Articles and Essays by Mark Engler

Archive for 2012

NI-April2012

Working in the iPad Empire

The death of Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs, a fresh wave of investigative reports, and protests by Chinese workers themselves have reopened discussion of a reality we regularly prefer to ignore.

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The Bank vs. America Showdown

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ALEC Retreats, the Right Wing Freaks

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Occupy, the 99% Spring, and the New Age of Direct Action

Collaboration or cooptation? Expansion or dilution? Mark Engler on what to make of the 99% Spring.

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Tax Day Doesn’t Belong to the Tea Party Anymore

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ALEC Annoyed at Losing Sponsors? It Breaks My Heart

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A World Bank President Who’s Not a Crony or a War Criminal?

Mark Engler talks to Mark Weisbrot about the nomination of former Partners in Health executive director Jim Yong Kim.

NI-March2012

Le promesse infrante di Obama

Non credete a tutta questa mancanza di entusiasmo?
Allora spendete un po’ di tempo con qualche repubblicano e poi parlate con uno dei molti delusi sulla questione Guantanamo.

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Guantanamo deve sparire

Protestando contro dieci anni di detenzione indefinita

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The Apple Retraction