Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish • 9 months 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.

therealnews.com

Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish • 9 months 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
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20231011221806/https://therealnews.com/mass-protests-have-failed-to-bring-about-social-change-its-time-for-a-new-strategy

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3•9 months ago
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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  1•9 months ago
  They didn’t like the competition …

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