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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.
Reconsidering Poor People’s Movements in the wake of mass uprising
In the wake of Occupy, some community organizers are interested in questioning the old divide between “movements” and “organizations”—and in harnessing the power of both
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