Mark Engler

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Mark Engler is a writer based in Philadelphia and an editorial board member at Dissent. His latest book, written with Paul Engler, is entitled This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century.

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Three Times When ‘Impractical’ Movements Led to Real Change Three Times When ‘Impractical’ Movements Led to Real Change

Against all odds, the world broke open. Could it happen again in 2016?

Mar 7, 2016 / Mark Engler and Paul Engler

History Didn’t Bring Down the Berlin Wall—Activists Did

History Didn’t Bring Down the Berlin Wall—Activists Did History Didn’t Bring Down the Berlin Wall—Activists Did

Mass uprisings like the one that brought down the Soviet bloc are neither as rare—nor as spontaneous—as they first appear.

Nov 11, 2014 / Mark Engler, Paul Engler, and Foreign Policy In Focus

A Fair Tax on Millionaires A Fair Tax on Millionaires

Why should those worth hundreds of millions pay tax at the same rate as those who are middle class?

May 11, 2011 / Feature / Mark Engler

The Gulf at the Gas Station The Gulf at the Gas Station

Can we calculate the true cost of our dependence on oil?

Aug 12, 2010 / Mark Engler

Dr. Martin Luther King’s Economics: Through Jobs, Freedom Dr. Martin Luther King’s Economics: Through Jobs, Freedom

How would Dr. King have responded to the current crises of recession, unemployment, and foreclosure?

Jan 15, 2010 / Feature / Mark Engler

Spreading the Wealth: Knowledge as Social Inheritance Spreading the Wealth: Knowledge as Social Inheritance

Amid the ruins of a new gilded age, the devalued and depressed American people are ready to demand more.

Nov 25, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Mark Engler

The Return of Daniel Ortega The Return of Daniel Ortega

Despite Daniel 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 genuinel...

Nov 7, 2006 / Feature / Mark Engler

Peru’s Populist Gamble Peru’s Populist Gamble

Can Peruvian presidential hopeful Ollanta Humala shed his authoritarian image and chart a new course for his country?

Apr 18, 2006 / Feature / Mark Engler

CAFTA’s Corpse Revived CAFTA’s Corpse Revived

CAFTA, once presumed dead, is alive and functioning, thanks to White House political sorcery. But a backlash is looming in the United States and abroad.

Mar 1, 2006 / Feature / Mark Engler

The Trouble With CAFTA The Trouble With CAFTA

CAFTA promises to extend the harmful impacts of NAFTA to Mexico's weaker southern neighbors.

Jan 16, 2004 / Feature / Mark Engler

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