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  Democrats Won Power in Several States. Will They…
  
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  Reviving the General Strike
  
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  Jeff Bezos Has Enough! It’s Time for a…
  
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  There’s Still Power in a Strike
  
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  The Amazon Effect: Sweat, Surveillance, Exploitation
  
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  Against Shithole Nationalism
  
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  The Last Porto Alegre
  
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  Kissinger Is Not Our Friend
  
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  Even If You Have Nothing to Hide
  
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  A new wave of movements against Trumpism is…
  
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  How to make sure your disruptive protest helps…
  
  Social Movements
  
  Why protests work, even when not everybody likes…
  
  Social Movements
  
  Harold Washington’s lessons for taking on a political…
  
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  Strategy is a Craft
  
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  Think #MeToo didn’t make a real difference? Think…
  
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  This new model for upholding labor law may…
  
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  How ideology can help—or hurt—movements trying to build…
  
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  In God’s Country
  
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  Reverend Billy’s Holiday Shopocalypse
  
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  Toward the “Rights of the Poor”
  
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  The Pope and the Poor
  
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  Will the Next Pope Embrace Liberation Theology?
  
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  Remembering Romero
  
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  Is Rambo Still A Republican?
  
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  War: The Wrong Jobs Program
  
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  The Ascent of Niall Ferguson
  
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  Six Essays About War and About Peace
  
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  The Dangerous Dignity of War
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  Hacer Que Nuestras Demandas Sean Tanto Orácticas Como…
  
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  C’è più di un modo per colpire il…
  
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  As reformas não reformistas de André Gorz mostram…
  
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  Las reformas no reformistas de André Gorz
  
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  Die nicht-reformistischen Reformen von André Gorz
  
  Italiano
  
  Richieste dei movimenti: sia pratiche che visionarie
  
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  泛美洲人爱德华多·加莱亚诺的世界 (Chinese)
  
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  泛美洲人爱德华多·加莱亚诺的世界 (Chinese)
  
  Chinese
  
  Why Wendell Matters (in Chinese)
  
  Chinese
  
  Globalization’s Watchdogs (in Chinese)
  
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  Die nicht-reformistischen Reformen von André Gorz
  
  Deutsch
  
  Als Martin Luther King seine Feuerwaffen aufgab
  
  Deutsch
  
  Mikrokredite: Die Entlassung eines Nobelpreisträgers
  
  Deutsch
  
  CAFTA – am besten stillschweigend beerdigen
  
  Deutsch
  
  Bush in Mexiko
  
  Deutsch
  
  Das globale Duell in Evian
  
  Deutsch
  
  Die Rückkehr des Daniel Ortega
  
  Español
  
  Hacer Que Nuestras Demandas Sean Tanto Orácticas Como…
  
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  Las reformas no reformistas de André Gorz
  
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  ¿Adoptará el nuevo papa la teología de la…
  
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  Wall Street quiere que les estemos agradecidos
  
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  Si Las Monjas Se Fueran a una Huelga,…
  
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  ALEC retrocede; a la derecha le da un…
  
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  ¿ALEC disgustado ante la pérdida de patrocinadores? Se…
  
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  La vida en la nación prisión
  
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  La révolution non-violente a-t-elle échoué en Egypte?
  
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  Le pari risqué du populisme au Pérou
  
  Français
  
  Hong Kong Phooey
  
  Français
  
  Bush Nuit Même Aux Compagnies U.S.
  
  Français
  
  Le dynamisme du mouvement pour la paix
  
  Français
  
  La déroute de l’ALCA dans une Miami en…
  
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  Ceux qui ne comptent pas
  
  Français
  
  La guerre en Irak : une expo des…
  
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  C’è più di un modo per colpire il…
  
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  Richieste dei movimenti: sia pratiche che visionarie
  
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  La strategia di Gandhi per il successo –…
  
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  Le promesse infrante di Obama
  
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  Guantanamo deve sparire
  
  Italiano
  
  IL BANK TRANSFER DAY: UN SUCCESSO
  
  Italiano
  
  Come il movimento Occupiamo Wall Street si sta…
  
  Italiano
  
  Economia tabù
  
  Japanese
  
  ガンジーはどのように勝利したのか？ (Japanese)
  
  Japanese
  
  Truth Versus Superpower (Japanese)
  
  Japanese
  
  Bush’s Bad Business Empire (Japanese)
  
  Japanese
  
  Revenge of the Combat Cartoonist (Japanese)
  
  Japanese
  
  Bush’s Uneasy Mexican Visita (Japanese)
  
  Japanese
  
  Mark Twain in Iraq (Japanese)
  
  Japanese
  
  Globalization’s “Lost Decade” (Japanese)
  
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  Hawks Say the Damnedest Things (Japanese)
  
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  As reformas não reformistas de André Gorz mostram…
  
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  A vida na Nação Prisão
  
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  Outro pretexto?
  
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  Imigração tem efeito positivo sobre emprego e salários
  
  Português
  
  O império hipotecado
  
  Arabic
  
  Abandoning the World Bank (in Arabic)
  
  Arabic
  
  The Return of Daniel Ortega (in Arabic)
  
  Arabic
  
  Where’s The Jubilee? (in Arabic)
  
  Arabic
  
  The Last Porto Alegre (in Arabic)
  
  Arabic
  
  Seattle At Five (in Arabic)
  
  Arabic
  
  Is Market Access the Answer to Poverty? (in…
  
  Arabic
  
  Mexico’s Democratic Transition Still Incomplete (in Arabic)
  
  Thai
  
  Progressive Good Tidings of 2007 (in Thai)
  
  Thai
  
  2006: A Global Justice Year in Review (In…
  
  Thai
  
  WTO: Best Left For Dead? (In Thai)
  
  Thai
  
  Is Market Access the Answer to Poverty? (In…
  
  Thai
  
  Bush’s Bad Business Empire (In Thai)
  
  Thai
  
  The Last Porto Alegre [Thai]
  
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  Globalizers, Neocons, or… ? (in Thai)
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I Just Paid More Taxes Than Most of Corporate America

by Mark Engler April 11, 2011

by Mark Engler April 11, 2011

A dispatch for the “Arguing the World” blog at Dissent magazine.

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Mark Engler is a writer based in Philadelphia and an editorial board member at Dissent magazine. His latest book, written with Paul Engler, is entitled This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century (Nation Books). Mark’s full bio is available here.

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