This Is an Uprising | Mark Engler & Paul Engler
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      February 14, 2023

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      Political polarization is pushing evangelicals to a historic breaking point

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      What Is Co-governance?

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      What If America Had Six Political Parties?

      June 14, 2022

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      February 14, 2023

      Why Our Movements Need to Start Singing Again

      December 8, 2022

      Political polarization is pushing evangelicals to a historic breaking point

      July 19, 2022

      What Is Co-governance?

      July 7, 2022

      What If America Had Six Political Parties?

      June 14, 2022

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This Is an Uprising | Mark Engler & Paul Engler

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    “Absorbing… Ambitious… Indispensable. A genuine gift to social movements everywhere.” —Naomi Klein

    An explosive new book from authors Mark and Paul Engler on how nonviolent revolt is shaping the twenty-first century. Now available at booksellers everywhere!

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    "For those who dare to dream

    that truly transformational, even revolutionary
    change might be possible... in our lifetimes (but
    who wonder what strategies or tactics could
    possibly achieve a monumental shift in
    consciousness), this book is for you."

    —Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow

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    "This is a landmark book.

    [It] puts a name on . . . a powerful method for
    making real change fast. And real change fast is
    in fact what our world requires."

    —Bill McKibben, author and co-founder of 350.org

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    "Certain to become a seminal text...

    [The authors] brilliantly illuminate the debates
    between advocates of mass mobilization, organization
    building, nonviolence, and disruption."

    —Frances Fox Piven, author of Poor People’s Movements

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  • Articles

    Using the power of celebrity to help social movements

    February 14, 2023

    Building on the legacy of activist entertainers such as Paul Robeson, Eartha Kitt and Harry Belafonte, here are five ways movements for justice and famous supporters can partner to promote change.

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    Why Our Movements Need to Start Singing Again

    December 8, 2022

    Reviving song culture strengthens our capacity to create social change.

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    Political polarization is pushing evangelicals to a historic breaking point

    July 19, 2022

    Christians are splitting with the religious right over Trump, COVID and Black Lives Matter, creating opportunities for those interested in social justice.

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    What Is Co-governance?

    July 7, 2022

    A new report explores an emerging model for how movements and politicians can work together.

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    What If America Had Six Political Parties?

    June 14, 2022

    Understanding the warring factions within the Democratic and Republican Party coalitions is critical for progressives who want to build power.

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    Movements are vying for political power — is ‘co-governance’ the answer?

    May 20, 2022

    As the left increasingly focuses on electoral politics, a new framework is emerging for how candidates who win should partner with social movements.

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    How movements can maintain their radical vision while winning practical reforms

    May 10, 2022

    Forty years of struggle by Brazil’s landless workers movement offers lessons on engaging the system without being co-opted.

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    What Happens After Movement-Backed Politicians Take Office

    April 5, 2022

    As the “co-governance” model gains traction, here’s a look into the promises and pitfalls—and how organizers are reimagining electoral politics.

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    Should we disrupt the Democratic Party or try to take it over?

    January 27, 2022

    Political scientists Frances Fox Piven and Daniel Schlozman have debated whether movements do better to put pressure on political parties from the outside, or to focus on gaining insider power themselves.

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    How to Take Over a Political Party

    October 8, 2021

    Daniel Schlozman argues that, by becoming “anchor groups” within mainstream political parties, movements can secure lasting influence. But is entry into a party worth the price of admission?

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The Authors

Mark Engler, a writer based in Philadelphia, is an editorial board member at Dissent, a contributing editor at Yes! Magazine, and author of How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy (Nation Books).

Paul Engler is founding director of the Center for the Working Poor, based in Los Angeles. He worked for more than a decade as an organizer in the immigrant rights, global justice, and labor movements.

The authors can be reached by e-mail at engler@democracyuprising.com.

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