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Znet Article Engler: The Unpalatable Reality of Working for Apple

Znet Article, April, 23 2012 Mark Engler
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A fresh wave of reports unveiling exploitation in the iPad empire are forcing Apple to clean up its act

Znet Article Engler: A World Bank President Who's Not a Crony or a War Criminal?

Znet Article, March, 30 2012 Mark Engler
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For the first time, there’s been a concerted—and effective—effort to intervene in the nominating process and prevent a crony coronation

Znet Article Engler: Obama’s Broken Resolutions

Znet Article, March, 05 2012 Mark Engler
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Unfulfilled promises may come back to haunt Obama this election year

Znet Article Engler: Guantanamo Has Got to Go

Znet Article, January, 14 2012 Mark Engler
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“The sad fact is that demanding very basic principles of American justice is actually a radical demand, given the systematic violation of these principles by our government”

Znet Article Engler: Iowa: The People's Caucus

Znet Article, January, 03 2012 Mark Engler
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A People’s Caucus

Znet Article Engler: War: The Wrong Jobs Program

Znet Article, November, 18 2011 Mark Engler
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Our country's existing jobs program goes by many names: The Permanent War Economy, Military Keynesianism, The Iron Triangle, Perpetual War

Znet Article Engler: The Future of the #Occupy Movement: Solidarity and Escalation

Znet Article, October, 24 2011 Mark Engler
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The two issues most pressing for the Occupy movement: solidarity and escalation

Znet Article Engler: How #OccupyWallStreet Is Evolving and Gaining Power

Znet Article, October, 07 2011 Mark Engler
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#OccupyWallStreet is maturing and becoming stronger in impressive ways

Znet Article Engler: The Verizon Strike as the Next Wisconsin

Znet Article, August, 13 2011 Mark Engler
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Verizon Communications Inc. is seeking some of the biggest concessions in years from its unions

Znet Article Engler: The Gulf at the Gas Station

Znet Article, August, 14 2010 Mark Engler
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Can We Calculate the True Cost of Our Dependence on Oil?

Znet Article Engler: Pranksters Fixing the World

Znet Article, October, 21 2009 Mark Engler
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Over the past ten years, the Yes Men have emerged as an infamously daring and creative duo of anti-corporate pranksters. In their new movie, The Yes Men Fix the World, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno (known in their non-activist lives as Jacques S...

Znet Article Engler: Casino Capitalism as Usual

Znet Article, September, 30 2009 Mark Engler
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G20 leaves needed reforms for global economy off the table

Znet Article Engler: Climate Disobedience

Znet Article, August, 11 2009 Mark Engler
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Is a New "Seattle" in the Making?

Znet Article Engler: Science Fiction From Below

Znet Article, May, 16 2009 Mark Engler
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Tapping into a long tradition of politicized science fiction, the young, New-York-based filmmaker Alex Rivera has brought to theaters a movie that reflects in news ways on the disquieting realities of the global economy. Sleep Dealer, his first fe...

Znet Article Engler: American Empire Foreclosed?

Znet Article, April, 20 2009 Mark Engler
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Not long ago, excitement over American imperialism reached levels not seen in a century. “People are coming out of the closet on the word ‘empire,’” the right-wing columnist Charles Krauthammer told The New York Times in early 2002. Neocon...

Znet Article 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.

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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?

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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.

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article Engler: Bush's Latin American Spring Break

Znet Article, March, 09 2007 Mark Engler
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Bush's Latin American Spring Break

Znet Article Engler: Hopeful Signs For Global Justice

Znet Article, January, 02 2007 Mark Engler
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Hopeful Signs For Global Justice

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

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