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  • What Makes Nonviolent Movements Explode?

    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler December 10, 2014
    by Mark Engler and Paul Engler December 10, 2014

    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 …

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  • Will Occupy Live to See Another Birthday?

    by Mark Engler September 1, 2012
    by Mark Engler September 1, 2012

    On the anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, #S17, our U.S. columnist says the 99 per cent could sorely use another round of rebellion.

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  • Quebec’s Student Revolt Goes Viral

    by Mark Engler May 29, 2012
    by Mark Engler May 29, 2012

    It took some 100 days of massive, concerted protest before the student strike in Québec finally started getting traction in the U.S. media.

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  • The Bank vs. America Showdown

    by Mark Engler May 10, 2012
    by Mark Engler May 10, 2012

    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.

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Mark Engler is a writer based in Philadelphia, an editorial board member at Dissent, and co-director of the Whirlwind Institute, a social change strategy center. His latest book, written with Paul Engler, is This Is An Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-first Century (Nation Books). Mark’s full bio is available here.

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  • The New Republic
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  • The Los Angeles Times
  • Waging Nonviolence
  • Boston Review
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  • Christian Science Monitor
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  • Chicago Reader
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  • Baltimore Sun
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Democracy Uprising
  • About
    • About Mark Engler
    • About Democracy Uprising
  • Books
    • This Is An Uprising
    • How To Rule the World
  • Topics
  • Translations
  • Appearances
  • Archive
    • 2023-2025
    • 2021-2022
    • 2019-2020
    • 2017-2018
    • 2015-2016
    • 2013-2014
    • 2011-2012
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    • 2003-2004
    • 1999-2002