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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).

An activist originally from Des Moines, Iowa, Mark also serves as a commentator for the Institute for Public Accuracy and for the Mainstream Media Project.

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    2004 ARTICLES | JANUARY-JUNE

    Articles are listed in reverse chronological order.


    The End of Gap Sweatshops? The End of Gap Sweatshops?
    By Mark Engler
    Published on June 29, 2004

    Victories and challenges for the anti-sweatshop movement.

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    Additional Links: In These Times
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    A Progressive Declaration Against Terror A Progressive Declaration Against Terror
    By Mark Engler
    Published on June 18, 2004

    Fighting terrorism while opposing Bush.

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    Additional Links: CommonDreams, The Progressive Populist
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    Bush’s Globalization Bush’s Globalization
    By Mark Engler
    Published on June 8, 2004

    A new globalization must resist both Clinton's corporate vision and Bush's imperial one.

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    Additional Links: Global Beat Syndicate
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    On the Necessity of Torture On the Necessity of Torture
    By Mark Engler
    Published on May 11, 2004

    Ending abuses requires challenging an imperial conception of national purpose.

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    Additional Links: Counterpunch
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    Six Essays About War and About Peace Six Essays About War and About Peace
    By Mark Engler
    Published on May 6, 2004

    A special collection of work on the unfolding neoconservative "war on terror" and on peace movement resistance to it.
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    Unhappy Birthday, World Bank! Unhappy Birthday, World Bank!
    By Mark Engler
    Published on April 22, 2004

    Protests highlight the dramatic changes in the development debate of past years, and denounce the nefarious, US-backed policies that remain intact.
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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com
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    My Political Suicide Note My Political Suicide Note
    By Mark Engler
    Published on April 13, 2004

    As a candidate for President, there are certain things that John Kerry can't say. But I can.
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    Additional Links: CommonDreams
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    The End of 'Constructive Engagement' The End of "Constructive Engagement"
    By Mark Engler
    Published in the March 2004 issue of the New Internationalist

    The World Bank invites cooperation from civil society, then buries critical findings.

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    Additional Links: New Internationalist
    Español, Italiano



    Memoirs from the Memoirs from the "Architect of Black Power"
    By Mark Engler and Paul Engler
    Published in the March 2004 issue of Z Magazine

    A review of Ready for Revolution by Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture).

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    Additional Links: Z Magazine
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    Oiled Again Oiled Again
    By Mark Engler and Nadia Martinez
    Published on March 26, 2004

    Free trade agreement threatens Costa Rican environmental protections.
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    Additional Links: Grist Magazine
    Español, Italiano



    The Peace Movement One Year Later The Peace Movement One Year Later
    By Mark Engler
    Published on March 16, 2004

    One year after the invasion of Iraq, what has the peace movement accomplished? And where do we go from here? (A discussion paper for Foreign Policy in Focus.)

    An excerpted version of this article appeared on TomPaine.com as a commentary entitled "The Movement's Momentum."
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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com, Foreign Policy In Focus
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    UN Spies and Iraq War Lies U.N. Spies and Iraq War Lies
    By Mark Engler
    Published on March 3, 2004

    While spying on one's allies may not be unusual at the UN, new charges against the US and Britain paint a damning picture of the unseemly push for war in Iraq.
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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com
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    The Iraqi Monkey Crisis The Iraqi Monkey Crisis
    By Mark Engler
    Published on February 24, 2004

    Bush's invocation of the Cuban Missile Crisis to justify war in Iraq was absurd--but telling.
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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com
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    Wisconsin Farewell: A Dean Retrospective Wisconsin Farewell: A Dean Retrospective
    By Mark Engler
    Published on February 17, 2004

    With Howard Dean's withdrawal from the presidential race, it's time to take stock of the candidate's dramatic reversal of fortune and to appreciate his contribution to a revived Democratic Party.
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    Additional Links: Alternet
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    The Leak "The Leak" Still Drips of Scandal
    By Mark Engler
    Published in the February 2004 issue of Z Magazine

    Before 2004's presidential elections every American should take another look at the Bush administration's outing of an undercover CIA agent.
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    Additional Links: Z Magazine
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    The WMD Blame Game The WMD Blame Game
    By Mark Engler
    Published on February 2, 2004

    The independent investigation into Iraq WMD claims must have power to look beyond technical intelligence-gathering processes and investigate how the White House misused findings in its push for war.
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    Additional Links: Alternet
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    The Trouble With CAFTA The Trouble With CAFTA
    By Mark Engler
    Published on January 16, 2004

    A ratified CAFTA would represent a clear blow to poor and working people in the Americas. But that outcome is anything but certain.
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    Additional Links: The Nation
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    Bush's Uneasy Mexican <i>Visita</i> Bush's Uneasy Mexican Visita
    By Mark Engler
    Published on January 16, 2004

    On the tenth anniversary of the Zapatista uprising, President Bush encounters an unruly Latin America.

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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com
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    Government Attacks on MLK Show Need to Protect Rights Government Attacks on MLK Show Need to Protect Rights
    By Mark Engler
    Published on January 14, 2004

    More than just spying on him, the government was actively attempting to sabotage King's work, going so far as trying to persuade the civil rights leader to kill himself.
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    Additional Links: Newsday
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