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Did Nonviolence Fail in Egypt?

Mark Engler and Paul Engler ▪ February 24, 2014

Egypt is often held up as a success story of civil resistance. However, as the country has slid back into a repressive and undemocratic state, this success has been called into question. Did nonviolence fail in Egypt?

When Martin Luther King Gave Up His Guns

Mark Engler and Paul Engler ▪ January 20, 2014

Few are aware that Martin Luther King, Jr. once applied for a permit to carry a concealed handgun. In his 2011 book Gunfight, UCLA law professor Adam Winkler notes that, after King’s house was bombed in 1956, the clergyman applied in Alabama for …

Climate of Change: What Does an Inside-Outside Strategy Mean?

Mark Engler and Paul Engler ▪ Summer 2013

Environmental advocates face a question that has widespread implications for how we think about legislation, lobbying, mass movements, and social change: what do you do when an issue emerges as one of the most urgent matters of our time and, at the same instant, becomes firmly regarded as a political loser?