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High-profile, disruptive protests can lead to increased polarization—but often still yield increased public support for the protest’s goals, even if the tactics are criticized.
Mark Engler, Paul Engler | Jul 26, 2024
We can build a powerful people’s response to provide care in our communities and reshape the limits of what is politically possible.
Paul Engler | Apr 6, 2020
Every so often, we witness a period of mass insurgency that seems to defy the accepted rules of politics. If ever there was a time in modern history that exemplified such a moment, it was the second half of 1989.
Mark Engler, Paul Engler | Nov 8, 2014
The momentum behind the legalization of gay marriage came from grassroots action, not from court cases.
Mark Engler, Paul Engler | Jul 26, 2014
Most organizers today believe that Alinsky taught to focus on building organizations and not social movements. But the author's own political work shows a more flexible approach.
Mark Engler, Paul Engler | Apr 11, 2014
It took years of political evolution for King to understand nonviolence not merely as a moral force, but as an effective strategy for leveraging political change.
Mark Engler, Paul Engler | Jan 17, 2014
It was online campaigning that got Lou Dobbs and Glenn Beck's shows canceled. But the real power of Internet activism is what happens after we step away from the screen.
Mark Engler, Paul Engler | Jun 22, 2013