreme Wealth](https://democracyuprising.com/2018/02/01/the-lives-of-the-filthy-rich/) - After a certain point, the rich have to be creative in inventing new material wants as any reasonable need has already been met.
- [Shutting Down Guns and Greed](https://democracyuprising.com/2018/05/29/shutting-down-guns-and-greed/) - Two of the most important recent developments in US politics have come from social movements involving schools. Each has a different look and generational profile, but they are united in a common tactic: the use of disruptive power.
- [When "America First" is a Corporate Scam](https://democracyuprising.com/2018/03/01/when-america-first-is-a-corporate-scam/) - Trump’s policy is a top-down nationalism for America’s rich, when what we need—both here and abroad—is an internationalism from below.
- [Against Shithole Nationalism](https://democracyuprising.com/2018/04/27/against-shithole-nationalism/) - When it comes to defeating Trump's bigoted and ignorant foreign policy, we are not up against an anomaly. We’re up against a history.
- [In Praise of White House Dysfunction](https://democracyuprising.com/2018/06/06/in-praise-of-white-house-dysfunction/) - As it turns out, Donald Trump is not very good at running the U.S. government. The question is: should we be sad about this?
- [The Pan American](https://democracyuprising.com/2018/08/13/the-pan-american/) - The world of Eduardo Galeano.
- [The Children of Intervention](https://democracyuprising.com/2018/09/17/the-children-of-intervention/) - Many of the root causes of immigration from Latin America are connected with U.S. intervention abroad.
- [The Amazon Effect: Sweat, Surveillance, Exploitation](https://democracyuprising.com/2018/10/25/the-amazon-effect-sweat-surveillance-exploitation/) - Company founder Jeff Bezos did not become the world’s richest man by letting employees enjoy free-range lifestyles.
- [Making Housing a Human Right](https://democracyuprising.com/2018/08/06/to-make-housing-a-human-right-we-need-phimbys/) - In cities such as New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, working people have been all but priced out, pushed into ever more distant fringes and suburbs.
- [Jeff Bezos Has Enough! It’s Time for a Maximum Wage.](https://democracyuprising.com/2018/12/14/jeff-bezos-has-enough-its-time-for-a-maximum-wage/) - A Q&A with author Sam Pizzigati.
- [La déroute de l'ALCA dans une Miami en état de siège](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/11/29/la-deroute-de-lalca-dans-une-miami-en-etat-de-siege/) - Ce n'est pas encore la fin de la partie, mais c'est bien une grande défaite du plan états-unien.
- [Outro pretexto?](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/07/01/outro-pretexto/) - O jornalista Mark Engler imagina como seria a reação dos EUA a outro atentado, às vésperas da eleição que define se Bush continua ou não na Casa Branca.
- [Una declaración progresista contra el terror](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/06/23/una-declaracion-progresista-contra-el-terror/) - Los que nos oponemos a la desastrosa política exterior de la actual administración debemos hacer una fuerte declaración dirigida tanto a los terroristas.
- [Le dynamisme du mouvement pour la paix](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/03/17/le-dynamisme-du-mouvement-pour-la-paix/) - Un an après le début de la guerre en Irak, le mouvement pour la paix aux Etats-Unis fait face à une situation difficile et inhabituelle.
- [Peru's Populist Gamble](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/04/18/perus-populist-gamble/) - Would a Win By Ollanta Humala Be Another Step Forward for the Latin American Left?
- [Le pari risqué du populisme au Pérou](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/06/02/le-pari-risque-du-populisme-au-perou/) - Humala - figure politique au passé douteux et à l’idéologie incertaine - ne correspond pas tout à fait à la tendance politique incarnée par Chávez et Morales.
- [Globalizers, Neocons, or... ?](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/05/18/globalizers-neocons-or/) - The World After Bush.
- [Globalizers, Neocons, or... ? (in Thai)](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/05/18/globalizers-neocons-or-in-thai/) - The new politics of fighting empire after Bush.
- [Bush's Bad Business Empire (In Thai)](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/11/03/bushs-bad-business-empire-in-thai/) - Making the World Unsafe for Microsoft and Mickey Mouse. (Translation into Thai by Pakavadi J., Friday College)
- [WTO: Best Left For Dead? (In Thai)](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/08/08/wto-best-left-for-dead-in-thai/) - The collapse of talks at the World Trade Organization is a victory for the global justice movement, but also presents new challenges. (Translation into Thai by Pakavadi J., Friday College)
- [2006: A Global Justice Year in Review (In Thai)](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/12/22/2006-a-global-justice-year-in-review-in-thai/) - The past 12 months brought some promising developments on the globalization front. Translated into Thai by www.prachatai.com.
- [Progressive Good Tidings of 2007 (in Thai)](https://democracyuprising.com/2007/12/22/progressive-good-tidings-of-2007-in-thai/) - Along with political challenges, the past year offered some hopeful advances-- many of which came just in last few weeks.
- [Hong Kong Phooey](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/12/14/hong-kong-phooey/) - L'accès au marché est-il vraiment une solution contre la pauvreté? [PDF]
- [O império hipotecado](https://democracyuprising.com/2009/05/17/o-imperio-hipotecado/) - Ou o império americano enfrenta a execução da hipoteca?
- [American Empire Foreclosed?](https://democracyuprising.com/2009/04/17/american-empire-foreclosed/) - A reconsideration of U.S. power in a time of economic crisis.
- [A vida na Nação Prisão](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/11/17/a-vida-na-nacao-prisao/) - Parte de uns 2,3 milhões de estadunidenses atrás das grades, uma cifra que ofusca o número de presidiários em qualquer outro país do mundo.
- [Hawks Say the Damnedest Things (Japanese)](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/07/20/hawks-say-the-damnedest-things-japanese/) - Prepared by Translators United for Peace, Japan.
- [Globalization's "Lost Decade" (Japanese)](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/08/14/globalizations-lost-decade-japanese/) - Prepared by Translators United for Peace, Japan.
- [Mark Twain in Iraq (Japanese)](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/11/07/mark-twain-in-iraq-japanese/) - Prepared by Translators United for Peace, Japan.
- [¿Mark Twain en Irak?](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/11/06/mark-twain-en-irak/) - El antiimperialismo se convirtió en una causa con la que el escritor hizo uno de los más serios compromisos políticos de su vida.
- [Mark Twain in Iraq?](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/10/27/mark-twain-in-iraq/) - The famous writer championed a proud tradition American anti-imperialism.
- [Bush's Uneasy Mexican Visita (Japanese)](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/01/31/bushs-uneasy-mexican-visita-japanese/) - Prepared by Translators United for Peace, Japan.
- [Revenge of the Combat Cartoonist (Japanese)](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/08/05/revenge-of-the-combat-cartoonist-japanese/) - Prepared by Translators United for Peace, Japan.
- [Bush's Bad Business Empire (Japanese)](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/11/03/bushs-bad-business-empire-japanese/) - Prepared by Translators United for Peace, Japan.
- [Truth Versus Superpower (Japanese)](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/01/01/truth-versus-superpower-japanese/) - Defying the Bush Administration's neoconservative worldview, El Salvador's historic Truth Commission Report has once again become a living document. Translated into Japanese by www.ni-japan.com.
- [Trionfo sul debito?](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/05/22/trionfo-sul-debito/) - Come la cancellazione del 100% del debito dei paesi poveri--ora in discussione da parte dei paesi ricchi--si è trasformata da richiesta non plausibile ad argomento vincente e quali ostacoli attendono il movimento per la riduzione del debito.
- [L'accesso al mercato è la risposta alla povertà?](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/12/16/laccesso-al-mercato-e-la-risposta-alla-poverta/) - Ci sono buone ragioni per non saltare in modo acritico sul treno di chi promuove il "libero commercio" e la fine dei sussidi.
- [Economia tabù](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/06/17/economia-tabu-2/) - Non sarebbe un mondo più umano, un paese più responsabile se spendessimo molto meno in armamenti?
- [Come il movimento Occupiamo Wall Street si sta sviluppando e sta guadagnando potere](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/12/07/come-il-movimento-occupiamo-wall-street-si-sta-sviluppando-e-sta-guadagnando-potere/) - Come l'anti-corporate proteste si sono evoluti in forza populista si sta diffondendo attualmente la nazione.
- [IL BANK TRANSFER DAY: UN SUCCESSO](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/12/07/il-bank-transfer-day-un-successo/) - Tutto sommato, Giorno Bonifico Bancario era una espressione piuttosto potente di disgusto collettivo dagli americani stufi con le banche Golia.
- [Guantanamo deve sparire](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/03/20/guantanamo-deve-sparire/) - Protestando contro dieci anni di detenzione indefinita
- [La guerre en Irak : une expo des nouvelles armes?](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/04/19/la-guerre-en-irak-une-expo-des-nouvelles-armes/) - Les fabricants d'armes et leurs publicitaires font invariablement des nouveaux conflits les vitrines de leurs dernières marchandises. Grace à la description flatteuse des systèmes d'armement fournie par les chanes cblées d'informations émettant 24 heures sur 24, l'actuelle guerre en Irak semble déjà s'avérer tre le plus grand Salon de l'armement. Mais si nous devons retenir
- [Ceux qui ne comptent pas](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/05/27/ceux-qui-ne-comptent-pas/) - Pourquoi il importe de se souvenir des victimes civiles de la guerre d'Irak.
- [¿ALEC disgustado ante la pérdida de patrocinadores? Se me parte el corazón](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/05/01/alec-disgustado-ante-la-perdida-de-patrocinadores-se-me-parte-el-corazon/) - Indignidades legislativas han inspirado a una coalición de grupos progresistas a defenderse.
- [El ALCA fue derrotada en el Miami militarizado](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/11/26/el-alca-fue-derrotada-en-el-miami-militarizado/) - "Este no es el fin del juego. Pero es una gran derrota del plan norteamericano”.
- [Bush Nuit Même Aux Compagnies U.S.](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/11/29/bush-nuit-meme-aux-compagnies-u-s/) - Pourtant Bush et Cheney ne sont peut-être pas les meilleurs promoteurs de la globalisation capitalisme.
- [La apuesta populista de Perú](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/04/18/la-apuesta-populista-de-peru/) - ¿Será la Victoria de Ollanta Humala otro paso adelante de la izquierda latinoamericana?
- [Matando de hambre al Tío Sam](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/08/12/matando-de-hambre-al-tio-sam/) - ¿Está EE.UU. al borde de la bancarrota?
- [El futuro del movimiento Ocupar: solidaridad y escalada](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/11/03/el-futuro-del-movimiento-ocupar-solidaridad-y-escalada/) - Los dos temas más urgentes mientras planean sus próximos pasos: solidaridad y escalada.
- [La vida en la nación prisión](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/11/18/la-vida-en-la-nacion-prision/) - Alrededor de 2,3 millones de norteamericanos estén detrás las rejas -- una cifra que empequeñece el número de presidiarios en cualquier otro país.
- [ALEC retrocede; a la derecha le da un ataque](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/05/15/alec-retrocede-a-la-derecha-le-da-un-ataque/) - Los que brindan a los consumidores toda la información acerca de las corporaciones que se comportan incorrectamente deben ser considerados –de nuevo, en el marco de un libre mercado– como suministradores de un servicio valioso.
- [Enfrentamiento Global en Evian](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/05/29/enfrentamiento-global-en-evian/) - Las verdaderas voces de incumbencia internacional en la cumbre del G8 provendrán de las calles.
- [G8: Global Showdown in Evian (Japanese)](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/05/31/g8-global-showdown-in-evian-japanese/) - Prepared by Translators United for Peace, Japan.
- [Das globale Duell in Evian](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/05/31/das-globale-duell-in-evian/) - Die wahren Stimmen der internationalen Bedenken beim G8 Gipfeltreffen werden von der Straße kommen.
- [Die Rückkehr des Daniel Ortega](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/11/10/die-ruckkehr-des-daniel-ortega/) - Wenn man rechtsgerichteten Gelehrten und Vertretern der Republikaner zuhört, erscheint die Rückkehr zur Macht von Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua nicht als Beweis einer funktionierenden Demokratie, sondern eher als eine Einladung zu einer kommunistischen Diktatur, zu Terrorismus und sogar einem nuklearen Holocaust.
- [Bush in Mexiko](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/01/25/bush-in-mexiko/) - Der zehnte Jahrestag der zapatistischen Erhebung war jedoch ein wegweisender Zeitpunkt für eine Mexikoreise.
- [Bush's Uneasy Mexican Visita](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/01/16/bushs-uneasy-mexican-visita/) - On the tenth anniversary of the Zapatista uprising, President Bush encounters an unruly Latin America.
- [CAFTA - am besten stillschweigend beerdigen](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/06/16/cafta-am-besten-stillschweigend-beerdigen/) - Wie konnte es geschehen, dass sich so unterschiedliche Kräfte gegen CAFTA verbünden? Die Antwort lautet: CAFTA ist schlecht - schlecht für die Menschen in Zentralamerika, schlecht für die Menschen in den USA.
- [Mexico's Democratic Transition Still Incomplete (in Arabic)](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/07/06/mexicos-democratic-transition-still-incomplete-in-arabic/) - A campaign of fear may have kept Mexico locked into the status quo. (Translation into Arabic by Kefaya.org)
- [Is Market Access the Answer to Poverty? (In Thai)](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/12/14/is-market-access-the-answer-to-poverty-in-thai/) - While lavish agricultural subsidies illustrate wealthy countries' hypocritical stance on "free trade," ending them would be no panacea for human development. (Translation into Thai by Pakavadi J., Friday College)
- [Is Market Access the Answer to Poverty? (in Arabic)](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/12/14/is-market-access-the-answer-to-poverty-in-arabic/) - While lavish agricultural subsidies illustrate wealthy countries' hypocritical stance on "free trade," ending them would be no panacea for human development. (Translation into Arabic by Kefaya.org)
- [Where's The Jubilee? (in Arabic)](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/06/29/wheres-the-jubilee-in-arabic/) - The G8 debt deal should provide an opportunity for us to claim our victories while still pushing for more. (Translation into Arabic by Kefaya.org)
- [Where's The Jubilee?](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/06/28/wheres-the-jubilee/) - The G8 debt deal should provide an opportunity for us to claim our victories while still pushing for more.
- [¿Dónde está Jubilee?](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/07/07/donde-esta-jubilee/) - El acuerdo del G8 para la deuda nos debiera brindar una oportunidad de reclamar la victoria mientras pedimos más.
- [The Return of Daniel Ortega (in Arabic)](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/11/10/the-return-of-daniel-ortega-arabic/) - Despite Ortega’s many flaws, the return of the Sandinistas to power creates the possibility that his challenge to the “savage capitalism” of the previous regime can genuinely benefit Nicaragua’s poor. (Translation into Arabic by ahewar.org)
- [Abandoning the World Bank (in Arabic)](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/10/01/abandoning-the-world-bank-arabic/) - Pitfalls When Right and Left Agree. (Translation into Arabic by ahewar.org)
- [Those Who Don't Count](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/05/09/those-who-dont-count-2/) - Why it matters to remember the Iraq War's civilian victims.
