Our job is to translate outrage over his agenda into action toward a truly transformational vision. By Mark Engler and Paul Engler. forgeorganizing.org/article/new-wa…

Ok I did it: Mark Engler.bsky.social

This one's been going around... and it's a good one!

NEW from Mark Engler and Paul Engler: "Our job on the left is to translate outrage over Trump’s agenda into action toward a truly transformational vision." inthesetimes.com/article/trump-…

Catastrophes are part of the history of left movements, and we have a responsibility to admit them and process them. Why should anyone entrust us with power otherwise? dissentmagazine.org/article/the-li…

I am holding a vote on the floor of the U.S. Senate to block the sale of offensive arms to Israel. The extremist Netanyahu government is breaking U.S. and international law. Every Senator who believes in the rule of law should vote for these resolutions. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Damn, I'm having a hard time believing it's been 25 years since the Seattle WTO protests! Anyway, here's a nice article on the IndyMedia Centers, which were always exciting to see & visit & take in & be a small part of. h/t Todd Wolfson cjr.org/business_of_ne…

New article I worked on with my brother Paul is now out: "Need more people power in times of crisis? Run mass trainings" wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/in-cri…

For movements trying to harness the energy that emerges during political upheavals, mass training provides a crucial means to develop leadership and bring in new participants. Read more here: wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/in-cri…

Read more at link! wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/in-cri…

Happy #N30! Twenty-five years ago today, we shut down the World Trade Organization in Seattle. For stories, lessons, and reflections from organizers, check out the Shutdown WTO Organizers' History Project! n30history.org

Now up at The Forge: Organizing Strategy and Practice... "Need More People Power in Times of Crisis? Run Mass Trainings" forgeorganizing.org/article/need-m…

LOL. Never thought I'd agree with Steve Bannon on anything, but I can't argue with this headline: "Elon Musk Is an ‘Evil Person,’ Steve Bannon Says" nytimes.com/2025/01/13/us/…

Latest article now up at Waging Nonviolence: "It’s going to take multiple strategies to win under Trump 2.0" Social movement ecology can help groups with different organizing traditions work together to pursue change in a time of hostile government. wagingnonviolence.org/2025/01/social…

"When movements are most successful, it is generally because groups with different organizing traditions and strategic approaches have been able to come together or play off of one another in constructive ways." Read more & check out our newsletter! whirlwinddispatches.substack.com/p/welcome-its-…

Paul & I just sent out a dispatch about how the right is using its own version of mass training to build breadth + depth for the MAGA movement. We need to do it better to fight back! Read more & sign up for a free subscription to the newsletter at: whirlwinddispatches.substack.com/p/more-thought…

Latest article: Trump’s backpedaling shows he’s not invincible To compel Trump to reverse course, our job is to highlight political missteps, heighten public outrage and raise the political cost of implementing his radical agenda. wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/trumps…

I appreciated this: the.ink/p/the-opposite…

How to recognize the characteristics that make for powerful whirlwinds of protest against injustice and tyranny. wagingnonviolence.org/2025/04/could-…

“I have gone through, in my life, a number of social movements,” Howard Zinn said, “and I have seen how at the very beginning of these social movements — or just before these social movements develop — there didn’t seem to be any hope.” From our latest: whirlwinddispatches.substack.com/p/could-we-be-…