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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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  • Dissent
  • Christian Science Monitor
  • TomPaine.com
  • In These Times
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  • Global Beat Syndicate
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    2006 ARTICLES | JULY-DECEMBER

    Articles are listed in reverse chronological order.


    Abandoning the World Bank Abandoning the World Bank
    By Mark Engler
    Published in the Fall 2006 issue of Dissent Magazine

    Pitfalls When Right and Left Agree.

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    Additional Links: Dissent Magazine



    Fair Trade Sweatshops? Fair Trade Sweatshops?
    By Mark Engler
    Published in the November 2006 issue of the New Internationalist

    Supporting 'clean clothes' campaigns to end the exploitative labour practices that pervade the textile industry is not as simple as just picking the 'right' brand to buy.

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    Additional Links: New Internationalist
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    2006: A Global Justice Year in Review 2006: A Global Justice Year in Review
    By Mark Engler
    Published on December 22, 2006

    The past 12 months brought some promising developments on the globalization front.

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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com
    Español, Thai



    Slowing the 'Free Trade' Bulldozer Slowing the 'Free Trade' Bulldozer
    By Mark Engler
    Published on November 30, 2006

    Positive signs that a new Democratic Congress is breaking with the corporate globalization agenda.

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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com
    Español



    The Return of Daniel Ortega The Return of Daniel Ortega
    By Mark Engler
    Published on November 7, 2006

    Despite Ortega's many flaws, the return of the Sandinistas to power creates the possibility that his challenge to the "savage capitalism" of the previous regime can genuinely benefit Nicaragua's poor.

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    Additional Links: The Nation
    Deutsch



    World Bank: Calling Bad Business Good World Bank: Calling Bad Business Good
    By Mark Engler
    Published on September 30, 2006

    The World Bank should get a failing grade for its rankings of countries that violate workers' rights.

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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com
    Español, Italiano



    A History of Nonviolence A History of Nonviolence
    By Mark Engler
    Published on September 13, 2006

    The author of "Cod" suggests that the world's most dangerous idea could have derailed the American Revolution, the Civil War and possibly even World War II.

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    Additional Links: Salon.com



    WTO: Best Left For Dead? WTO: Best Left For Dead?
    By Mark Engler
    Published on August 8, 2006

    The collapse of talks at the World Trade Organization is a victory for the global justice movement, but also presents new challenges.

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    Additional Links: TomPaine.com
    Español, Chinese, Thai



    Mexico: Allow More Time For Democracy Mel Gibson's True Passion
    By Francis Engler and Mark Engler
    Published on August 3, 2006

    Gibson's vulgar, anti-Semitic rant upon his arrest for drunk driving should prompt reexamination of The Passion of the Christ.

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    Additional Links: The Des Moines Register
    Español



    Mexico: Allow More Time For Democracy Mexico: Allow More Time For Democracy
    By Mark Engler
    Published on July 14, 2006

    The demand for a full recount is a legitimate one.

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    Additional Links: Newsday
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    Mexico's Democratic Transition Still Incomplete Mexico's Democratic Transition Still Incomplete
    By Mark Engler
    Published on July 6, 2006

    A campaign of fear may have kept Mexico locked into the status quo.

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    Additional Links: Foreign Policy in Focus
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