- [Whither a New Internationalism?](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/07/01/whither-a-new-internationalism/) - A review of Upside Down by Eduardo Galeano.
- [Public Costs, Private Gains: Enron in Guatemala](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/10/01/public-costs-private-gains-enron-in-guatemala/) - Aided by publicly-funded institutions, Enron led efforts to privatize public utilities in Guatemala and elsewhere. Published in the Fall 2002 issue of the Report on Guatemala. Only in the past year has Enron's name become synonymous with corporate scandal and impropriety in the United States. Enron's fall - which represents the largest bankruptcy in U.S.
- [The Real Populism is in the Streets](https://democracyuprising.com/2000/08/28/the-real-populism-is-in-the-streets/) - An op-ed from the Democratic National Convention.
- [The People's Conventions](https://democracyuprising.com/2000/09/06/the-peoples-conventions/) - In-Depth Analysis of the Protests at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.
- [A Green-Donkey Government](https://democracyuprising.com/2000/11/03/a-green-donkey-government/) - Lessons from parliamentary politics.
- [The Inauguration and Its Discontents](https://democracyuprising.com/2001/01/18/the-inauguration-and-its-discontents/) - A Protest Against the Odds.
- [Teamsters and Turtles Unite Again](https://democracyuprising.com/2001/04/17/teamsters-and-turtles-unite-again/) - Why Quebec City will witness the Labor movement's return to globalization activism.
- [The Politics of Persistence](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/02/01/the-politics-of-persistence/) - To answer the question "Are 'anti-globalization' protests destined for irrelevance in a political landscape transformed by September 11?" we must ask, "Why were they relevant in the first place?"
- [Conflict in Quebec](https://democracyuprising.com/2001/04/24/conflict-in-quebec/) - Eyewitness Report and Analysis from the FTAA protests in Quebec City.
- [With Harvard Sit-In Victory, A Movement Continues](https://democracyuprising.com/2001/05/11/with-harvard-sit-in-victory-a-movement-continues/) - After twenty-one days, living wage activists have emerged victorious. Here's why their sit-in not only shook the campus, but signaled an important win for progressives across the country who are fighting globalization battles on the home front.
- [The Sideshow Rebels](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/09/05/the-sideshow-rebels/) - A review of Sideshow, USA by Rachel Adams and Jay's Journal of Anomalies by Ricky Jay.
- [Guatemala: Between Justice and Terror](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/11/01/guatemala-between-justice-and-terror/) - Resurgent death squads hamper genocide trials.
- [Basta NAFTA y CAFTA!](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/08/17/basta-nafta-y-cafta/) - Reflections on Romero Day in El Salvador.
- [Guatemala: Testimony of the Dead](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/07/01/guatemala-testimony-of-the-dead/) - Former dictators brought to justice by their victims.
- [Building Labor Internationalism](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/11/01/building-labor-internationalism/) - From the realignments at the top of the AFL-CIO hierarchy to the immigrant-driven campaigns at the base of the movement, commitment to internationalist struggle provides a key measure of U.S. Labor's efforts at renewal.
- [A Week in New York](https://democracyuprising.com/2001/09/17/a-week-in-new-york/) - The experience, and the politics, of living in the aftermath of terror.
- [Brewing Poverty and Violence in El Salvador](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/04/22/brewing-poverty-and-violence-in-el-salvador/) - While President Bush has emphasized US aid to developing countries, the Salvadoran experience shows how the economic policies he is promoting on his Latin American tour work to deepen poverty and impede progress toward human rights.
- [Marching for a Global Peace](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/04/22/marching-for-a-global-peace/) - Militaristic responses may be simpler than multi-issue protests, but they cannot make the world a safer place.
- [Immigrant Rights Are Workers' Rights](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/08/28/immigrant-rights-are-workers-rights/) - A Labor Day Commentary.
- [Bush's Nobel Rebukes](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/11/19/bushs-nobel-rebukes/) - Jimmy Carter's Peace Prize was only the latest in a series of scoldings for the current President.
- [Bankrolling Enron's Empire](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/06/13/bankrolling-enrons-empire/) - The scandal-ridden corporation received billions in public funds—and it still wants more.
- [Enron: A Toxic Export](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/08/01/enron-a-toxic-export/) - European governments are also implicated in financing corporate corruption.
- [There’s Still Power in a Strike](https://democracyuprising.com/2019/04/24/theres-still-power-in-a-strike/) - Jeremy Brecher, author of the labor-history classic Strike!, considers the recent wave of teacher walkouts, how we can overcome America's "strike drought," and the future role of mass disobedience in democratic politics.
- [Globalization's Dirty Work](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/12/23/globalizations-dirty-work/) - How governments subsidize "free" trade.
- ['Tis the Season For Corporate Welfare](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/12/26/tis-the-season-for-corporate-welfare/) - Post-Election Holiday Handouts Abound.
- [Stopping the "Full Control" Agenda](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/11/03/stopping-the-full-control-agenda/) - The Republicans' plan for control of the Senate makes business lobbyists giddy — but it should make you outraged.
- [Toward the "Rights of the Poor"](https://democracyuprising.com/2000/09/01/toward-the-rights-of-the-poor/) - A consideration of human rights in liberation theology, published in the Journal of Religious Ethics (Vol. 28, Issue 3).
- [From the Quarantine Against Greed](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/09/30/from-the-quarantine-against-greed/) - A report from outside the 2002 annual meetings of the IMF/World Bank in Washington, D.C.
- [On the Price is Right](https://democracyuprising.com/2001/10/01/on-the-price-is-right/) - A journey into Television City.
- [Memoirs from the "Architect of Black Power"](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/03/14/memoirs-from-the-architect-of-black-power/) - A review of Ready for Revolution by Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture).
- [Has U.S. Foreign Policy "Failed"?](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/07/08/has-u-s-foreign-policy-failed/) - Analyzing "good faith" and "bad faith" criticisms of American actions.
- [From "Anti-Globalization" to a World of Possibilities](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/01/27/from-anti-globalization-to-a-world-of-possibilities/) - Three years after the 1999 Seattle protests, a maturing social movement defies its negative label.
- [CAFTA: Free Trade vs. Democracy](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/01/31/cafta-free-trade-vs-democracy/) - CAFTA provides a perfect example of a “free trade” agreement that actually undermines democratic freedoms.
- [New York Against the War](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/02/19/new-york-against-the-war/) - With Congress seemingly locked into war, democracy demands dissent. The protest in New York delivered.
- [Changing Seasons in El Salvador's Battle Against Privatization](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/03/01/changing-seasons-in-el-salvadors-battle-against-privatization/) - Protests resume after the government rolls back popular gains.
- [Pay or Die](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/02/01/pay-or-die/) - Salvadoran health care workers battle privatization.
- [America After the Next Attack](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/03/05/america-after-the-next-attack/) - Future terrorism should not vindicate Bush's foreign policy.
- [Immigrant Rights Lost in Bureaucratic Shuffle](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/04/25/immigrant-rights-lost-in-bureaucratic-shuffle/) - Public pressure must force the new Department of Homeland Security to end abuses begun under the INS.
- [Was Iraq Really a Threat?](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/04/27/was-iraq-really-a-threat/) - While Fox News may be convinced about illegal weapons, global demands for independent verification deserve America's attention.
- [Fiscal Fantasy](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/04/16/fiscal-fantasy/) - When it comes to the costs of war and tax cuts, Bush is living in a dream world.
- [Ashcroft's War on Immigrants](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/03/01/ashcrofts-war-on-immigrants/) - Special Registration represents the most recent of the Federal Government's escalating attacks on immigrant communities.
- [Earth Day In The Shadow Of War](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/04/22/earth-day-in-the-shadow-of-war/) - Militarism And Environmental Destruction Go Hand In Hand.
- [Iraq War: A New Arms Expo](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/03/26/iraq-war-a-new-arms-expo/) - What will be the next Patriot Missile hoax?
- [In The Kingdom Of Forgetting](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/05/28/in-the-kingdom-of-forgetting/) - Memory can be an inconvenient thing, especially in Republican Washington.
- [Global Showdown in Evian](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/05/29/global-showdown-in-evian/) - The real voices of international concern at the G8 summit will be coming from the streets.
- [Spooks Should Resign in Protest](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/06/02/spooks-should-resign-in-protest/) - Agents in the intelligence community should quit to protest the political manipulation that has damaged their credibility and effectiveness.
- [Beyond the War on Terror](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/06/26/beyond-the-war-on-terror/) - What alternatives exist for the pursuit of national security?
- [Whether To Be Loved or Feared](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/07/03/whether-to-be-loved-or-feared/) - Does International Public Opinion Really Matter?
- [New York Should Stand by Immigrants](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/07/11/new-york-should-stand-by-immigrants/) - Cities must resist the federal crackdown on noncitizens in the United States.
- [A Fair Tax on Millionaires](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/05/30/a-fair-tax-on-millionaires/) - State taxes on the highest earners have not caused the wealthy to flee, and they have helped prevent some painful social service cuts.
- [Hawks Say The Damnedest Things!](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/07/10/hawks-say-the-damnedest-things/) - If you want an indication of how deep the WMD scandal goes, just look at what the apologists admit about the "real reasons" for war.
- [Love, Freedom, Empire](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/07/01/love-freedom-empire/) - A Review of Freedom Dreams by Robin D. G. Kelley
- [Globalization's "Lost Decade"](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/08/04/globalizations-lost-decade/) - The model of "free trade" and development promoted in Washington failed poor countries under Clinton, and is failing them under Bush.
- [Homeland Security for Whom?](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/09/01/homeland-security-for-whom/) - Bush Administration abuses perpetuate an atmosphere of intolerance against immigrants.
- [False PRIDE](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/10/03/false-pride/) - The welfare reauthorization bill now championed by Senate conservatives—aka PRIDE—targets the poor, but it won't defeat poverty.
- [Who Pays For Poverty?](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/09/08/who-pays-for-poverty/) - Critics questioned welfare reform during the prosperous '90s, but the real crisis is emerging in the wake of the Bush recession.
- [Ride Toward Freedom](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/09/23/ride-toward-freedom/) - More than championing a set of just immigration reforms, the activists on the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride are shaping the future of American progressivism.
- [Amnistia Ahora!](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/11/01/amnistia-ahora/) - The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride revives the U.S. immigration debate.
- [True Gold of Our Future](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/10/01/true-gold-of-our-future/) - Costa Ricans say 'No!' to oil exploration companies.
- [Activism's Autumn Harvest](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/10/09/activisms-autumn-harvest/) - Just when we need some good news, those of us concerned with social and economic justice can see several of our efforts bear fruit.
- [Victory in Miami? Focusing Global Justice Efforts Beyond the FTAA](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/11/11/victory-in-miami-focusing-global-justice-efforts-beyond-the-ftaa/) - A discussion paper on responding to the Bush administration's economic nationalism.
- [Against the God of Free Trade](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/11/17/against-the-god-of-free-trade/) - The Free Trade Area of the Americas meets the Other Catholicism.
- [Schlosser's Agenda](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/12/11/schlossers-agenda/) - A review of Reefer Madness by Eric Schlosser.
- [Government Attacks on MLK Show Need to Protect Rights](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/01/14/government-attacks-on-mlk-show-need-to-protect-rights/) - More than just spying on him, the government was actively attempting to sabotage King's work, going so far as trying to persuade the civil rights leader to kill himself.
- [The Trouble With CAFTA](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/01/16/the-trouble-with-cafta/) - A ratified CAFTA would represent a clear blow to poor and working people in the Americas. But that outcome is anything but certain.
- [The WMD Blame Game](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/02/02/the-wmd-blame-game/) - The independent investigation into Iraq WMD claims must have power to look beyond technical intelligence-gathering processes and investigate how the White House misused findings in its push for war.
- ["The Leak" Still Drips of Scandal](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/02/01/the-leak-still-drips-of-scandal/) - Before 2004's presidential elections every American should take another look at the Bush administration's outing of an undercover CIA agent.
- [Wisconsin Farewell: A Dean Retrospective](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/02/17/wisconsin-farewell-a-dean-retrospective/) - With Howard Dean's withdrawal from the presidential race it's time to take stock of the candidate's dramatic reversal of fortune, and to appreciate his contribution to a revived Democratic Party.
- [The Peace Movement One Year Later](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/03/16/the-peace-movement-one-year-later/) - One year after the invasion of Iraq, what has the peace movement accomplished? And where do we go from here?
- [Are the War and Globalization Really Connected?](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/10/19/are-the-war-and-globalization-really-connected/) - A discussion paper for Foreign Policy in Focus.
- [The Iraqi Monkey Crisis](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/02/24/the-iraqi-monkey-crisis/) - Bush's invocation of the Cuban Missile Crisis to justify war in Iraq was absurd—but telling.
- [U.N. Spies and Iraq War Lies](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/03/03/u-n-spies-and-iraq-war-lies/) - While spying on one's allies may not be unusual at the UN, new charges against the US and Britain paint a damning picture of the unseemly push for war in Iraq.
- [On the Necessity of Torture](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/05/11/on-the-necessity-of-torture/) - Ending abuses requires challenging an imperial conception of national purpose.
- [Oiled Again](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/03/26/oiled-again/) - Free trade agreement threatens Costa Rican environmental protections.
- [The End of "Constructive Engagement"](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/03/01/the-end-of-constructive-engagement/) - The World Bank invites cooperation from civil society, then buries critical findings.
- [My Political Suicide Note](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/04/13/my-political-suicide-note/) - As a candidate for President, there are certain things that John Kerry can't say. But I can.
- [Bush's Globalization](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/06/08/bushs-globalization/) - A new globalization must resist both Clinton's corporate vision and Bush's imperial one.
- [A Progressive Declaration Against Terror](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/06/18/a-progressive-declaration-against-terror/) - Fighting terror while opposing Bush.
- [The End of Gap Sweatshops?](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/06/29/the-end-of-gap-sweatshops/) - Victories and challenges for the anti-sweatshop movement.
- [Revenge of the Combat Cartoonist](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/07/26/revenge-of-the-combat-cartoonist/) - A review of How to Succeed at Globalization: A Primer for the Roadside Vendor by El Fisgón.
- [Old Dog, Same Tricks?](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/09/15/old-dog-same-tricks/) - The CIA then and now.
- [The El Salvador Model](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/12/01/the-el-salvador-model/) - What are the lessons from the Salvadoran civil war for Iraq?
- [Crimes in Freedom's Name](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/10/08/crimes-in-freedoms-name/) - Dick Cheney's El Salvador.
- [Reporting from Labor's Borderlands](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/12/01/reporting-from-labors-borderlands/) - A review of The Children of NAFTA: Labor Wars on the U.S./Mexico Border.
- [John Paul II's Economic Ethics](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/04/04/john-paul-iis-economic-ethics/) - The departed Pope's vision of an alternative globalization should challenge narrow debate about "moral values."
