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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 book from authors Mark and Paul Engler on how nonviolent revolt is shaping the twenty-first century. New expanded edition now available at booksellers everywhere!

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    "For all 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

    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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    Reviving the General Strike

    September 1, 2019

    Organizers in labor, immigrant rights, and climate movements seeking to spark far-reaching work stoppages in the United States can invoke a powerful fact: It has happened before.

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    Lessons from the Pledge of Resistance

    July 15, 2019

    Thirty-five years ago, Central American solidarity activists developed a model for building resistance before disaster strikes. Their efforts may have stopped a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua.

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    No More Miss America: A Collective Memory of Liberatory Action

    September 7, 2018

    Fifty years ago, a protest against the Miss America pageant kicked off a new phase of the women’s liberation movement. We present a narrative history of that landmark protest, as told by the participants themselves.

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    How ‘No More Miss America’ Announced a Feminist Upheaval

    September 7, 2018

    A bold and irreverent protest 50 years ago put a renewed women’s liberation movement on the public map—and offers important lessons for today’s resistance.

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The Authors

Mark Engler is a writer based in Philadelphia, an editorial board member at Dissent, and co-director of the Whirlwind Institute, a social change strategy center. His latest book, written with Paul Engler, is "This Is An Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-first Century."

Paul Engler is founding director of the Center for the Working Poor, co-founder of the Momentum training, and co-director of the Whirlwind Institute, a social change strategy center. He is author, with Mark Engler, of "This Is An Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-first Century."

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

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