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I n late May, an internal Department of Justice review confirmed what critics had long charged were frightening violations of civil liberties…
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.
As far from Bill Clinton as the extremist George W. Bush appears today, certain things hold the same for both presidents, particularly…
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Since the invasion of Iraq has ended, a tone of vindication and bravado has seeped into the national mood. Television newscasters and…
Since Baghdad fell, Defense Department hawks have devoted themselves to gloating about the never-questioned supremacy of the United States’ armed forces. However,…
Starting from within view of the United Nations’ headquarters, a wall of faces stretched some twenty blocks up Manhattan’s First Avenue on…
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In the past year, a new wave of repression has swept through Guatemala. One of the many anonymous letters received by the…
I. Even without our protests telling them so, it must be obvious to the finance ministers who attend the annual meetings of…