The mass protest decade: why did the street movements of the 2010s fail?

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The Guardian

Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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From Brazil to Egypt, Turkey to Hong Kong, the 2010s saw a series of huge public uprisings. Yet many of them led to the opposite of what they asked for. I spoke to 200 participants across 12 countries to find out why. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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1:27.0	The mass protest decade. Why did the street movements of the 2010s fail?
1:33.0	By Vincent Bevins.
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