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Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 year ago

Mass protests have failed to bring about social change. It’s time for a new strategy.

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Mass protests have failed to bring about social change. It’s time for a new strategy.

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Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 year ago

2010-2020 saw more mass protests around the world than at any other point in human history, but the societal changes that resulted were often the opposite of what protesters demanded. Author Vincent Bevins explains why.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Y4041
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Do you want fascism? Because vuvuzelas are how you get fascism.
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  So that’s why FIFA and the London Olympics banned them? /jk
  
  I just want what the interviewee wants. Media that can’t easily ignore the angrily trumpetting elephant in the room.
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    They didn’t like the competition …

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