- [Failures of an Economic Hit Man](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/04/18/failures-of-an-economic-hit-man/) - A review of the best-selling Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.
- [Republicans Among Us](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/09/03/republicans-among-us/) - A week in review from the Republican National Convention, inside and out.
- [Farming the Everglades](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/12/01/farming-the-everglades/) - Florida sugar growers milk taxpayers, farm workers, and endangered wetlands.
- [Six Essays About War and About Peace](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/05/06/six-essays-about-war-and-about-peace/) - A series of post-9/11 reflections.
- [In God's Country](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/08/19/in-gods-country/) - A review of Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer.
- [Treated Like a Criminal](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/03/01/treated-like-a-criminal/) - "How the INS Stole Three Days of My Life." A testimonial from Behrooz Arshadi, as told to Mark Engler.
- [Why Wendell Matters](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/08/05/why-wendell-matters/) - Seventy years old this week, the veteran sage of sustainable agriculture has made a life of stewardship, "staying home," and turning off the computer.
- [Bush's Bad Business Empire](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/11/03/bushs-bad-business-empire/) - Making the World Unsafe for Microsoft and Mickey Mouse.
- [A History of Nonviolence](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/09/13/a-history-of-nonviolence/) - The author of "Cod" suggests that the world's most dangerous idea could have derailed the American Revolution, the Civil War and possibly even World War II.
- [The Birth of The Burning Bush](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/05/30/the-birth-of-the-burning-bush/) - How the Center for the Working Poor began.
- [From Within the Labyrinth, A Call for Human Development](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/01/01/from-within-the-labyrinth-a-call-for-human-development/) - The UN's Human Development Program suggests alternatives to corporate globalization.
- [Abandoning the World Bank](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/10/01/abandoning-the-world-bank/) - Pitfalls When Right and Left Agree.
- [The Latin American Roots of Empire](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/05/08/the-latin-american-roots-of-empire/) - A review of Empire's Workshop by Greg Grandin.
- [Introduction to "The Republicans"](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/06/16/introduction-to-the-republicans/) - A book of photographs by Steve Simon.
- [Mexico's Democratic Transition Still Incomplete](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/07/06/mexicos-democratic-transition-still-incomplete/) - A campaign of fear may have kept Mexico locked into the status quo.
- [Mexico's Left Turn](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/06/29/mexicos-left-turn/) - Bush won't cheer a progressive win in Mexico's presidential election, but the rest of us should.
- [How Costly Is Too Costly?](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/02/23/how-costly-is-too-costly/) - Finding the tipping point for Vietnam—and for Iraq.
- [Mel Gibson's True Passion](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/08/03/mel-gibsons-true-passion/) - Gibson's vulgar, anti-Semitic rant upon his arrest for drunk driving should prompt reexamination of The Passion of the Christ.
- [Mexico: Allow More Time For Democracy](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/07/14/mexico-allow-more-time-for-democracy/) - The demand for a full recount is a legitimate one.
- [WTO: Best Left For Dead?](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/08/08/wto-best-left-for-dead/) - The collapse of talks at the World Trade Organization is a victory for the global justice movement, but also presents new challenges.
- [World Bank: Calling Bad Business Good](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/09/30/world-bank-calling-bad-business-good/) - The World Bank should get a failing grade for its rankings of countries that violate workers' rights.
- [The Return of Daniel Ortega](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/11/07/the-return-of-daniel-ortega/) - Despite Ortega's many flaws, the return of the Sandinistas to power creates the possibility that his challenge to the "savage capitalism" of the previous regime can genuinely benefit Nicaragua's poor.
- [Slowing the 'Free Trade' Bulldozer](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/11/30/slowing-the-free-trade-bulldozer/) - Positive signs that a new Democratic Congress is breaking with the corporate globalization agenda.
- [2006: A Global Justice Year in Review](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/12/22/2006-a-global-justice-year-in-review/) - The past 12 months brought some promising developments on the globalization front.
- [War Crimes, USA](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/12/08/war-crimes-usa/) - Could administration officials be called to account? An interview with Jeremy Brecher, Jill Cutler, and Brendan Smith, editors of In the Name of Democracy: American War Crimes in Iraq and Beyond.
- [Is Market Access the Answer to Poverty?](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/12/14/is-market-access-the-answer-to-poverty/) - While lavish agricultural subsidies illustrate wealthy countries' hypocritical stance on "free trade," ending them would be no panacea for human development.
- [Bolivia and the Progressive Mandate in Latin America](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/03/02/bolivia-and-the-progressive-mandate-in-latin-america/) - What will Evo Morales learn from leftist governments in Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela?
- [Economists Can Do No Wrong. Right?](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/06/03/economists-can-do-no-wrong-right/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Joan Didion on Newt Gingrich](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/05/16/joan-didion-on-newt-gingrich/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Politicizing U.S. Aid](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/03/21/politicizing-u-s-aid/) - 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?
- [Return Your Eagle Scout Badge](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/08/06/return-your-eagle-scout-badge/) - Are you disgusted and outraged by the recent decision of the Boy Scouts of America to reaffirm its exclusion of gay members from the organization? You’re not alone.
- [A Bad Week for David Brooks](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/05/27/a-bad-week-for-david-brook/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Microcredit on Trial: The Sacking of Muhammad Yunus](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/05/06/microcredit-on-trial-the-sacking-of-muhammad-yunus/) - Many of the criticisms of microcredit are valid and deserve to be aired, yet the effort to oust Yunus is part of an unwarranted and politically motivated attack.
- [More To Be Done On Debt Relief](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/03/30/more-to-be-done-on-debt-relief/) - If you think the third world debt crisis was solved at the meetings of G8 leaders last summer, think again.
- [I Just Paid More Taxes Than Most of Corporate America](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/04/11/i-just-paid-more-taxes-than-most-of-corporate-america/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Latin America Unchained](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/03/16/latin-america-unchained/) - Will the U.S. lose its influence over countries that have paid off their IMF loans?
- [The Anti-War Moment](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/09/23/the-anti-war-moment/) - With polls turning and Congress restless, timing is ripe for a return of organized resistance to the war in Iraq.
- [CAFTA's Corpse, Revived](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/03/01/caftas-corpse-revived/) - New disputes are calling into question what the Central American Free Trade Agreement will look like in practice.
- [Truth Versus Superpower](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/01/01/truth-versus-superpower/) - Defying the Bush Administration's neoconservative worldview, El Salvador's historic Truth Commission Report has once again become a living document.
- [Has the U.S. "Lost" Bolivia?](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/12/16/has-the-u-s-lost-bolivia/) - To truly promote democracy in Latin America, the U.S. must redefine its national interests in the region.
- [Hook, Line, and Suckers](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/10/01/hook-line-and-suckers/) - Barbara Ehrenreich moves up the class ladder.
- [Credit Globalization Movement for Debt Victory](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/06/16/credit-globalization-movement-for-debt-victory/) - Ten years of pressure led to change of wealthy nations' position.
- [CAFTA Deserves a Quiet Death](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/06/20/cafta-deserves-a-quiet-death/) - The White House's failure to push forward its latest "free trade" deal is a victory for working people throughout the Americas.
- [Defining the Anti-Globalization Movement](https://democracyuprising.com/2007/04/01/anti-globalization-movement/) - An entry for the Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice.
- [Debt Cancellation: Historic Victories, New Challenges](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/05/19/debt-cancellation-historic-victories-new-challenges/) - How 100% debt cancellation for poor countries—now being debated by wealthy nations—was transformed from an implausible demand into a winning issue, and what barriers lie ahead for the debt relief movement.
- [Five Things That #OccupyWallStreet Has Done Right](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/09/29/five-things-that-occupywallstreet-has-done-right/) - They were predicted to be a flash in the pan. So why are the anti-Wall Street occupations growing?
- [The Future of the #Occupy Movement: Solidarity and Escalation](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/10/21/the-future-of-the-occupy-movement-solidarity-and-escalation/) - The movement can propel significant changes. But #OccupyWallStreet and its allied occupations still have a ways to go before realizing their potential.
- [U.S. Military Spending Marches On](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/02/28/us-military-spending-marches-on/) - How on earth do you get a bipartisan consensus against cuts and for stimulus? Call it the defense budget.
- [How #OccupyWallStreet Is Evolving and Gaining Power](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/10/05/how-occupywallstreet-is-evolving-and-gaining-power/) - How the anti-corporate protests have evolved into the populist force now sweeping the nation.
- [Overcoming Empire Is Not for Spectators](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/03/01/the-us-military-budget/) - We cannot rely on catastrophe to save us.
- [Joe Nocera's Not Too Bad, at Least for the NYT Op-Ed Page](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/07/18/joe-noceras-not-too-bad-at-least-for-the-nyt-op-ed-page/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Time To Cancel Tsunami Countries' Debt](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/01/10/time-to-cancel-tsunami-countries-debt/) - In the wake of the natural disaster, the real need is to go beyond a freeze on payments and to promote debt cancellation for impoverished countries.
- [Pope John Paul II's Economic Ethics](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/04/08/pope-john-paul-iis-economic-ethics-2/) - An interview on "To The Point" with Warren Olney on KCRW Los Angeles. Distributed by Public Radio International. (29 minutes)
- [Why Hate The Help?](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/09/14/why-hate-the-help/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [The Last Porto Alegre](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/02/14/the-last-porto-alegre/) - Assessing the state of the World Social Forum after five years.
- [The Future of the #Occupy Movement: An Interview](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/11/11/the-future-of-the-occupy-movement-an-interview/) - Talking with Chuck Mertz of WNUR 89.3 FM Chicago, Mark discusses what's next for the Occupy movement.
- [The Day After: Amid Celebrations, A New Fight Begins](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/11/05/the-day-after-amid-celebrations-a-new-fight-begins/) - Reflections on the election of Barack Obama.
- [Globalization's Mad Scientist](https://democracyuprising.com/2007/07/01/globalizations-mad-scientist/) - Joseph Stiglitz's lack of political savvy has produced both a withering critique of IMF-led corporate globalization and a failed vision for how to move beyond it.
- [Progressive Good Tidings of 2007](https://democracyuprising.com/2007/12/22/progressive-good-tidings-of-2007/) - Along with political challenges, the past year offered some hopeful advances—many of which came just in last few weeks.
- [Latin America Banks on Independence](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/02/01/latin-america-banks-on-independence/) - The new Bank of the South assaults neoliberal economics.
- [Free Trade and the Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/04/23/free-trade-and-the-battle-for-the-soul-of-the-democratic-party/) - An excerpt from How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy.
- [Obama Should Stay Tough on Trade](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/07/18/obama-should-stay-tough-on-trade/) - The general elections are not time for an embrace of the "corporate globalization" agenda for the Americas.
- [When the Betting Goes Bad](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/09/24/when-the-betting-goes-bad/) - A review of Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Crisis of American Capitalism by Kevin Phillips (Viking, 2008).
- [Spreading the Wealth](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/12/15/spreading-the-wealth/) - A review of Unjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance And Why We Should Take It Back
- [Obama's Top Three Foreign Policy Priorities](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/11/07/obamas-top-three-foreign-policy-priorities/) - A Foreign Policy In Focus roundtable.
- [The War Dividend](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/12/01/the-war-dividend/) - Will the Pentagon lock the Obama administration into ever-escalating military budgets?
- [The End of the "End of America"](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/12/15/the-end-of-the-end-of-america/) - Essay for a symposium on "What's Happening to America?"
- [The Impact of the "Battle In Seattle"](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/09/29/the-impact-of-the-battle-in-seattle/) - The 1999 protests against the WTO were dramatic enough to inspire a new feature film, but did they actually make a difference?
- [Occupy the Pulpit](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/11/14/occupy-the-pulpit/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Let’s end corruption – starting with Wall Street](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/11/15/lets-end-corruption-starting-with-wall-street/) - As the #OccupyWallStreet protests continue to grow, bankers must be held to account for their ill-gotten gains.
- [Pipelines, “Free Trade,” and Make-Believe Jobs](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/12/15/pipelines-free-trade-and-make-believe-jobs/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Niall Ferguson, Defender of the One Percent](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/10/31/niall-ferguson-defender-of-the-one-percent/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Iowa: The People's Caucus](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/12/30/iowa-the-peoples-caucus/) - As caucus craziness reaches its peak in Iowa, the Occupy movement has not been left out.
- [The Catholic Worker Movement: A Definition](https://democracyuprising.com/2007/04/01/catholic-worker-movement/) - An entry for the Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice.
- [Contagious Defections](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/12/15/contagious-defections/) - How far will mainstream economics go in breaking with the increasingly discredited Washington Consensus?
- [America's Own Worst Enemy](https://democracyuprising.com/2007/03/06/americas-own-worst-enemy/) - A Review of "Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic" by Chalmers Johnson.
- [Bush's Latin American Spring Break](https://democracyuprising.com/2007/03/07/bushs-latin-american-spring-break/) - The President's trip south of the border will do little to sway a region that is demanding fairer economic policies.
- [The World After Bush](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/05/19/the-world-after-bush/) - A discussion about the future of globalization and American Empire with host Scott Horton. (37 minutes)
- [The Fight For Global Alternatives](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/07/16/the-fight-for-global-alternatives/) - An interview on "The Exchange" on Iowa Public Radio discussing America's role in the world, alternative visions of globalization, religious activism, and Mark's background as an activist. (46 minutes)
- [Bailing Out the Financiers](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/10/01/bailing-out-the-financiers/) - An interview on the "Old Mole Variety Hour" on Portland's KBOO radio discussing the financial meltdown. (16 minutes)
- [Obama's Economic Mandate](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/11/05/obamas-economic-mandate/) - Mark Engler on BBC World News.
- [Will Health Care Bring Down the American Empire?](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/03/23/will-health-care-bring-down-the-american-empire/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Should the Left Oppose Kagan for Supreme Court?](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/05/17/should-the-left-oppose-kagan-for-supreme-court/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [How Not to Run Your Economy](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/05/06/how-not-to-run-your-economy/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Health Care: A Blow Against Global Inequality](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/03/25/health-care-a-blow-against-global-inequality/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [(Over)Counting the Tea Partiers](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/04/01/overcounting-the-tea-partiers/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [The Myth of Tax Freedom Day](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/04/14/the-myth-of-tax-freedom-day/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Momentum—Not Numbers: Why the Tea Party Has Become a News Obsession](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/04/23/momentum-not-numbers-why-the-tea-party-has-become-a-news-obsession/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [The Immigrant Rights Movement After Arizona](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/04/29/the-immigrant-rights-movement-after-arizona/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- ["Free" Trade Makes Earthquakes Worse](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/04/07/free-trade-makes-earthquakes-worse/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Can the Left Win in El Salvador?](https://democracyuprising.com/2009/01/15/can-the-left-win-in-el-salvador/) - A Joint Report on the 2009 Presidential Elections in El Salvador, With a Contribution by Mark Engler.
