This Is an Uprising | Mark Engler & Paul Engler
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      Political polarization is pushing evangelicals to a historic breaking point

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      What If America Had Six Political Parties?

      June 14, 2022

      Movements are vying for political power — is ‘co-governance’ the answer?

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This Is an Uprising | Mark Engler & Paul Engler

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    “Absorbing… Ambitious… Indispensable. A genuine gift to social movements everywhere.” —Naomi Klein

    An explosive new book from authors Mark and Paul Engler on how nonviolent revolt is shaping the twenty-first century. Now available at booksellers everywhere!

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    "For those who dare to dream

    that truly transformational, even revolutionary
    change might be possible... in our lifetimes (but
    who wonder what strategies or tactics could
    possibly achieve a monumental shift in
    consciousness), this book is for you."

    —Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow

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    "This is a landmark book.

    [It] puts a name on . . . a powerful method for
    making real change fast. And real change fast is
    in fact what our world requires."

    —Bill McKibben, author and co-founder of 350.org

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    "Certain to become a seminal text...

    [The authors] brilliantly illuminate the debates
    between advocates of mass mobilization, organization
    building, nonviolence, and disruption."

    —Frances Fox Piven, author of Poor People’s Movements

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  • Articles

    André Gorz and the Path Between Reform and Revolution

    October 7, 2021

    On the history of the “non-reformist reform.”

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    Like Biden’s Bold Moves on Government Spending? Thank Social Movements.

    May 26, 2021

    In spite of the rising popularity of concepts such as the “Overton Window,” the importance of grassroots organizing is still being underestimated.

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    Frances Fox Piven on Polarization as a Tool for Social Change

    May 5, 2021

    The great theorist of disruptive power explains the concept of “dissensus” and how social movements prod elected officials into action by taking controversial stands.

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    Can Social Movements Realign America’s Political Parties to Win Big Change?

    March 25, 2021

    In claiming the goal of “realignment,” groups such as Sunrise and Justice Democrats are reviving an old idea, with hopes of provoking new political transformations.

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    It’s a Myth That Presidents Welcome Movement Pressure — and Biden Is No Different

    February 21, 2021

    Politicians fear the disruptive power of a mobilized base, even when it helps them succeed.

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    Mass Protests May Fade, But Movements Persist

    July 5, 2020

    Smart organizing during whirlwind moments seeds the ground for new waves of action in the future.

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    When Undocumented Activists Infiltrated ICE

    May 1, 2020

    A conversation with directors Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera about their new film, The Infiltrators.

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    Coronavirus is a historic trigger event — and it needs a movement to respond

    March 16, 2020

    Even in times of social distancing, building a collective, social response to the pandemic is our only salvation.

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    It’s Time We Celebrate Ella Baker Day

    January 17, 2020

    Honoring Baker alongside Martin Luther King would highlight the long and patient work of building a social movement.

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    Does It Make Sense to Protest a President Who Is Not Persuadable?

    October 15, 2019

    Richard Nixon told everyone he was indifferent to protests—in fact, he was obsessed with them.

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The Authors

Mark Engler, a writer based in Philadelphia, is an editorial board member at Dissent, a contributing editor at Yes! Magazine, and author of How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy (Nation Books).

Paul Engler is founding director of the Center for the Working Poor, based in Los Angeles. He worked for more than a decade as an organizer in the immigrant rights, global justice, and labor movements.

The authors can be reached by e-mail at engler@democracyuprising.com.

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