By understanding how mainstream political culture co-opts elected officials, grassroots groups can help them resist. It is a pattern we see again…
Mark Engler
Mark Engler is a writer based in New York City and senior analyst with Foreign Policy In Focus. He is author of How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy (Nation Books, 2008). Mark can be reached via the web site www.DemocracyUprising.com, which contains an archive of his work.
An activist originally from Des Moines, Iowa, Mark also serves as a commentator for the Institute for Public Accuracy and for the Mainstream Media Project.
“It’s a goddamn trifecta,” declared Michigan State Sen. Dayna Polehanki last November, after Democrats gained control of the governor’s mansion along with both houses of…
Organizations committed to changing the world for the better must deal with a fundamental tension: On the one hand, they need to…
In 2002, in the midst of a wave of global resistance to corporate globalization that would produce major protests at trade meetings…
In the late spring and summer of 2020, protests for racial justice erupted in response to the police murder of George Floyd.…
Understanding the warring factions within the Democratic and Republican Party coalitions is critical for progressives who want to build power
As the left increasingly focuses on electoral politics, a new framework is emerging for how candidates who win should partner with social movements
Forty years of struggle by Brazil’s landless workers movement offers lessons on engaging the system without being co-opted
As the “co-governance” model gains traction, here’s a look into the promises and pitfalls—and how organizers are reimagining electoral politics
Political scientists Frances Fox Piven and Daniel Schlozman offer key perspectives on whether movements should put pressure on political parties from the outside, or focus on gaining insider power themselves