- [Debating Obama and American Power](https://democracyuprising.com/2009/03/26/debating-obama-and-american-power/) - A Foreign Policy In Focus roundtable.
- [Casino Capitalism as Usual](https://democracyuprising.com/2009/09/30/casino-capitalism-as-usual/) - G20 leaves needed reforms for global economy off the table.
- [A Utopia of Caring](https://democracyuprising.com/2009/11/01/a-utopia-of-caring/) - Rebecca Solnit explores how our responses to disasters can point the way to a better society. (A review of A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster.)
- [The Robber Barons of Social Change](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/02/25/the-robber-barons-of-social-change/) - Should advocates of progressive transformation adopt market values and business know-how? (A review of Small Change: Why Business Won't Save the World by Michael Edwards.)
- [Grading the Obama Administration on Honduras: D](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/01/20/grading-the-obama-administration-on-honduras-d-2/) - How the White House botched its response to the Honduran coup.
- [Grading the Obama Administration on Trade: B](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/01/15/grading-the-obama-administration-on-trade-b/) - Why the White House agenda is incomplete, and why that's not all bad.
- [Heating Up Climate Action](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/01/10/heating-up-climate-action/) - This fall is becoming a breakthrough season for the emerging social movement for climate justice.
- [Hilda Solis: Protecting Workers, Not Corporations](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/02/25/hilda-solis-protecting-workers-not-corporations/) - Amid the disappointments of Obama's first year in office is one bright spot: a Department of Labor that stands up for workers' rights.
- [A World Bank President Who's Not a Crony or a War Criminal?](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/03/28/a-world-bank-president-whos-not-a-crony-or-a-war-criminal/) - Mark Engler talks to Mark Weisbrot about the nomination of former Partners in Health executive director Jim Yong Kim.
- [ALEC Retreats, the Right Wing Freaks](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/04/27/alec-retreats-the-right-wing-freaks/) - Customers should be able to know if companies that they are supporting with their purchases are busy spending money on groups that bolster the right-wing legislative vanguard.
- [Occupy, the 99% Spring, and the New Age of Direct Action](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/04/24/occupy-the-99-spring-and-the-new-age-of-direct-action/) - Collaboration or cooptation? Expansion or dilution? Mark Engler on what to make of the 99% Spring.
- [If Nuns Went on Strike, the Church Would Shut Down](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/06/13/if-nuns-went-on-strike-the-church-would-shut-down/) - Having witnessed both priests and nuns in action, there’s no doubt in my mind which group dominates in the getting-shit-done department.
- [Quebec's Student Revolt Goes Viral](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/05/29/quebecs-student-revolt-goes-viral/) - It took some 100 days of massive, concerted protest before the student strike in Québec finally started getting traction in the U.S. media.
- [The Politics of TED](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/05/21/the-politics-of-ted/) - Is the topic of income inequality “Too Hot for TED“?
- [Keep Your Government Hands Off My Welfare State](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/05/12/keep-your-government-hands-off-my-welfare-state/) - Ideology and reality have been set on a collision course, and this absurd mash-up is the result.
- [The Bank vs. America Showdown](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/05/10/the-bank-vs-america-showdown/) - This spring is a season of confrontation at the shareholders’ meetings of U.S. banks and other major corporations. And this week, Bank of America has been in the spotlight.
- [President Obama: Corporate Globalizer](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/06/28/president-obama-corporate-globalizer/) - The administration is wrong to promote so-called “free-trade” deals.
- [The Unstoppable DREAMers](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/06/20/the-unstoppable-dreamers/) - Young activists score major win by forcing White House action.
- [A Moment to Celebrate](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/01/02/a-moment-to-celebrate/) - Why the left should take the time to celebrate its victories.
- [Guantanamo Has Got to Go](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/01/12/guantanamo-has-got-to-go/) - Protesting Ten Years of Indefinite Detention
- [Thomas Friedman Wants to Take Away the Weekend](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/01/27/thomas-friedman-wants-to-take-away-the-weekend/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Bye Bye Trade Jobs with Korea](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/03/02/bye-bye-trade-jobs-with-korea/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Obama's Broken Resolutions](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/03/02/obamas-broken-resolutions/) - Don't believe in the "enthusiasm gap"? Spend some time with the right-wing faithful. Then stop by a protest against Guantanamo.
- [The Apple Retraction](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/03/19/the-apple-retraction/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [ALEC Annoyed at Losing Sponsors? It Breaks My Heart](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/04/13/alec-annoyed-at-losing-sponsors-it-breaks-my-heart/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Why Couldn't the Left Prevail in Mexico?](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/07/06/why-couldnt-the-left-prevail-in-mexico/) - A victory by the PRI was a setback for insurgent parties.
- [The Politics of Your Summer Vacation](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/07/12/the-politics-of-your-summer-vacation/) - Working people are under pressure to buckle down and skip “luxuries” like sick days, vacation, and even lunch breaks.
- [Wall Street Wants Your Gratitude](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/08/28/wall-street-wants-your-gratitude/) - Amid economic downturn, there is growth in at least one sector: The shamelessness of the global financial elite.
- [Have You Gotten Rich Yet as a Microlender?](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/08/13/have-you-gotten-rich-yet-as-a-microlender/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Using the Tea Party to Split the Right](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/08/06/using-the-tea-party-to-split-the-right/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [After the Election: Time to Stop Settling for the Lesser Evil](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/11/09/after-the-election-time-to-stop-settling-for-the-lesser-evil/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Gaming The Price Is Right](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/07/19/gaming-the-price-is-right/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [It's Time for a Union at Wal-Mart](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/12/01/its-time-for-a-union-at-wal-mart/) - Of more than 4,500 "Supercenters" and other retail locations in North America, not one is home to a unionized workforce.
- [Obama's Blunder in Honduras](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/07/08/obamas-blunder-in-honduras/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Social Forum Moments to Combat Cynicism](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/06/25/social-forum-moments-to-combat-cynicism/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [In Review: Ted Nace's Climate Hope](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/09/29/in-review-ted-naces-climate-hope/) - On the front lines in the fight against coal.
- [The True Cost of Oil: An Interview](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/08/11/the-true-cost-of-oil-an-interview/) - In this interview with TomDispatch's Timothy MacBain, Mark discusses how the true cost of oil is not reflected in the prices Americans pay at the pump.
- [From the U.S. Social Forum](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/06/23/from-the-u-s-social-forum/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Is World Cup Soccer Too Populist for the Right?](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/06/17/is-world-cup-soccer-too-populist-for-the-right/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [The Arkansas Run-Off and Bill Clinton's "Free Trade" Apologetics](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/06/07/the-arkansas-run-off-and-bill-clintons-free-trade-apologetics/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Vacation: The Key To Economic Recovery?](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/05/28/vacation-the-key-to-economic-recovery/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [The Midterms and Misery Theory](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/11/08/the-midterms-and-misery-theory/) - A contribution to a Dissent magazine symposium on the 2010 midterm elections.
- [Tax Cuts and Trade: Is Obama Triangulating?](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/11/12/tax-cuts-and-trade-is-obama-triangulating/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Argentinean President Dies, Business Rejoices](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/10/28/argentinean-president-dies-business-rejoices/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Defining “Organizing” in the Internet Age](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/10/25/defining-organizing-in-the-internet-age/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Spitting in the Face of U.S. Troops](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/10/14/spitting-in-the-face-of-u-s-troops/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Afghanistan: Should We Stay or Should We Go?](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/04/14/afghanistan-should-we-stay-or-should-we-go/) - At an FPIF panel on Afghanistan at the Left Forum, panelists agreed that there are no military solutions to the current situation but disagreed on whether U.S. troops should leave as soon as possible.
- [Soul of a Citizen: A Review](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/07/01/soul-of-a-citizen-a-review/) - Paul Rogat Loeb's well-regarded 1999 book on activism is out in a revised and updated edition.
- [Fight Inequality, Don't Scapegoat Immigrants](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/09/13/fight-inequality-dont-scapegoat-immigrants/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Breaking From the Dismal Life](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/03/01/escape-from-the-dismal-life/) - Market-based thinking has imperiled the planet and created the need for a democratic rebirth, argues Raj Patel in The Value of Nothing.
- [The Limits of Internet Organizing](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/10/05/the-limits-of-internet-organizing/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Jon Stewart's False "Moderation"](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/09/28/jon-stewarts-false-moderation/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Newman's Own Socialism?](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/09/22/newmans-own-socialism/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Labor Day: Immigrants Build the U.S. Economy](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/09/03/labor-day-immigrants-build-the-u-s-economy/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Presidents Don't Like To Be Pressured](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/08/26/presidents-dont-like-to-be-pressured/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [The 2010 Worth Remembering](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/12/31/the-2010-worth-remembering/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [John Lennon, Bono, and Belafonte: Lessons in Celebrity Activism](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/12/20/john-lennon-bono-and-belafonte-lessons-in-celebrity-activism/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Obama's Tax Cut Debacle: When Compromise is the Enemy of the Good](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/12/08/obamas-tax-cut-debacle-when-compromise-is-the-enemy-of-the-good/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- ["Blowback" and "Baseworld": Remembering Chalmers Johnson](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/12/02/blowback-and-baseworld-remembering-chalmers-johnson/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [How Rich is Rich?](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/11/22/how-rich-is-rich-3/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Moneyed Unexceptionalism](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/12/01/moneyed-unexceptionalism/) - The expanding rights of corporate “people” are creating an ever-greater gap between America's democratic ideals and political reality.
- [Busting the Pendulum](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/11/01/busting-the-pendulum/) - Building a progressive U.S. politics means looking beyond the back-and-forth swings of each election cycle.
- [A State of Uprising in Egypt](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/01/28/a-state-of-uprising-in-egypt/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [The Misuse of Martin Luther King, Jr.](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/01/14/the-misuse-of-martin-luther-king-jr/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [The Rich Can Already Call It a Year](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/01/05/the-rich-can-already-call-it-a-year/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Frances Fox Piven: Cool Under Fire](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/01/24/frances-fox-piven-cool-under-fire/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Boycott Power and the Fall of Glenn Beck](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/06/29/boycott-power-and-the-fall-of-glenn-beck/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Palm Trees in the Snow](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/06/01/palm-trees-in-the-snow/) - There are no palm trees in Wisconsin. And public fiscal problems were not caused by union greed.
- [Anti-Union Life at Target](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/06/22/anti-union-life-at-target/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Elizabeth Warren, Capitalist Moderate](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/06/13/elizabeth-warren-capitalist-moderate/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [The Wealthy Wage War](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/05/01/the-wealthy-wage-war/) - Public sector unions are among the only institutions that still stand against the unchecked influence of corporations. And they are under attack.
- [Class Television: In Praise of Roseanne Barr](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/05/20/class-television-in-praise-of-roseanne-barr/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Taboo Economics](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/04/26/taboo-economics/) - Would we not be a more humane, more responsible country if we spent far less on arms?
- [The Internet as a Tool for Repression](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/04/26/the-internet-as-a-tool-for-repression/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [For Tax Day 2011, Progressives Have Stolen the Tea Party's Momentum](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/04/18/for-tax-day-2011-progressives-have-stolen-the-tea-partys-momentum/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Overcoming Empire is Not a Spectator Sport](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/04/01/overcoming-empire-is-not-a-spectator-sport/) - The United States may be in geopolitical decline, but futurist predictions do not make the work ahead of us any less demanding.
- [The Luddites Revisited](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/03/31/the-luddites-revisited/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Ending Man-Made Disasters](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/03/16/ending-man-made-disasters/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [The Hole in America's Middle](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/01/01/the-hole-in-americas-middle/) - The unshakable notion that everyone in the country is middle class has helped push us ever closer to a society where nobody is.
- [Stimulus Should Be Looking Pretty Good Right About Now](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/03/09/stimulus-should-be-looking-pretty-good-right-about-now/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [The Wisconsin Uprising](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/02/18/the-wisconsin-uprising/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Wisconsin Shows Failure of Democrats to Back Pro-Labor Reforms](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/02/28/wisconsin-shows-failure-of-democrats-to-back-pro-labor-reforms/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Are Humans Doomed to Destroy Themselves?](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/07/20/are-humans-doomed-to-destroy-themselves/) - A review of Tim Flannery's Here on Earth: A Natural History of the Planet.
- [Organizing the Egyptian Rebellion](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/02/09/organizing-the-egyptian-rebellion/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Dramatizing Obama's Climate Dilemma](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/08/26/dramatizing-obamas-climate-dilemma/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [The Legacy of "Anti-Globalization"](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/09/19/the-legacy-of-anti-globalization/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Ten Years After 9/11, Time to End Perpetual War](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/09/14/ten-years-after-911-time-to-end-perpetual-war/) - Should the "War on Terror" come to an end?
- [Is “Free Trade” Obama's Jobs Plan?](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/09/02/is-free-trade-obamas-jobs-plan/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Kudos to Egypt for Ditching the IMF](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/07/11/kudos-to-egypt-for-ditching-the-imf/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Defense Cuts? Don't Believe Them Until You See Them](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/07/25/defense-cuts-dont-believe-them-until-you-see-them/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Stopping Obama's Next Betrayal](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/08/03/stopping-obamas-next-betrayal/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Starving Uncle Sam](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/08/08/starving-uncle-sam/) - Is the U.S. teetering on the edge of bankruptcy?
- [The Verizon Strike as the Next Wisconsin](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/08/12/the-verizon-strike-as-the-next-wisconsin/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [America: Life in Prison Nation](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/10/01/america-life-in-prison-nation/) - Around 2.3 million US citizens are behind bars -- a number that dwarfs any other country.
- [Bank Transfer: Successful](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/11/07/bank-transfer-successful/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Obama's "Free Trade" Follies: A Conversation with Global Trade Watch's Todd Tucker](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/11/29/obamas-free-trade-follies-a-conversation-with-global-trade-watchs-todd-tucker/) - How "free trade" prevailed in the Obama White House.
- [The Indestructable Osprey](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/12/22/the-indestructable-osprey/) - Many agree that the V-22 Osprey is a major bust, so why does the government keep authorizing spending on it?
- [Why America's 99% Have Rebelled](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/12/23/why-americas-99-have-rebelled/) - Those who have joined the #Occupy movement are drawing strength from shared experience. They are laying bare the failure of a system. And they are doing something to change it.
- [Iowa: Republican for a Day](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/01/04/iowa-republican-for-a-day/) - The neighborly good cheer of the caucus I attended was almost enough to make me forget, at least for a few moments, that I was sitting four rows up in a set of bleachers packed full of rabid conservatives.
- [Apple's iEconomy is a Labor Dystopia](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/02/03/apples-ieconomy-is-a-labor-dystopia/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Honduras: Our Continuing Catastrophe](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/02/15/honduras-our-continuing-catastrophe/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Why the $60,000 Per Year Housekeeper Is a Right-Wing Nightmare](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/02/22/why-the-60000-per-year-housekeeper-is-a-right-wing-nightmare/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [A Nation of Immigrants Speaks](https://democracyuprising.com/2013/01/01/a-nation-of-immigrants-speaks/) - With 7 out of 10 Latinos voting to re-elect Barack Obama, Republicans are debating whether to alter their hardline immigration stance.
