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Mark Engler is a writer based in New York City and senior analyst with Foreign Policy In Focus. He is author of How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy (Nation Books, 2008).

Mark also serves as a commentator for the Institute for Public Accuracy and for the Mainstream Media Project.

An activist originally from Des Moines, Iowa, Mark has previously worked with the Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress in San José, Costa Rica, and is a member of the National Writers Union (UAW, Local 1881).

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Articles by Mark Engler appear in:

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    2003 ARTICLES | JANUARY-JUNE

    Articles are listed in reverse chronological order.


    Beyond the War on Terror Beyond the War on Terror
    By Mark Engler
    Published on June 26, 2003

    What alternatives exist for the pursuit of national security?

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    Additional Links: Global Beat Syndicate, CommonDreams
    Español, Japanese



    Spooks Should Resign in Protest Spooks Should Resign in Protest
    By Mark Engler
    Published on June 2, 2003

    Agents in the intelligence community should quit to protest the political manipulation that has damaged their credibility and effectiveness.

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    Additional Links: Foreign Policy in Focus, Minuteman Media, Osawatomie Graphic (Kansas), Warrick News (Indiana)



    Global Showdown in Evian Global Showdown in Evian
    By Mark Engler
    Published on May 29, 2003

    The real voices of international concern at the G8 summit will be coming from the streets.

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    Additional Links: Foreign Policy in Focus, ATTAC, Asia Times, Kenya Daily Nation
    Español, Japanese, Deutsch



    In The Kingdom Of Forgetting In The Kingdom Of Forgetting
    By Mark Engler
    Published on May 28, 2003

    Memory can be an inconvenient thing, especially in Republican Washington.

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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com
    Español



    Those Who Don't Count Those Who Don't Count
    By Mark Engler
    Published on May 9, 2003

    Why it matters to remember the Iraq War's civilian victims.

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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com, ATTAC, A Globe of Witnesses
    Español, Japanese, Français, Català



    Was Iraq Really a Threat? Was Iraq Really a Threat?
    By Mark Engler
    Published on April 27, 2003

    While Fox News may be convinced about illegal weapons, global demands for independent verification deserve America's attention.

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    Additional Links: ZNet, ATTAC
    Español, Japanese, Català



    Immigrant Rights Lost in Bureaucratic Shuffle Immigrant Rights Lost in Bureaucratic Shuffle
    By Mark Engler and Saurav Sarkar
    Published on April 25, 2003

    Public pressure must force the new Department of Homeland Security to end abuses begun under the INS.

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    Additional Links: Newsday
    Español



    Earth Day in the Shadow of War Earth Day in the Shadow of War
    by Mark Engler
    Published on April 22, 2003

    Militarism And Environmental Destruction Go Hand In Hand

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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com
    Español



    Fiscal Fantasy Fiscal Fantasy
    by Mark Engler
    Published on April 16, 2003

    When it comes to the costs of war and tax cuts, Bush is living in a dream world.

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    Additional Links: The American Prospect On-Line
    Español



    No Pain, All Gain No Pain, All Gain
    by Mark Engler
    Published on April 1, 2003

    Public agencies finance privatization.

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    Additional Links: New Internationalist



    Greenwashing The Truth Greenwashing The Truth
    by Mark Engler
    Published on April 1, 2003

    Bush's Environmental Strategy: Suppress, Ignore, Preempt

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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com, Alternet



    Iraq War: A New Arms Expo Iraq War: A New Arms Expo
    by Mark Engler
    Published on March 26, 2003

    What will be the next Patriot Missile hoax?

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    Additional Links: Global Beat Syndicate, Counterpunch
    Español, Français



    America After the Next Attack America After the Next Attack
    by Mark Engler
    Published on March 5, 2003

    Future terrorism should not vindicate Bush's foreign policy

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    Additional Links: Global Beat Syndicate, Progreso Weekly
    Español




    Special Registration

    War on Immigrants
    Ashcroft's War on Immigrants
    by Mark Engler and Saurav Sarkar
    Portions of this article appeared in The Progressive (March 2003) and in Z Magazine (April 2003).

    Special Registration represents the most recent of the Federal Government's escalating attacks on immigrant communities.
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    Additional Links: The Progressive, Z Magazine



    Treated Like Criminal Treated Like a Criminal
    by Behrooz Arshadi (as told to Mark Engler)
    Published in The Progressive, March 2003

    How the INS Stole Three Days of My Life

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    Additional Links: The Progressive


    El Salvador on Strike

    El Salvador Strike Pay or Die
    by Mark Engler
    Published in the New Internationalist, January/February 2003

    Salvadoran health care workers battle privatization

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    Additional Links: New Internationalist



    Changing Seasons Changing Seasons in El Salvador's Battle Against Privatization
    by Mark Engler
    Published in Labor Notes, March 2003

    Protests resume after the government rolls back popular gains

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    Additional Links: Labor Notes



    NY Against War New York Against the War
    by Mark Engler
    Published February 19, 2003

    With Congress seemingly locked into war, democracy demands dissent. The protest in New York delivered.

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    Additional Links: ZNet, The Progressive Populist



    CAFTA CAFTA: Free Trade vs. Democracy
    by Mark Engler
    Published January 31, 2003

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    Additional Links: Foreign Policy in Focus, Counterpunch
    Español, Français, Italiano, Nederlands



    From Anti_Globalization to Possibilities From "Anti-Globalization" to a World of Possibilities
    by Mark Engler
    Published January 27, 2003

    Three years after the 1999 Seattle protests, a maturing social movement defies its negative label.

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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com



    World Bank One Way Dialogue The World Bank's One-Way Dialogue
    by Mark Engler
    Published in Dollars & Sense, January/February 2003

    When one of the World Bank's most substantial engagements to date with civil society began to produce findings critical of its structural adjustment policies, the institution ran away. Will activists, who have shamed the Bank back to the table, be able to force a more serious response?

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    Additional Links: Dollars & Sense

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