If We Burn: 'as good as journalism gets' - Rob Delaney
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- Synopsis
- From 2010 to 2020, more people took part in protests than at any other point in human history. Why has success been so elusive?From the so-called Arab Spring to Gezi Park in Turkey, from Ukraine's Euromaidan to student rebellions in Chile and Hong Kong, the second decade of the twenty-first century was propelled by explosive mass demonstrations. But few people got what they wanted. In too many cases, the protests led to the opposite of what they asked for.If We Burn is a stirring work of global history built around that strange but fundamental paradox. Acclaimed journalist Vincent Bevins interviewed hundreds of people around the world, and weaves their insights and recollections into a fast-paced, gripping narrative. We follow his own troubling experiences in Brazil, where a protest movement ignited by leftists and anarchists led to an extreme-right government that torched the Amazon.In the mass protest decade, humanity demonstrated a deep desire for change, and brave individuals started something that has been left unfinished. In this ground-breaking study of an extraordinary chain of events, protesters and major actors offer urgent lessons for those who wish to understand geopolitics today, and create a better world tomorrow.(P) 2023 Hachette Book Group
- Copyright:
- 2023
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- ISBN-13:
- 9781035412303
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781035412273
- Publisher:
- Headline
- Date of Addition:
- 10/03/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Vincent Bevins
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Narrated By:
- Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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