- [A Nobel Prize for Drone Strikes?: Obama's War on Terror](https://democracyuprising.com/2013/04/01/a-nobel-prize-for-drone-strikes-obamas-war-on-terror/) - Are you between age 16 and 60 in a part of the global South targeted by the Pentagon? Until proven innocent, you're counted as a combatant if hit.
- [How to Militarize Your Local Police](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/10/01/how-to-militarize-your-local-police/) - The use of militarized police squadrons has long been an escalating and racially loaded trend.
- [Obama's "Free Trade" Voyages: NAFTA Across the Oceans](https://democracyuprising.com/2013/07/01/obamas-free-trade-voyages-nafta-across-the-oceans/) - When it comes to the devastating affects of pro-corporate deals, Obama was right the first time.
- [End Illegal Spying; Don't Shoot the Whistleblower](https://democracyuprising.com/2013/09/01/end-illegal-spying-dont-shoot-the-whistleblower/) - Rather than facing unpleasant facts about runaway surveillance programs, lawmakers have preferred to kill the proverbial messenger.
- [There's Always Money for War](https://democracyuprising.com/2013/10/01/theres-always-money-for-war/) - When American presidents let the bombs fall, they have plenty of support from those who make the bombs.
- [Lessons from Shutdown America](https://democracyuprising.com/2013/12/01/lessons-from-shutdown-america/) - Despite offering an opportunity to skewer exceptionalist arrogance, the shutdown was not a good thing.
- [George Takei’s Social Media Activism](https://democracyuprising.com/2013/04/02/george-takeis-social-media-activism/) - The actor’s distinctive combination of politics and meme silliness is a pleasure worth indulging.
- [The Problem with Cadillac's Electric Wheels](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/05/01/the-problem-with-cadillacs-electric-wheels/) - While making cars more energy efficient is a worthy goal, it is not enough.
- [What the U.S. Made of Thomas Picketty](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/06/01/what-the-u-s-made-of-thomas-picketty/) - Reactions to a surprise best-seller on economic inequality.
- [Social Change is Written in the Streets](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/07/01/social-change-is-written-in-the-streets/) - Fifty years ago the Civil Rights Act was passed into law in the United States.
- [Tax Day Doesn't Belong to the Tea Party Anymore](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/04/16/tax-day-doesnt-belong-to-the-tea-party-anymore/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Joe Nocera Is Wrong About Environmental Activism](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/03/07/joe-nocera-wrong-about-environmental-activism/) - A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.
- [Will Occupy Live to See Another Birthday?](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/09/01/will-occupy-live-to-see-another-birthday/) - On the anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, #S17, our U.S. columnist says the 99 per cent could sorely use another round of rebellion.
- [How Not to Make Every Vote Count](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/11/01/how-not-to-make-every-vote-count/) - Recognizing the limits of voting should not prevent us from appreciating the seriousness of an aggressive conservative campaign against the franchise.
- [Tired of Burying Black Boys](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/06/01/tired-of-burying-black-boys/) - The Trayvon Martin case is not rooted in an individual's bigotry, nor will the issues it raises be resolved by a single trial.
- [The Real “Farmer” Story: So God Made High-Fructose Corn Syrup](https://democracyuprising.com/2013/02/11/the-real-farmer-story-so-god-made-high-fructose-corn-syrup/) - The Dodge Superbowl ad celebrates a type of farming that corporate agribusiness has all but obliterated in the past fifty years.
- [Provoking an American Climate Crisis](https://democracyuprising.com/2013/06/01/provoking-an-american-climate-crisis/) - The signs tell us that a climate crisis has arrived in the natural world. The question is: When will this translate into a crisis in the political world?
- [Against the Monsanto Food Prize](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/01/01/against-the-monsanto-food-prize/) - Whether or not you think genetically modified crops could someday have a role in sustainable agriculture, Monsanto's abuses of corporate power deserve condemnation.
- [Why is College so Damned Expensive?](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/09/01/why-is-college-so-damned-expensive/) - With a grim job market and soaring debts, new graduates face the prospect of long-term indenture to the banks.
- [The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Let's Not Work Together](https://democracyuprising.com/2015/03/01/the-trans-pacific-partnership-lets-not-work-together/) - Some ideological divides don’t deserve to be bridged.
- [Even If You Have Nothing to Hide](https://democracyuprising.com/2013/11/01/even-if-you-have-nothing-to-hide/) - Story after story, fueled by leaks from former security contractor Edward Snowden, is uncovering a U.S. surveillance empire with unprecedented reach and breadth.
- [Art Is Politics: Revisiting Paul Simon's <em>Graceland</em>](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/04/01/art-is-politics-revisiting-paul-simons-graceland/) - Five stars for entertainment, one for politics.
- [When Martin Luther King Gave Up His Guns](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/01/15/when-martin-luther-king-gave-up-his-guns/) - It took years of political evolution for King to understand nonviolence not merely as a moral force, but as an effective strategy for leveraging political change.
- [Did Nonviolence Fail in Egypt?](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/02/21/did-nonviolence-fail-in-egypt/) - Three years after the resignation of Mubarak, the Egyptian Revolution provides a perfect example of what mass, disruptive protest can accomplish—and what it can't.
- [People Power Brought Down the Berlin Wall—Can it Defeat Corporate Rule?](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/12/01/people-power-brought-down-the-berlin-wall-can-it-defeat-corporate-rule/) - Can people power also be successful in defeating the more diffuse evils of oligarchy and corporate rule?
- [From the Berlin Wall to today — Lessons for harnessing the moment of the whirlwind](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/11/07/from-the-berlin-wall-to-today-lessons-for-harnessing-the-moment-of-the-whirlwind/) - Every so often, we witness a period of mass insurgency that seems to defy the accepted rules of politics
- [What Makes Nonviolent Movements Explode?](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/12/10/what-makes-nonviolent-movements-explode/) - Despite the demonstrated power of sacrifice and disruption, it is rare that groups risk either in significant measure — and even rarer that the two are combined in thoughtful and creative ways
- [How Many Gun Massacres More?](https://democracyuprising.com/2013/03/01/how-many-gun-massacres-more/) - A radical proposal would go well beyond controlling the most aggressive semi-automatic rifles and curbing arms sales to the world's worst dictatorships. It would also demand a change in our political system.
- [Martin Luther King Jr. Was a Disruptor Not a Peacemaker](https://democracyuprising.com/2016/04/07/martin-luther-king-jr-was-a-disruptor-not-a-peacemaker/) - Like those of Black Lives Matter activists today, King’s methods were widely criticized—even when they were effective.
- [Bernie Sanders: Revolution Beyond the Ballot Box](https://democracyuprising.com/2016/03/01/bernie-sanders-revolution-beyond-the-ballot-box/) - The surge of interest in socialism—and a willingness to break with deep-seated American political taboos to openly espouse it—clearly owes much to the Sanders campaign.
- [Ending Corporate Rule](https://democracyuprising.com/2015/04/01/ending-corporate-rule/) - Can we find a way to loosen big business's stranglehold on the U.S.?
- [Let's Stop "Playing Indian"](https://democracyuprising.com/2015/06/01/lets-stop-playing-indian/) - Across the U.S., the number of teams named the "Chiefs," "Savages," "Indians," and "Braves" has declined dramatically, but America has yet to truly reckon with its oppression of the continent's indigenous tribes.
- [Can the World Endure Another Bush—or Another Clinton?](https://democracyuprising.com/2015/05/01/can-the-world-endure-another-bush-or-another-clinton/) - No doubt, the prospect of a Clinton-Bush rematch is distasteful. But the real problem goes deeper than any family name.
- [Hillary Clinton and the Vermonter Socialist](https://democracyuprising.com/2015/07/01/hillary-clinton-and-the-vermonter-socialist/) - Like it or not, presidential races are one of the few entry points into political discussion for a large number of Americans.
- [Team Obama Cashes In](https://democracyuprising.com/2015/09/01/team-obama-cashes-in/) - It is cherished notion in American political ideology that the market and democracy go happily hand in hand. The purveyors of that myth keep the revolving door turning.
- [#ShellNo: The Triumph of the Kayaktivists](https://democracyuprising.com/2015/12/01/shellno-the-triumph-of-the-kayaktivists/) - Sometimes those who are creative and daring — those who paddle hard and bring enough friends — prevail in spite of cynics and detractors.
- [A Good Moment to Make a Scene](https://democracyuprising.com/2016/01/01/a-good-moment-to-make-a-scene/) - Protests work when they escalate, refusing to be silenced. And right now, urgent cries for racial justice must not go unheard.
- [Why MLK Chose Not to Run for President](https://democracyuprising.com/2016/01/18/why-mlk-chose-not-to-run-for-president/) - 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.
- [The Massive Immigrants Rights Protests of 2006 Are Still Changing Politics](https://democracyuprising.com/2016/04/07/the-massive-immigrants-rights-protests-of-2006-are-still-changing-politics/) - Popular uprising have ramifications that go beyond immediate legislative results, and they can alter the climate of political debate.
- [Working in the iPad Empire](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/04/30/working-in-the-ipad-empire/) - The death of Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs, a fresh wave of investigative reports, and protests by Chinese workers themselves have reopened discussion of a reality we regularly prefer to ignore.
- [Student Debt Crisis: It's Time for a Jubilee](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/07/30/student-debt-crisis-its-time-for-a-jubilee/) - Organizations that usually demand cancellation of debts owed by impoverished countries are now calling for debt forgiveness for a different group of borrowers: U.S. students.
- [Boy Scouts Set to Cave on Gay Rights](https://democracyuprising.com/2013/01/31/boy-scouts-set-to-cave-on-gay-rights/) - Accepting change became the less painful option for Boy Scout leaders. And the result is a small but significant stride toward justice.
- [The Pope and the Poor](https://democracyuprising.com/2013/03/15/the-pope-and-the-poor/) - On the divided reaction to the announcement of Pope Francis I.
- [After the Climate March](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/11/01/after-the-climate-march/) - Savvy organizers use mass actions as choice opportunities for recruiting.
- [Should We Fight the System or Be the Change?](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/06/03/should-we-fight-the-system-or-be-the-change/) - The strengths and limitations of prefigurative politics.
- [When the Pillars Fall — How Social Movements Can Win More Victories Like Same-Sex Marriage](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/07/09/when-the-pillars-fall-how-social-movements-can-win-more-victories-like-same-sex-marriage/) - Where insider politics fails, a transformational approach can turn the impossible into the inevitable.
- [#BlackLivesMatter: A Wave of Dissent](https://democracyuprising.com/2015/01/01/blacklivesmatter/) - If the country is to be redeemed, it will depend on those who dissent—those who are now using their bodies to blockade bridges and highways.
- [Claiming Our Victories](https://democracyuprising.com/2016/04/07/claiming-our-victories/) - Despite the cynics, social movement uprisings are producing some remarkable wins.
- [One Gas Leak Too Many](https://democracyuprising.com/2016/05/01/one-gas-leak-too-many/) - Can we just stop fracking, already?
- [The ‘Fight for $15’ Dreams Big—and Wins](https://democracyuprising.com/2016/06/01/the-fight-for-15-dreams-big-and-wins/) - Stubborn and visionary got the goods.
- [Lessons from the Pledge of Resistance](https://democracyuprising.com/2019/07/15/pledging-disobedience/) - Thirty-five years ago, Central American solidarity activists developed a model for building resistance before disaster strikes. Their efforts may have stopped a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua.
- [What's Not for Sale in Branded America?](https://democracyuprising.com/2016/07/01/whats-not-for-sale-in-branded-america/) - Public spaces previously regarded as off-limits to private branding—schools, government buildings, and national parks—may soon display corporate logos in exchange for cash.
- [Protectors vs Pipelines](https://democracyuprising.com/2016/11/01/protectors-vs-pipelines/) - 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.
- [#VetsVsHate—and Trump](https://democracyuprising.com/2016/09/01/vetsvshate-and-trump/) - ‘It’s part of a long and disturbing pattern of Donald Trump using veterans as a political prop, both for his own self-advantage and to advance an agenda of bigotry and hate,’ said Perry O’Brien, a US Army veteran.
- [Acts of Conscience on a Bended Knee](https://democracyuprising.com/2016/12/01/acts-of-conscience-on-a-bended-knee/) - On a protest that spread far beyond a single sport.
- [Trump Can Be Beaten Because He Is the Establishment](https://democracyuprising.com/2017/01/01/trump-can-be-beaten-because-he-is-the-establishment/) - We must respond with a genuine vision for ending the corrupt politics of privilege.
- [Obama's Legacy Falls Short on Organizing](https://democracyuprising.com/2017/03/01/obamas-legacy-falls-short-on-organizing/) - Technocratic liberals treat movement groups as another "special interest" rather than a central pillar upholding their ability to govern.
- [Donald Trump and the Politics of Impeachment](https://democracyuprising.com/2017/07/12/donald-trump-the-politics-of-impeachment/) - We should not underestimate the US president’s talent for undermining his own job security.
- [Down with America’s Racist Monuments](https://democracyuprising.com/2017/10/01/down-with-americas-racist-monuments/) - Taking down monuments to people who fought to defend slavery should not be controversial at all. Yet in the US today, it is.
- [How ACT UP Fought Back](https://democracyuprising.com/2017/09/26/act_up/) - Lessons from the fight against HIV/AIDS.
- [A Pope in Washington](https://democracyuprising.com/2015/10/01/a-pope-in-washington/) - If religious leaders have a constructive role to play in political life, it should be one of discomforting the powerful. In his finest moments, Pope Francis has taken this as his mandate.
- [Act Against Amazon!](https://democracyuprising.com/2015/11/01/act-against-amazon/) - Society as a whole is bearing the true cost of the company’s misbehavior.
- [Confronting a Culture of Sexual Violence](https://democracyuprising.com/2017/12/01/confronting-a-culture-of-sexual-violence/) - To make this culture of sexual harassment a thing of the past requires organizing and mass mobilization.
- [The Seattle Protests Showed That Another World Is Possible](https://democracyuprising.com/2019/11/29/the-seattle-protests-showed-that-another-world-is-possible/) - Twenty years ago, demonstrations against the World Trade Organization opened the space for today's critics of neoliberal capitalism.
- [Reviving the General Strike](https://democracyuprising.com/2019/09/01/reviving-the-general-strike/) - Organizers in labor, immigrant rights, and climate movements seeking to spark far-reaching work stoppages in the United States can invoke a powerful fact: It has happened before.
- [Boosting the Backlash Against Trump](https://democracyuprising.com/2017/05/01/boosting-the-backlash-against-trump/) - Progressives have to try to maximize the liberatory potential of a growing discontent.
