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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 | JULY-DECEMBER

    Articles are listed in reverse chronological order.


    Schlosser's Agenda Schlosser's Agenda
    By Mark Engler
    Published on December 11, 2003

    A review of Reefer Madness by Eric Schlosser.

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    Additional Links: LiP Magazine
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    Farming the Everglades Farming the Everglades
    By Mark Engler
    Published in the December 2003 issue of the New Internationalist

    Florida sugar growers milk taxpayers, farm workers, and endangered wetlands.

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    The FTAA in Miami


    Miami's Trade Troubles Miami's Trade Troubles
    By Mark Engler
    Published on November 24, 2003

    Contrary to the Bush Administration's spin, the Free Trade Area of the Americas met defeat in militarized Miami.

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    Additional Links: Counterpunch, Foreign Policy in Focus
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    Against the God of Free Trade Against the God of Free Trade
    By Mark Engler
    Published on November 17, 2003

    The Free Trade Area of the Americas meets the Other Catholicism.

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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com
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    Victory in Miami? Victory in Miami? Focusing Global Justice Efforts Beyond the FTAA
    By Mark Engler
    Published on November 11, 2003

    A discussion paper on responding to the Bush administration's economic nationalism.

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    Additional Links: Foreign Policy in Focus
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    Mark Twain in Iraq? Mark Twain in Iraq?
    By Mark Engler
    Published on October 27, 2003

    The famous writer championed a proud tradition American anti-imperialism.

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    Additional Links: Asia Times, Global Beat Syndicate
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    Taking Back Your Time Taking Back Your Time
    By Mark Engler
    Published on October 22, 2003

    Come October 24, if our country's workload were on par with the rest of the industrialized world, you would have the rest of 2003 off.
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    Additional Links: Newsday
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    Activism's Autumn Harvest Activism's Autumn Harvest
    By Mark Engler
    Published on October 9, 2003

    Just when we need some good news, those of us concerned with social and economic justice can see several of our efforts bear fruit.
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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com
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    True Gold of Our Future True Gold of Our Future
    By Mark Engler and Nadia Martinez
    Published in the New Internationalist, October 2003

    Costa Ricans say 'No!' to oil exploration companies.
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    Freedom Ride


    ˇAmnistia Ahora! ˇAmnistia Ahora!
    By Mark Engler
    Published in the New Internationalist, November 2003

    The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride revives the U.S. immigration debate.

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    Ride Toward Freedom Ride Toward Freedom
    By Mark Engler
    Published on September 23, 2003

    More than championing a set of just immigration reforms, the activists on the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride are shaping the future of American progressivism.
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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com, Workday Minnesota
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    Welfare Reform and Reauthorization


    Part I:
    Who Pays For Poverty? Who Pays For Poverty?
    By Mark Engler
    Published on September 8, 2003

    Critics questioned welfare reform during the prosperous '90s, but the real crisis is emerging in the wake of the Bush recession.
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    Additional Links: Utne.com, TomPaine.com
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    Part II:
    False PRIDE False PRIDE
    By Mark Engler
    Published on October 3, 2003

    The welfare reauthorization bill now championed by Senate conservatives -- aka PRIDE -- targets the poor, but it won't defeat poverty.
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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com
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    Homeland Security for Whom? Homeland Security for Whom?
    By Mark Engler
    Published in Z Magazine, September 2003

    Bush Administration abuses perpetuate an atmosphere of intolerance against immigrants.
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    In God's Country In God's Country
    By Mark Engler
    Published on August 19, 2003 in In These Times

    A review of Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer

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    Globalization's Lost Decade Globalization's "Lost Decade"
    By Mark Engler
    Published on August 4, 2003

    The model of "free trade" and development promoted in Washington failed poor countries under Clinton, and is failing them under Bush.

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    Additional Links: Foreign Policy in Focus, CommonDreams
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    Love, Freedom, Empire Love, Freedom, Empire
    By Mark Engler
    Published in Z Magazine, July/August 2003

    A Review of Freedom Dreams by Robin D. G. Kelley

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    Hawks Say The Damnedest Things! Hawks Say The Damnedest Things!
    By Mark Engler
    Published on July 10, 2003

    If you want an indication of how deep the WMD scandal goes, just look at what the apologists admit about the "real reasons" for war.

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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com
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    New York Should Stand by Immigrants New York Should Stand by Immigrants
    By Mark Engler
    Published on July 11, 2003

    Cities must resist the federal crackdown on noncitizens in the United States.

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    Additional Links: Newsday
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    Whether To Be Loved or Feared Whether To Be Loved or Feared
    By Mark Engler
    Published on July 3, 2003

    Does international public opinion really matter?

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    Additional Links: Alternet, ATTAC
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