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For many of us, the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s decisive electoral victory has been a time of deep despair and mourning.…
Mark Engler
Mark Engler is a writer based in Philadelphia, an editorial board member at Dissent, and co-author of "This Is An Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-first Century" (Nation Books). He can be reached via the website www.DemocracyUprising.com.
[Editor’s note: This article is the second in a two-part series about how movements can understand and harness the polarizing effects of…
This spring, student encampments protesting Israel’s war on Gaza spread across colleges throughout the United States, resulting in campus lockdowns, occupied administrative…
What difference did #MeToo actually make? In 2017 and 2018, the viral hashtag became a global sensation that motivated millions to speak…
He has been called one of the most original political thinkers of the 20th century. Historians point out that “If academic citations and internet references are…
“They want us isolated, but they will find us in common.” In May 2015, this slogan was the rallying cry of a…
By understanding how mainstream political culture co-opts elected officials, grassroots groups can help them resist. It is a pattern we see again…
“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…