- [The Right Way to Rewrite NAFTA](https://democracyuprising.com/2017/06/01/the-right-way-to-rewrite-nafta/) - What is an internationalist to make of Donald J Trump’s vow to blow up the North American Free Trade Agreement?
- [The Dangerous Dignity of War](https://democracyuprising.com/2017/11/01/the-dangerous-dignity-of-war/) - Why it only takes a bit of a bomb-dropping and sabre-rattling to rally the reporters and bestow a presidential aura on our leaders.
- [Does It Make Sense to Protest a President Who Is Not Persuadable?](https://democracyuprising.com/2019/10/15/does-it-make-sense-to-protest-a-president-who-is-not-persuadable/) - Richard Nixon told everyone he was indifferent to protests—in fact, he was obsessed with them.
- [Obama: A Better Adversary](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/09/01/obama-a-better-adversary/) - Progressive movements are stronger when they can take on centrists or liberals than when pitted against elected conservatives.
- [Climate of Change: An “Inside-Outside” Strategy Against Global Warming?](https://democracyuprising.com/2013/07/22/climate-change/) - If politicians in Washington, DC refuse to talk about our warming planet, how do we shift the climate of national debate?
- [Crímenes en nombre de la libertad: El Salvador de Dick Cheney](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/10/19/crimenes-en-nombre-de-la-libertad-el-salvador-de-dick-cheney/) - No ha recibido mucha atención es el mal uso revelador por Dick Cheney de la guerra civil de El Salvador en los años 80.
- [El modelo de El Salvador](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/12/16/el-modelo-de-el-salvador/) - Las torcidas lecciones que los halcones de la administración Bush han sacado de la intervención en este país durante la era de Reagan sugieren una ceguera voluntaria.
- [How did Gandhi win?](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/10/04/how-did-gandhi-win/) - Lessons from the Salt March for today's social movements.
- [Marching for a Global Peace (Japanese)](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/04/24/marching-for-a-global-peace-japanese/) - Prepared by ATTAC-Japan.
- [하버드 대학 점거농성의 성공과 함께 운동은 지속된/ (in Korean)](https://democracyuprising.com/2001/05/11/하버드-대학-점거농성의-성공과-함께-운동은-지속된/) - Translated into Korean by People's Solidarity for Social Progress.
- [The Last Porto Alegre (in Arabic)](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/02/14/the-last-porto-alegre-2/) - Assessing the state of the World Social Forum after five years. (Translation into Arabic by Kefaya.org)
- [When Sanctuary is Resistance](https://democracyuprising.com/2017/04/01/when-sanctuary-is-resistance/) - In the United States in the 1980s, the simple act of providing refuge became a form of civil disobedience. Three decades later, in the era of Trump, providing sanctuary may again qualify as a radical stance.
- [Why Targeting Corporate Democrats Is Part of the Fight Against Trump](https://democracyuprising.com/2016/12/09/why-targeting-corporate-democrats-is-part-of-the-fight-against-trump/) - Lessons from the George W. Bush years.
- [сто дней обамы экономические итоги не (in Russian)](https://democracyuprising.com/2009/04/29/сто-дней-обамы-экономические-итоги-не/) - Mark Engler quoted in a Russian article about Obama's first 100 days.
- [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s 70% Tax Proposal Is a Great Start—But We Need to Abolish the Ultra-Rich](https://democracyuprising.com/2019/01/18/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-70-tax-proposal-is-a-great-start-but-we-need-to-abolish-the-ultra-rich/) - Ultimately, finding an optimal tax rate for the super-wealthy is a moral and political issue as much as an economic one.
- [ガンジーはどのように勝利したのか？ (Japanese)](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/10/08/ガンジーはどのように勝利したのか？/) - Lessons from the Salt March for today's social movements.
- [Latinoamérica: un banco para la independencia](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/01/21/latinoamerica-un-banco-para-la-independencia/) - El Nuevo Banco del Sur enfrenta la economía neoliberal.
- [Mikrokredite: Die Entlassung eines Nobelpreisträgers](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/05/25/mikrokredite-die-entlassung-eines-nobelpreistragers/) - Published in Epoch Times. Es ist endgültig. Nobelpreisträger Muhammad Yunus wurde entlassen. In der vergangenen Woche verlor Yunus seine letzte Berufung vor dem Obersten Gerichtshof von Bangladesch. Damit endet eine zweimonatige rechtliche Auseinandersetzung darüber, ob er Chef der Grameen Bank bleiben darf, die er vor etwa 30 Jahren als Wegbereiterin für die Vergabe von Kleinstkrediten
- [Als Martin Luther King seine Feuerwaffen aufgab](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/01/15/als-martin-luther-king-seine-feuerwaffen-aufgab/) - Published in Lebenshaus. Nur wenige wissen, dass Martin Luther King, Jr. einmal eine Genehmigung zum Tragen einer versteckten Handfeuerwaffe beantragt hat. Der Juraprofessor Adam Winkler von der UCLA (University of California Los Angeles) schreibt 2011 in seinem Buch Gunfight1, dass der Geistliche, nachdem 1956 eine Bombe auf sein Haus geworfen worden war, in Alabama die
- [La révolution non-violente a-t-elle échoué en Egypte?](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/02/21/la-revolution-non-violente-a-t-elle-echoue-en-egypte/) - Published in Conflits Sans Violence. Le 11 février 2011, le président égyptien, Hosni Moubarak démissionnait suite à un mouvement puissant contre son régime dictatorial. Cette date marquait le point culminant d'un soulèvement parmi les plus soudains et importants du XXIème siècle. Venant après une révolte de 18 jours menée par les jeunes égyptiens, il brisait
- [Los que No Cuentan](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/05/14/los-que-no-cuentan/) - Por qué es importante recordar las víctimas civiles de la guerra de Irak.
- [Recordando a Romero](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/03/24/recordando-a-romero/) - Mientras la Casa Blanca usa a El Salvador como modelo para Irak, aún nos queda mucho por saber acerca del asesinato del Arzobispo Romero hace veinticinco años.
- [Fracasos de un asesino económico a sueldo](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/04/18/fracasos-de-un-asesino-economico-a-sueldo/) - Una crítica del éxito de ventas Confesiones de un asesino económico a sueldo.
- [Preocupándose por las fábricas explotadoras](https://democracyuprising.com/2007/01/11/preocupandose-por-las-fabricas-explotadoras/) - El apoyo a las campañas de “ropa limpia” para terminar con las prácticas explotadoras de trabajo que dominan en la industria textil no es tan fácil como seleccionar la marca “correcta” a la hora de comprar.
- [La pausa primaveral latinoamericana de Bush](https://democracyuprising.com/2007/03/07/la-pausa-primaveral-latinoamericana-de-bush/) - El viaje del Presidente al sur de la frontera no ayudará mucho a cambiar el rumbo de una región que está exigiendo políticas económicas más justas.
- [Buenas nuevas progresistas de 2007](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/01/01/buenas-nuevas-progresistas-de-2007/) - Junto con los retos políticos, el pasado año trajo algunos avances esperanzadores --muchos de los cuales llegaron en las últimas semanas.
- [¿Globalizadores, neoconservadores o...?](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/05/27/globalizadores-neoconservadores-o/) - El mundo después de Bush.
- [Obama debe seguir firme en el tema del comercio](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/07/18/obama-debe-seguir-firme-en-el-tema-del-comercio/) - Las elecciones generales no son el momento para aceptar la agenda de la "globalización corporativa" para las Américas.
- [Cosecha otoñal del activismo](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/10/17/cosecha-otonal-del-activismo/) - Justamente cuando necesitamos buenas noticias los que estamos preocupados por la justicia social y económica podemos ver como nuestros esfuerzos fructifican.
- [Nueva York dice no](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/09/01/nueva-york-dice-no/) - Los republicanos quieren reclamar a la Ciudad de Nueva York como propia.
- [Los Republicanos entre nosotros](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/09/09/los-republicanos-entre-nosotros/) - Una semana de examen desde la Convención Nacional Republicana, por dentro y por fuera
- [El imperio de Bush de los malos negocios](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/12/04/el-imperio-de-bush-de-los-malos-negocios/) - Haciendo el mundo inseguro para Microsoft y el ratón Miguelito.
- [2006: La revisión de un año de justicia global](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/12/22/2006-la-revision-de-un-ano-de-justicia-global/) - Los últimos 12 meses han traído algunos desarrollos prometedores en el frente de la globalización.
- [El mundo no es plano](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/05/01/el-mundo-no-es-plano/) - Por qué Thomas Friedman está equivocado sobre la globalización
- [La compralipsis de fiestas del Reverendo Billy](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/12/15/la-compralipsis-de-fiestas-del-reverendo-billy/) - La crítica anti-corporativa de Bill Talen es en parte derechos de los trabajadores, en parte conservacionismo del petróleo y en parte estética.
- [Hay una alternativa al dominio corporativo](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/09/25/hay-una-alternativa-al-dominio-corporativo/) - Por todo el mundo, están surgiendo desde la base enfoques verdaderamente democráticos
- [El día siguiente: en plena celebración, comienza una nueva lucha](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/11/05/el-dia-siguiente-en-plena-celebracion-comienza-una-nueva-lucha/) - Reflexiones acerca de la elección de Barack Obama
- [¿Perro viejo, trucos nuevos?](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/09/22/perro-viejo-trucos-nuevos/) - La CIA antes y ahora.
- [¿Están vinculadas realmente la guerra y la globalización?](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/10/28/estan-vinculadas-realmente-la-guerra-y-la-globalizacion/) - Todos esos artículos de fe merecen un poco de escepticismo político, así que me gustaría ofrecer un reto constructivo.
- [Seattle después de cinco años](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/12/01/seattle-despues-de-cinco-anos/) - Donde están los activistas cinco años después de las memorables protestas que cambiaron el debate de la globalización.
- [Hora de cancelar la deuda de los países del maremoto](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/01/10/hora-de-cancelar-la-deuda-de-los-paises-del-maremoto/) - Después de un desastre natural, la reducción de la deuda debiera ser un elemento esencial de la ayuda humanitaria y de reconstrucción a esos países.
- [El último Porto Alegre](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/02/14/el-ultimo-porto-alegre/) - Discernir el estado del Foro Social Mundial después de cinco años.
- [Ningún lugar mejor](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/02/28/ningun-lugar-mejor/) - La ficción de Wendell Berry.
- [Desde el laberinto, un llamado al desarrollo humano](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/03/21/desde-el-laberinto-un-llamado-al-desarrollo-humano/) - El Informe de Desarrollo Humano ha propagado un tipo de pensamiento desarrollista que contrasta con el punto de vista dominante del Consenso de Washington.
- [La ética económica de Juan Pablo II](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/04/04/la-etica-economica-de-juan-pablo-ii/) - La visión del fallecido Papa de una globalización alternativa debiera enfrentarse al estrecho debate acerca de los "valores morales".
- [Un reporte desde la frontera del obrerismo](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/03/31/un-reporte-desde-la-frontera-del-obrerismo/) - Una crítica a "Los hijos del ALCAN: Las Guerras Obreras en la Frontera EEUU/México", por David Bacon.
- [¿Triunfo Sobre la Deuda?](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/06/02/triunfo-sobre-la-deuda/) - De cómo la cancelación del 100% de la deuda de los países pobres, que ahora debaten las naciones ricas, se transformó de una demanda inaceptable a un tema ganador, y qué barreras son las que debe superar el movimiento de eliminación de la deuda.
- [Den el crédito al movimiento de la globalización por la victoria en la deuda](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/06/23/den-el-credito-al-movimiento-de-la-globalizacion-por-la-victoria-en-la-deuda/) - Un plan que condona el 100 por ciento de la deuda multilateral a 18 países pobres ha sido aprobado por los líderes del G-8.
- [El TLCCA merece una muerte tranquila](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/06/27/el-tlcca-merece-una-muerte-tranquila/) - El TLCCA es una mala idea para el pueblo de este país y para Centroamérica.
- [Cuando se encuentra lo perdido](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/07/22/cuando-se-encuentra-lo-perdido/) - Una crítica de "Una guía de campo para perderse," de Rebecca Solnit.
- [El momento contra la guerra](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/09/25/el-momento-contra-la-guerra/) - Mientras las encuestas cambian y el Congreso se inquieta, el momento está maduro para un regreso a la resistencia organizada contra la guerra de Irak.
- [Crímenes de Guerra, EEUU de A.](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/12/19/crimenes-de-guerra-eeuu-de-a/) - ¿Puede responsabilizarse a los funcionarios de la administración? Una entrevista con Jeremy Brecher, Jill Cutler, y Brendan Smith, editores de "En nombre de la democracia: crímenes de guerra norteamericanos en Irak y más allá".
- [De punta a cabo (con tontos)](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/11/03/de-punta-a-cabo-con-tontos/) - Barbara Ehrenreich asciende en la escala de clases.
- [¿Cuán caro es demasiado caro?](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/03/03/cuan-caro-es-demasiado-caro/) - A la busca del punto de viraje en Viet Nam--y en Irak.
- [Resucitado el cadáver del ALCAC](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/03/10/resucitado-el-cadaver-del-alcac/) - Nuevas disputas están cuestionando cómo se verá en la práctica el Acuerdo de Libre Comercio para América Central.
- [Acceso al mercado no puede solucionar pobreza](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/03/16/acceso-al-mercado-no-puede-solucionar-pobreza/) - Aunque los generosos subsidios agrícolas ilustran la hipócrita posición de los países ricos acerca del "libre comercio", su eliminación no sería una panacea para el desarrollo humano.
- [Latinoamérica se desencadena](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/03/23/latinoamerica-se-desencadena/) - ¿Perderá EEUU su influencia sobre países que han pagado sus préstamos al FMI?
- [La politización de la ayuda](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/03/30/la-politizacion-de-la-ayuda/) - ¿Pueden los progresistas exigir de buena fe un aumento de la ayuda internacional bajo el Director de Asistencia Extranjera, Randall Tobias?
- [Hacer más en favor de la anulación de la deuda](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/04/04/hacer-mas-en-favor-de-la-anulacion-de-la-deuda/) - Si ustedes creen que la crisis de la deuda del Tercer Mundo se solucionó en las reuniones de los líderes del G8 del verano pasado, piensen otra vez.
- [Bolivia y el mandato progresista en Latinoamérica](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/04/13/bolivia-y-el-mandato-progresista-en-latinoamerica/) - ¿Qué aprenderá Evo Morales de los gobiernos izquierdistas de Argentina, Brasil y Venezuela?
- [Las raíces latinoamericanas del imperialismo norteamericano](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/05/25/las-raices-latinoamericanas-del-imperialismo-norteamericano/) - Una crítica de Taller del imperio, por Greg Grandin.
- [Los perros guardianes de la globalización](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/06/17/los-perros-guardianes-de-la-globalizacion/) - Al desbarrar contra la nacionalización del petróleo y el gas que ha hecho Bolivia, los ideólogos del "libre comercio" de los medios ponen al mercado por encima de la democracia.
