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Engler: Will the Winds of Change Reach El Salvador?
Znet Article, March, 03 2009
Mark Engler
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The prospect of progressive leadership coming to power in El Salvador’s March 15 presidential elections should prompt new U.S. policy toward Central America.
Engler: Pentagon Tries to Lock Obama Into an Outrageously Bloated Budget
Znet Article, December, 25 2008
Mark Engler
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At the end of a long electoral season marked by bipartisan vows to bring "change," America's massive military budget remains a hulking and seemingly immutable fact of national life. Given the financial crisis and the promise of President Bush's de...
Engler: The Impact of the “Battle In Seattle”
Znet Article, October, 04 2008
Mark Engler
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The 1999 protests against the WTO were dramatic enough to inspire a new feature film, but did they actually make a difference?
Engler: When the Betting Goes Bad
Znet Article, October, 01 2008
Mark Engler
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Rarely in politics do we witness such a rapid transformation as Senator John McCain's recognition of America's current financial crisis. Until the middle of September 2008 -- throughout myriad home foreclosures, personal bankruptcies, and even the...
Engler: There Is an Alternative to Corporate Rule
Znet Article, September, 13 2008
Mark Engler
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One of the remarkable features of modern political life is how consistently global elites deny that viable alternatives to the current global order exist, even as the terrain of international politics rapidly shifts. The "imperial globalists" that...
Engler: The World Is Not Flat
Znet Article, August, 14 2008
Mark Engler
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Turn on the TV and flip to a C-SPAN or CNN discussion of the global economy and you are likely to spot the square head and mustachioed face of New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, who probably will be expressing enthusiasm for the business wo...
Engler: Globalizers, Neocons, or…?
Znet Article, May, 18 2008
Mark Engler
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One of the more curious aspects of the Bush years is that the self-proclaimed "uniter" polarized not only American society, but also its business and political elites...
Engler: "Free Trade" and the Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party
Znet Article, April, 29 2008
Mark Engler
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An essay drawn from Engler's new book, How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy.
Engler: Progressive Good Tidings of 2007
Znet Article, December, 23 2007
Mark Engler
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Understanding what is wrong in our society; speaking out against injustice; denouncing abuses by the powerful. All of these are crucial tasks. Many of us devote a large part of the year to them, and they are certainly necessary if we are to create...
Engler: Bush's Latin American Spring Break
Znet Article, March, 09 2007
Mark Engler
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Bush's Latin American Spring Break
Engler: Hopeful Signs For Global Justice
Znet Article, January, 02 2007
Mark Engler
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Hopeful Signs For Global Justice
Engler: The Return of Daniel Ortega
Znet Article, November, 10 2006
Mark Engler
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If you listen to right-wing pundits and Republican officials, the return to power of former revolutionary Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua is not evidence of democracy in action but rather an invitation to Communist tyranny, terrorism and even nuclear h...
Engler: WTO: Best Left For Dead?
Znet Article, August, 18 2006
Mark Engler
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With the failure of the Doha round of negotiations in late July, some optimistic defenders of corporate globalization will tell you that the World Trade Organization (WTO) is taking a "time out." Most observers, however, are calling the suspension...
Engler: Mexico's Democratic Transition Still Incomplete
Znet Article, July, 09 2006
Mark Engler
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MEXICO CITY - As the results of the July 2 presidential elections in Mexico head to the courts, it could be several days or even weeks before the final winner is determined. The current vote counts have given a razor thin advantage to Felipe Calde...
Engler: Peru's Populist Gamble
Znet Article, April, 28 2006
Mark Engler
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The White House has watched uneasily in recent years as voters in Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Bolivia have produced victories for progressives in Latin America. The result is a new generation of leaders critical of the Bush ad...
Engler: Debt Relief
Znet Article, April, 01 2006
Mark Engler
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Last July, debt relief was all the rage. Bono crooned at the Live 8 benefit concert in London--one of almost a dozen taking place worldwide--and the leaders of the G8 nations met in Scotland to negotiate a response to the issue. In the end, the el...
Engler: Latin America Unchained
Znet Article, March, 20 2006
Mark Engler
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For decades the International Monetary Fund (IMF) served as one of the key pillars of the "Washington Consensus." Dominated by the White House, the Fund allowed successive administrations to control the economic policy of poorer countries in th...
Engler: CAFTA Controversies
Znet Article, March, 07 2006
Mark Engler
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A year ago the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) was a corpse. The Bush Administration resurrected it with the darkest of political sorcery. And now the lumbering beast is growing ever more monstrous--and arousing new controversy. On ...
Engler: Bolivia and the Progressive Mandate in Latin America
Znet Article, March, 01 2006
Mark Engler
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On January 21, on a hill outside of La Paz, a traditional ceremony marked both a major shift in Bolivian politics and a milestone for the growing New Left in Latin America. At Tiwanaku, a site of pre-Incan ruins significant to the country's indige...
Engler: How Costly Is Too Costly?
Znet Article, February, 24 2006
Mark Engler
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In the center of the CostOfWar.com home page, an upward-racing ticker, presented in a large, red font, keeps a steady tally of the money spent for the U.S. war in Iraq. Every time I visit, ...
