Mark Engler

FPIF Senior Analyst, 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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The Healthy Wage War
Public sector unions are among the only institutions that still stand against the unchecked influence of corporations. And they are under attack.

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The Luddites Revisited

Since it is the 200th anniversary of the British Luddite protests this month, that movement has been getting some attention.

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U.S. Military Spending Marches On

How on earth do you get a bipartisan consensus against cuts and for stimulus? Call it the defense budget.

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A Look at Global Militarization

A new documentary looks at the costs of U.S. and global military spending.

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Social Forum Moments to Combat Cynicism

Early on at the U.S. Social Forum, I was struck by the disjuncture between the huge ambition of the assembly and the limitations...
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