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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

    There’s More Than One Way to Strike the Boss

    June 19, 2018

    From fare strikes to sick outs, movements are deploying a variety of creative tactics to disrupt business as usual.

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    Bill McKibben: Nonviolent Direct Action in the 21st Century

    November 8, 2017

    A new foreword to the paperback edition of Mark and Paul Engler’s This Is an Uprising.

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    Just Released: The Resistance Guide!

    September 26, 2017

    “Trump’s election was a massive wake up call – for many reasons. For us, the explosion of participation and emergent formation of the resistance was a wake up call that more people wanted and needed this information than we realized.”

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    How ACT UP Fought Back

    September 1, 2017

    Lessons from the fight against HIV/AIDS.

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    Help Wanted—Female

    August 30, 2017

    How feminists defeated sexist job ads at the New York Times.

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    Gandhi’s Strategy for Success — Use More than One Strategy

    March 17, 2017

    How creating a “healthy ecology of change” can help propel social movements.

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    When Women Revolted

    January 18, 2017

    A wave of disruptive protest fifty years ago helped put women’s liberation on the map–and showcased a radical feminist vision of that remains relevant in the age of Trump. By…

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    Why Targeting Corporate Democrats is Part of the Fight Against Trump

    November 21, 2016

    Lessons from the George W. Bush years.

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    Claiming our Victories

    April 4, 2016

    Despite the cynics, social movement uprisings are producing some remarkable wins.

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    Why Iowa Needs an Uprising

    March 25, 2016

    Whether it’s progress on civil rights, ending child labor, or securing women the vote, history tells us that major advances in American life have come from citizens’ movements organizing from below rather than from timid politicians cutting deals on high.

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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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