- [México: Tomarse el tiempo necesario para la democracia](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/07/17/mexico-tomarse-el-tiempo-necesario-para-la-democracia/) - La exigencia de un nuevo conteo es totalmente legítima
- [La verdadera pasión de Mel Gibson](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/08/10/la-verdadera-pasion-de-mel-gibson/) - La vulgar diatriba antisemita de Gibson al ser arrestado por conducir borracho debiera provocar un reexamen de La Pasión del Cristo
- [OMC: ¿Mejor que se muera?](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/08/17/omc-mejor-que-se-muera/) - El colapso de las conversaciones en la Organización Mundial del Comercio es una victoria para el movimiento global de justicia, pero también presenta nuevos retos.
- [Decir que el mal negocio es el bueno](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/11/09/decir-que-el-mal-negocio-es-el-bueno/) - El Banco Mundial debiera recibir una calificación de suspenso por su clasificación de países que violan los derechos de los trabajadores
- [Aflojando el paso del buldózer del libre comercio](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/12/07/aflojando-el-paso-del-buldozer-del-libre-comercio/) - Señales positivas de que un nuevo Congreso Demócrata está rompiendo con el plan de globalización corporativa
- [La venganza del dibujante de combate](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/08/05/la-venganza-del-dibujante-de-combate/) - Una crítica de "Cómo triunfar en la globalización" por El Fisgón.
- [Guatemala: Testimonia de los Muertos](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/07/29/guatemala-testimonia-de-los-muertos/) - Declara un testigo en el juicio por genocidio : "Estamos buscando honrar la muerte de nuestros seres queridos levantando nuestra voz y exigiendo justicia".
- [Estados Unidos Después del Próximo Ataque](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/03/15/estados-unidos-despues-del-proximo-ataque/) - El terrorismo futuro no debe reivindicar la política exterior de Bush.
- [La Fantasía Económica de Tiempos de Guerra de Bush](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/04/18/la-fantasia-economica-de-tiempos-de-guerra-de-bush/) - La creencia de que la guerra es barata, que los recortes a los impuestos se pagan solos y que la recuperación ya llegó revelan una Administración aterradoramente alejada de los trabajadores en Estados Unidos.
- [La Guerra de Irak: ¿Expo de Armas Nuevas?](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/04/03/la-guerra-de-irak-expo-de-armas-nuevas/) - ¿Cuál será la próxima broma de misiles patriotas?
- [El Día de la Tierra en la Sombra de la Guerra](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/04/22/el-dia-de-la-tierra-en-la-sombra-de-la-guerra/) - El Militarismo y la Destrucción Ambiental van de la Mano
- [El ALCAC: Comercio Libre vs. Democracia](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/01/30/el-alcac-comercio-libre-vs-democracia/) - ALCAC es un ejemplo perfecto de un tratado de libre comercio que en realidad socava las libertades democráticas.
- [Los Derechos de los Inmigrantes se Pierden en la Baraja Burocrática](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/04/25/los-derechos-de-los-inmigrantes-se-pierden-en-la-baraja-burocratica/) - La presión pública debe forzar el nuevo Departamento de Seguridad Nacional para poner fin a los abusos comenzados por el INS.
- [¿Es la Verdad una Baja de la Guerra?](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/05/01/es-la-verdad-una-baja-de-la-guerra/) - Aunque Noticias Fox puede estar convencida de las armas ilegales, la exigencia global de una verificación independiente merece la atención de Estados Unidos.
- [En el Reino del Olvido](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/06/05/en-el-reino-del-olvido/) - La memoria puede ser un inconveniente, especialmente en el Washington republicano.
- [Más Allá de la Guerra Contra el Terror](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/07/03/mas-alla-de-la-guerra-contra-el-terror/) - ¿Qué alternativas existen para la búsqueda de la seguridad nacional?
- [Ser Amado o Temido](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/07/10/ser-amado-o-temido/) - ¿Importa Realmente la Opinión Pública Internacional?
- [Nueva York Debería Ayudar a los Inmigrantes](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/07/11/nueva-york-deberia-ayudar-a-los-inmigrantes/) - Las ciudades deben resistir la persecución federal en los Estados Unidos a los residentes que no sean ciudadanos.
- [Los Halcones Dicen las Cosas Más Extrañas](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/07/17/los-halcones-dicen-las-cosas-mas-extranas/) - Si quieren un indicio de hasta dónde llega el escándalo de las armas de destrucción masiva, sólo fíjense en lo que los apologistas admiten como las “verdaderas razones” para la guerra.
- [La “Década Perdida” de la globalización](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/08/19/la-decada-perdida-de-la-globalizacion-2/) - El modelo de "libre comercio" y el desarrollo promovidos en Washington decepcionarion a los países pobres con Clinton, y les está fallando debajo del gobierno de Bush.
- [Amor, Libertad, Imperio](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/08/01/amor-libertad-imperio/) - Una Crítica de Freedom Dreams (Sueños de Liberación) de Robin D. G. Kelley
- [La “Década Perdida” de la globalización](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/08/19/la-decada-perdida-de-la-globalizacion/) - El 8 de Julio el Programa de Desarrollo de Naciones Unidas (PNUD) publicó su Informe de Desarrollo Humano anual, el cual reveló lo que The Guardian británico llamó una “Década Perdida”. Durante los prósperos años 90 los representantes comerciales de EE.UU. y los economistas del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) prometieron que una creciente marea de
- [¿Seguridad interna para quién?](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/09/11/seguridad-interna-para-quien/) - Los abusos de la administración Bush perpetúan una atmósfera de intolerancia contra los inmigrantes
- [¿Quién paga por la pobreza?](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/09/18/quien-paga-por-la-pobreza/) - Los críticos cuestionaron la reforma de la asistencia social durante los prósperos 90, pero la verdadera crisis está emergiendo como consecuencia de la recesión de Bush.
- [Viaje por la Libertad](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/10/02/viaje-por-la-libertad/) - Más que defender un conjunto de reformas inmigratorias justas, los activistas del Viaje por la Libertad de Trabajadores Inmigrantes están conformando el futuro del progresismo norteamericano.
- [El Verdadero Oro de Nuestro Futuro](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/10/23/el-verdadero-oro-de-nuestro-futuro/) - Los Costarricenses le dicen 'No!' a las compañías exploradoras de petróleo.
- [Recuperando el tiempo](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/10/22/recuperando-el-tiempo/) - Después del 24 de octubre, si nuestra carga de trabajo estuviera a la par del mundo industrializado, tendríamos de vacaciones lo que queda del 2003.
- [¿Victoria en Miami? Llevar la justicia global más allá del ALCA](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/11/18/victoria-en-miami-llevar-la-justicia-global-mas-alla-del-alca/) - Como responder al nacionalismo económico de la administración Bush.
- [Contra el dios del libre comercio](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/11/23/contra-el-dios-del-libre-comercio/) - El area de Libre Comercio de las Américas encuentra al otro Catolicismo.
- [El problema del Acuerdo de Libre Comercio de América Central (CAFTA)](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/02/05/el-problema-del-acuerdo-de-libre-comercio-de-america-central-cafta/) - El CAFTA es un mal negocio que promete extender el dañino impacto del TLCAN a los vecinos sureños más débiles de México.
- [El juego de la culpa de las ADM](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/02/12/el-juego-de-la-culpa-de-las-adm/) - El cambio de posición de Bush representa un esfuerzo para enfrentar un tema potencialmente peligroso que amenaza con enturbiar su intento reeleccionista
- [“La filtración” aún gotea de escándalo](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/02/19/la-filtracion-aun-gotea-de-escandalo/) - Antes de las elecciones presidenciales del 2004, todo norteamericano debe echar otra mirada a la revelación por la administración Bush de un agente encubierto de la CIA.
- [Despedida en Wisconsin: Una retrospectiva de Dean](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/02/26/despedida-en-wisconsin-una-retrospectiva-de-dean/) - Howard Dean ha contribuido a revivir un partido moribundo y crear una de las más apremiantes primarias demócratas en décadas.
- [La crisis del mono iraquí](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/03/03/la-crisis-del-mono-iraqui/) - La invocación por Bush de la crisis cubana de los misiles para justificar la guerra en Irak fue absurda, pero reveladora.
- [Espías en la ONU y Mentiras sobre la Guerra en Irak](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/03/13/espias-en-la-onu-y-mentiras-sobre-la-guerra-en-irak/) - Mientras que espiar a sus propios aliados no es inusual en la ONU, nuevos cargos contra los EE.UU. y Gran Bretaña pintan un retrato condenable de su indigno empuje hacia la guerra en Irak.
- [El movimiento por la paz, un año después](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/03/20/el-movimiento-por-la-paz-un-ano-despues/) - Un año después de la invasión a Irak, ¿qué ha logrado el movimiento por la paz? ¿Y hacia dónde vamos ahora?
- [El fin del “Compromiso Constructivo”](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/03/18/el-fin-del-compromiso-constructivo/) - El Banco Mundial pide cooperación a la sociedad civil, luego oculta las opiniones críticas.
- [Petrolizado otra vez](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/04/08/petrolizado-otra-vez/) - Un acuerdo de libre comercio amenaza las protecciones medioambientales costarricenses
- [La nota de mi suicidio político](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/04/22/la-nota-de-mi-suicidio-politico/) - Como candidato a Presidente, hay ciertas cosas que John Kerry no puede decir. Pero yo sí.
- [¡Infeliz cumpleaños, Banco Mundial!](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/04/28/infeliz-cumpleanos-banco-mundial/) - Las protestas subrayan los dramáticos cambios en el debate sobre el desarrollo de los últimos años, y denuncian las nefastas políticas apoyadas por EEUU que se mantienen intactas.
- [Acerca de la necesidad de la tortura](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/05/11/acerca-de-la-necesidad-de-la-tortura/) - Nuestro país está apenas comenzando a enfrentarse al tema de la tortura.
- [La globalización de Bush](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/06/08/la-globalizacion-de-bush/) - Bush está construyendo una forma de “globalización imperial”.
- [¿El fin de los talleres de sudor de Gap?](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/07/08/el-fin-de-los-talleres-de-sudor-de-gap/) - El nombre de Gap ha estado estrechamente vinculado con el crecimiento del movimiento en contra de los talleres de sudor.
- [¿Ha “fracasado” la política exterior de EEUU?](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/07/15/ha-fracasado-la-politica-exterior-de-eeuu/) - La pregunta planteada por dos perspectivas de la política norteamericana es: ¿Son malvados o sencillamente estúpidos?
- [Memorias del "arquitecto del Poder Negro"](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/04/16/memorias-del-arquitecto-del-poder-negro/) - Una crítica a: Ready for Revolution (Listo para la Revolución) por Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture).
- [La incómoda visita mexicana de Bush](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/01/28/la-incomoda-visita-mexicana-de-bush/) - En el décimo aniversario del levantamiento zapatista, el Presidente Bush se encuentra con una revoltosa América Latina.
- [La agenda de Schlosser](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/12/18/la-agenda-de-schlosser/) - Una Crítica a Locura de Marihuana, por Eric Schlosser
- [Los ataques del Gobierno a Martin Luther King, Jr. demuestran la necesidad de proteger los derechos](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/01/21/los-ataques-del-gobierno-a-martin-luther-king-jr-demuestran-la-necesidad-de-proteger-los-derechos/) - Más que espiarlo, el gobierno intentaba activamente sabotear la labor de King, llegando incluso hasta tratar de persuadirlo de que se suicidara.
- [Cultivando los Everglades](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/12/04/cultivando-los-everglades/) - De cómo los cultivadores de caña de la Florida amasaron su fortuna abusando de los trabajadores agrícolas inmigrantes, ordeñando a los contribuyentes norteamericanos y destruyendo los humedales en peligro.
- [¿Son los pobres el problema?](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/10/09/son-los-pobres-el-problema/) - El proyecto de ley de reautorización de la asistencia social, cuyos campeones son ahora los conservadores en el Senado, tiene a los pobres como objetivo, pero no derrotará la pobreza.
- [Un impuesto justo a los millonarios](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/05/30/un-impuesto-justo-a-los-millonarios/) - Con el debate en Washington centrado la reducción del déficit federal y los estados encarando enormes agujeros en sus presupuestos, pocas ideas tienen más apoyo público que la noción de que los que más tienen deben arrimar el hombro para ayudar a tapar los huecos.
- [El “libre” mercado empeora los terremotos](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/04/14/el-libre-mercado-empeora-los-terremotos/) - He aquí algo que no se ve todos los días: uno de los más influyentes promotores de las políticas fundamentalistas del “libre mercado” admite que él se equivocó en grande –y que como consecuencia hay gente en Haití pasando hambre.
- [Economía tabú](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/05/11/economia-tabu/) - ¿No sería un mundo más humano, un país más responsable, si gastaramos mucho menos en las armas?
- [¿Debe la izquierda oponerse a Kagan para el Tribunal Supremo?](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/05/19/debe-la-izquierda-oponerse-a-kagan-para-el-tribunal-supremo/) - Perdemos demasiado al defender la decisión de Obama sencillamente por deferencia hacia la administración.
- [Huir de la vida funesta](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/03/31/huir-de-la-vida-funesta/) - El pensar supeditado al mercado ha puesto en peligro el planeta, y ha planteado la necesidad de un renacimiento democrático, afirma Raj Patel en El valor de la nada.
- [Los ricos hacen la guerra](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/06/17/los-ricos-hacen-la-guerra/) - Los republicanos reconocen que una victoria contrasesos sindicatos tendría una significación duradera.
- [Si Las Monjas Se Fueran a una Huelga, Caería la Iglesia](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/07/06/si-las-monjas-se-fueran-a-una-huelga-caeria-la-iglesia/) - Las monjas comúnmente trabajan en hospitales, escuelas, programas sociales donde se desempeñan como líderes leales y fuertes en muchas de tales comunidades espirituales, contribuyendo así con reforzar los puntos de vista de la teología cristiana en medio de discusiones que se presenten. Si esas monjas se fueran a una huelga, muchas de las instituciones de
- [Wall Street quiere que les estemos agradecidos](https://democracyuprising.com/2012/08/29/wall-street-quiere-que-les-estemos-agradecidos/) - El progreso internacional en la recuperación del descenso económico de los últimos años ha ido a paso de tortuga. Pero hay crecimiento al menos en un sector.
- [La strategia di Gandhi per il successo – usare più di una strategia](https://democracyuprising.com/2017/04/21/la-strategia-di-gandhi-per-il-successo-usare-piu-di-una-strategia/) - Creare una sana ecologia del cambiamento può spingere i movimenti sociali.
- [¿Adoptará el  nuevo papa la teología de la liberación?](https://democracyuprising.com/2013/03/13/adoptara-el-nuevo-papa-la-teologia-de-la-liberacion/) - La “opción preferencial por los pobres”, la idea antes radical de que Dios se alinea e identifica con los oprimidos y empobrecidos, ha sido convertida en corriente dominante como doctrina teológica católica.
