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  Republicans Among Us
  
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  Jeff Bezos Has Enough! It’s Time for a…
  
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  When Undocumented Activists Infiltrated ICE
  
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  Treated Like a Criminal
  
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  When Sanctuary is Resistance
  
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  The Massive Immigrants Rights Protests of 2006 Are…
  
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  This new model for upholding labor law may…
  
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  Democrats Won Power in Several States. Will They…
  
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  The Case for a Social Distancing Wage
  
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  The Seattle Protests Showed That Another World Is…
  
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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
  
  Labor
  
  The Amazon Effect: Sweat, Surveillance, Exploitation
  
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  How movements can maintain their radical vision while winning…
  
  Latin America
  
  The Pan American
  
  Latin America
  
  Lessons from the Pledge of Resistance
  
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  The Children of Intervention
  
  Latin America
  
  Against Shithole Nationalism
  
  Latin America
  
  The Last Porto Alegre
  
  Latin America
  
  Kissinger Is Not Our Friend
  
  Latin America
  
  Even If You Have Nothing to Hide
  
  Social Movements
  
  A new wave of movements against Trumpism is…
  
  Social Movements
  
  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…
  
  Social Movements
  
  Strategy is a Craft
  
  Social Movements
  
  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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  John Paul II’s Economic Ethics
  
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  Against the God of Free Trade
  
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  A new wave of movements against Trumpism is…
  
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  Can movements keep politicians from inevitably selling out?
  
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  Democrats Won Power in Several States. Will They…
  
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  What’s the problem with taking state power?
  
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  Does It Make Sense to Protest a President…
  
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  Lessons from the Pledge of Resistance
  
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  Is Rambo Still A Republican?
  
  War / Militarism
  
  War: The Wrong Jobs Program
  
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  The Ascent of Niall Ferguson
  
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  Those Who Don’t Count
  
  War / Militarism
  
  Six Essays About War and About Peace
  
  War / Militarism
  
  The Dangerous Dignity of War
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  Hacer Que Nuestras Demandas Sean Tanto Orácticas Como…
  
  Italiano
  
  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
  
  Chinese
  
  泛美洲人爱德华多·加莱亚诺的世界 (Chinese)
  
  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]
  
  Thai
  
  Globalizers, Neocons, or… ? (in Thai)
  
  Chinese
  
  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)
  
  Deutsch
  
  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…
  
  Español
  
  Las reformas no reformistas de André Gorz
  
  Español
  
  ¿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…
  
  Español
  
  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
  
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  Bush Nuit Même Aux Compagnies U.S.
  
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  Le dynamisme du mouvement pour la paix
  
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  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 –…
  
  Italiano
  
  Le promesse infrante di Obama
  
  Italiano
  
  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)
  
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  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)
  
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  Is Market Access the Answer to Poverty? (in…
  
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  Mexico’s Democratic Transition Still Incomplete (in Arabic)
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Defense Cuts? Don’t Believe Them Until You See Them

by Mark Engler July 25, 2011

by Mark Engler July 25, 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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