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Paul Engler
Paul Engler is the director of the Center for the Working Poor in Los Angeles, and a co-founder of the Momentum Training, and co-author, with Mark Engler, of "This Is An Uprising."
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 āco-governanceā model gains traction, hereās a look into the promises and pitfallsāand 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
How movements settle the debate on whether to engage with political parties from the inside or outside will have a profound impact on their effectiveness
How social movements are employing the concept of the ānon-reformist reformā to promote far-reaching change