- [Imigração tem efeito positivo sobre emprego e salários](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/10/05/imigracao-tem-efeito-positivo-sobre-emprego-e-salarios/) - Nos EUA, os imigrantes não estão a roubar empregos que poderiam ser ocupados por cidadãos naturais. Pelo contrário, estimulam a economia, e o resultado são salários mais elevados para os trabalhadores norte-americanos, defende o professor Giovanni Peri, entrevistado por Mark Engler, da Foreign Policy In Focus.
- [The Last Porto Alegre [Thai]](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/02/14/the-last-porto-alegre-3/) - Assessing the state of the World Social Forum after five years. (Translation into Thai by Pakavadi J., Friday College)
- [Pápež a globálny kapitalizmus](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/04/05/papez-a-globalny-kapitalizmus/) - Bežnou sú?as?ou nekrológov pápeža Jána Pavla II. sú zmienky o jeho neotrasite?ne konzervatívnom postoji v otázkach, ako sú interrupcie, kontrola pôrodnosti, práva gejov, ?i vysväcovanie žien. Hoci z takýchto postojov sa o amerických katolíkov pokúšajú mdloby, nejde ani z?aleka o celý obsah etických zásad Jána Pavla. Pápež zvláš? vo svojom u?ení o globálnej ekonomike presadzoval
- [¿Llegarán a El Salvador los vientos de cambio?](https://democracyuprising.com/2009/03/02/llegaran-a-el-salvador-los-vientos-de-cambio/) - La posibilidad de que un gobierno progresista llegue al poder en las elecciones presidenciales del 15 de marzo en El Salvador debiera provocar una nueva política norteamericana hacia Centroamérica.
- [El fin de "El fin de Estados Unidos"](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/12/15/el-fin-de-el-fin-de-estados-unidos/) - Una reflexión de Año Nuevo acerca del futuro de los Estados Unidos
- [La Jugadora Más Valiosa del primer año de Obama: Hilda Solís](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/02/25/la-jugadora-mas-valiosa-del-primer-ano-de-obama-hilda-solis/) - La nueva Secretaria de Trabajo está haciendo justamente lo que debe hacer: defender los derechos de los trabajadores.
- [Economía MLK](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/01/20/economia-mlk/) - Cómo pudo haber respondido el Dr. King a la actual crisis de recesión, desempleo y ejecución de hipotecas.
- [En la Tierra de Dios](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/08/19/en-la-tierra-de-dios/) - Una Crítica de Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (Bajo la Insignia del Paraiso : Una Historia de Fe Violenta) por Jon Krakauer.
- [Por qué Wendell Berry es Importante](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/08/08/por-que-wendell-berry-es-importante/) - La historia del escritor que se hizo granjero.
- [Indignaciones comunes](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/05/19/indignaciones-comunes/) - Una crítica de "Ficciones políticas" por Joan Didion
- [¿El fin del imperio norteamericano?](https://democracyuprising.com/2009/05/07/el-fin-del-imperio-norteamericano/) - Reconsideración del poder de EEUU en tiempos de crisis económica.
- [Los bromistas que arreglan el mundo](https://democracyuprising.com/2009/10/21/los-bromistas-que-arreglan-el-mundo/) - Con una nueva película, los Yes Men llevan adelante su activismo anti-corporativo.
- [El capitalismo como catástrofe](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/09/12/el-capitalismo-como-catastrofe/) - Una reflexión crítica sobre La doctrina del shock de Naomi Klein.
- [Emberarcú populizmus](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/05/05/emberarcu-populizmus/) - Mark Engler quoted in a Hungarian article on Latin American populism.
- [Det er legitimt nu at tale om at stryge gælden](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/07/05/det-er-legitimt-nu-at-tale-om-at-stryge-gaelden/) - Mark Engler quoted in a Danish article on debt.
- [Meraba Kebijakan Luar Negeri Pemerintahan Barack Obama](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/12/04/meraba-kebijakan-luar-negeri-pemerintahan-barack-obama/) - A commentary on How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy (in Indonesian).
- [Het probleem met CAFTA](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/01/16/het-probleem-met-cafta/) - CAFTA is een slechte overeenkomst, één die uitbreiding van de schadelijke effecten van het Noord-Amerikaanse Vrijhandelsverdrag (NAFTA) naar Mexico's zwakkere zuiderburen belooft.
- [Els que no compten](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/05/28/els-que-no-compten/) - Per què és impossible recordar les víctimes civils de la guerra d'Iraq?
- [Definendo ottimo un pessimo affare](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/12/11/definendo-ottimo-un-pessimo-affare-la-banca-mondiale-e-i-i-diritti-dei-lavoratori/) - La Banca Mondiale dovrebbe ricevere un'insufficienza per la sua classifica dei paesi che violano i diritti dei lavoratori.
- [Hypothèses d'avenir](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/05/22/hypotheses-davenir/) - Que va devenir l'Amérique après Bush, c'est-à-dire sans Bush?
- [Mark Twain i Irak?](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/10/31/mark-twain-i-irak/) - Den bermte forfatter forfgtede en stolt tradition for amerikansk anti-imperialisme.
- [Latinskoamerické jarné prázdniny prezidenta Busha](https://democracyuprising.com/2007/11/26/latinskoamericke-jarne-prazdniny-prezidenta-busha/) - The President's trip south of the border will do little to sway a region that is demanding fairer economic policies. (Slovak)
- [CAFTA: Vrijhandel versus Democratie](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/03/24/cafta-vrijhandel-versus-democratie/) - De CAFTA is zelf het perfecte voorbeeld van een “vrijhandels”-verdrag dat in werkelijkheid juist de democratische vrijheden ondermijnt.
- [Bagaimana Memerintah Dunia setelah Era Bush](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/05/19/bagaimana-memerintah-dunia-setelah-era-bush/) - The World After Bush (in Indonesian)
- [Verita' e Fantasia](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/01/15/verita-e-fantasia/) - Cambiare la storia per adattarla alla situazione attuale è una cosa che l'amministrazione Bush fa senza vergogna, come è successo con il rapporto della Commissione Verità in El Salvador.
- [Resuscitando il Cafta](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/04/27/resuscitando-il-cafta/) - La bestia strisciante sta diventando sempre più mostruosa e sollevando nuove controversie.
- [Après le succès de l'occupation de Harvard, le mouvement continue](https://democracyuprising.com/2001/05/22/apres-le-succes-de-loccupation-de-harvard-le-mouvement-continue/) - Il y a seulement un mois, la direction de Harvard estimait que le dossier du salaire minimum était définitivement clos. Elle avait en effet ordonné une étude dont les résultats publiés l'année dernière préconisaient, étrange coïncidence, de ne pas augmenter le salaire d' un grand nombre des membres du personnel d'entretien et de restauration de
- [Exporter Enron](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/06/25/exporter-enron/) - On sait quel mal Enron a fait à l'économie américaine. Alors pourquoi cette entreprise est-elle encore habilitée à recevoir l'argent des contribuables américains? Au lieu de s'embourber dans la faillite, Enron poursuit ses activités internationales. Et, croyez-le ou pas, cette entreprise discréditée, au cour d'un scandale sans précédent, continue à demander que ses opérations internationales
- [La Zone de Libre-échange de l'Amérique centrale (ALCAC) et la démocratie](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/02/23/la-zone-de-libre-echange-de-lamerique-centrale-alcac-et-la-democratie/) - Au début du mois denier, le délégué au Commerce des États-Unis, Robert Roellick, a eu une rencontre avec les ministres des affaires extérieures du Costa Rica, du El Salvador, du Guatémala, du Honduras et du Nicaragua pour amorcer des négociations officielles de la Zone de Libre-Échange de l'Amérique centrale (ALCAC), un traité qui élargirait à
- [Gli Affari Festeggiano La Morte Di Kirchner](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/11/01/gli-affari-festeggiano-la-morte-di-kirchner/) - Gli obiettivi raggiunti per i quali Kirchner sarà ricordato, almeno nella scena internazionale, sono di tipo progressista.
- [Dopo il successo dell'occupazione di Harvard, il movimento continua](https://democracyuprising.com/2001/05/22/dopo-il-successo-delloccupazione-di-harvard-il-movimento-continua/) - La disobbedienza civile degli studenti li ha forzati a riconsiderare il problema del salario minimo e la sorprendente solidarietà della società ha costretto l’amministrazione a modificare la sua posizione, altre volte inflessibile.
- [CAFTA — Il libero commercio contro la democrazia](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/01/29/cafta-il-libero-commercio-contro-la-democrazia/) - Il CAFTA fornisce l’esempio perfetto di un trattato di “libero commercio” che in realtà indebolisce le libertà democratiche.
- [Banca mondiale e Fmi. La fine del “compromesso costruttivo”](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/02/04/banca-mondiale-e-fmi-la-fine-del-compromesso-costruttivo/) - Le conclusioni finali del Sapri continua ad essere una delle testimonianze più complete e impressionanti di come l’aggiustamento strutturale incrementi la povertà e la disuguaglianza.
- [Costa Rica nei guai per il petrolio](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/05/28/costa-rica-nei-guai-per-il-petrolio/) - Meglio proteggere l'ambiente che trivellare in cerca di greggio, pensano i costaricani. Ma l'accordo di libero commercio con gli Usa rischia d'imporre un'altra politica.
- [Brewing Poverty and Violence in El Salvador (Japanese)](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/03/27/brewing-poverty-and-violence-in-el-salvador-japanese/) - Prepared by ATTAC-Japan.
- [Exporting Enron (Japanese)](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/06/19/exporting-enron-japanese/) - Prepared by ATTAC-Japan.
- [From the Quarantine Against Greed (Japanese)](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/10/02/from-the-quarantine-against-greed-japanese/) - Prepared by ATTAC-Japan.
- [Was Iraq Really a Threat? (Japanese)](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/04/28/was-iraq-really-a-threat-japanese/) - Prepared by Translators United for Peace, Japan.
- [Beyond the War on Terror (Japanese)](https://democracyuprising.com/2003/06/26/beyond-the-war-on-terror-japanese/) - Prepared by Translators United for Peace, Japan.
- [Remembering Romero](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/03/18/remembering-romero/) - With a White House that uses El Salvador as a model for Iraq, we still have much to learn from the assassination of Archbishop Romero twenty-five years ago.
- [Will the Next Pope Embrace Liberation Theology?](https://democracyuprising.com/2013/03/04/will-the-next-pope-embrace-liberation-theology/) - The “preferential option for the poor,” the once-radical idea that God identifies with the oppressed and impoverished, has been mainstreamed as Catholic theological doctrine.
- [Kissinger Is Not Our Friend](https://democracyuprising.com/2016/10/01/kissinger-is-not-our-friend/) - The former US Secretary of State endorsed human rights violations in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Argentina, yet Hillary Clinton calls him 'a friend.'
- [Should We Have a "Maximum Wage"](https://democracyuprising.com/2013/07/15/should-we-have-a-maximum-wage/) - Economists love to talk about incentives. In this case, such limits would motivate CEOs to augment the pay of their janitors, secretaries, and cashiers for a simple reason: Their own raises would depend on it.
- [The Winter of the Climate Denier](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/03/01/the-winter-of-the-climate-denier/) - The North American Climate-Change Denier is an invasive species that poses serious risk to other plant and animal life on the planet.
- [New York Says "No"](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/08/28/new-york-says-no/) - Why the city will—and should—demonstrate against the Republican Convention.
- [When Lost Is Found](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/07/22/when-lost-is-found/) - A review of Rebecca Solnit's Field Guide to Getting Lost.
- [Reverend Billy's Holiday Shopocalypse](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/12/02/reverend-billys-holiday-shopocalypse/) - The Church of Stop Shopping hits the road.
- [Fair Trade Sweatshops?](https://democracyuprising.com/2006/11/01/fair-trade-sweatshops/) - Supporting 'clean clothes' campaigns to end the exploitative labour practices that pervade the textile industry is not as simple as just picking the 'right' brand to buy.
- [There Is an Alternative to Corporate Rule](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/09/01/there-is-an-alternative-to-corporate-rule/) - All over the world, truly democratic approaches are bubbling up from the grassroots.
- [Pranksters Fixing the World](https://democracyuprising.com/2009/10/21/pranksters-fixing-the-world/) - With a new film, the Yes Men carry forth their gonzo brand of anti-corporate activism.
- [No Better Place](https://democracyuprising.com/2005/02/28/no-better-place/) - The fiction of Wendell Berry.
- [Ordinary Outrages](https://democracyuprising.com/2002/04/24/ordinary-outrages/) - A review of Political Fictions by Joan Didion.
- [Remembering Pete Seeger: Patriot, Dissident, Internationalist](https://democracyuprising.com/2019/03/08/remembering-pete-seeger-patriot-dissident-internationalist/) - If there is a vision of U.S. patriotism that is redeemable, it must surely draw on Seeger's insistence that it encompass both ardent dissent and robust internationalism.
- [The Ascent of Niall Ferguson](https://democracyuprising.com/2009/03/17/the-ascent-of-niall-ferguson/) - In his new "financial history of the world" a historian famous for celebrating empire turns to praise the wonders of capital.
- [MLK Economics](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/01/15/mlk-economics/) - How Dr. King might have responded to current crises of recession, unemployment, and foreclosure.
- [Four Ways of Looking at an Aztec Eagle](https://democracyuprising.com/2010/06/01/four-ways-of-looking-at-an-aztec-eagle/) - The contested legacy of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers.
- [Surviving the Ups and Downs of Social Movements](https://democracyuprising.com/2014/09/03/surviving-the-ups-and-downs-of-social-movements/) - Can theories of movement cycles equip activists to persevere over the long haul?
- [The World Is Not Flat](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/05/01/the-world-is-not-flat/) - How Thomas Friedman gets it wrong about globalization. An excerpt from How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy (Nation Books, 2008)
- [Capitalism as Catastrophe](https://democracyuprising.com/2008/03/31/capitalism-as-catastrophe/) - Does Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine hold water?
- [Is Rambo Still A Republican?](https://democracyuprising.com/2004/11/01/is-rambo-still-a-republican/) - Lessons from late-Cold War cinema for the post-9/11 era.
- [Science Fiction From Below](https://democracyuprising.com/2009/05/08/science-fiction-from-below/) - Alex Rivera, director of the new film Sleep Dealer, imagines the future of the Global South.
- [The "Battle in Seattle" at Ten](https://democracyuprising.com/2009/11/30/the-battle-in-seattle-at-ten/) - Did the 1999 protests against the World Trade Organization actually make a difference? Yes. Here's how.
- [War: The Wrong Jobs Program](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/11/17/war-the-wrong-jobs-program/) - The real question is not whether the government should spend on job creation. It is whether the government has been spending well.
- [Ai-jen Poo: Organizing a Movement for Care](https://democracyuprising.com/2011/11/30/ai-jen-poo-organizing-a-movement-for-care/) - Talk to Ai-jen Poo about her work and it won't be long before you hear language you don’t often hear in the midst of intense social movement campaigning.
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