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What does history teach us about protest?

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The past 12 months have seen protests around the world make headlines and dominate social media feeds. But how have such popular demonstrations changed the course of history? In this episode, historians Katrina Navickas and Timothy Garton Ash join Danny Bird to explore centuries of people power – and the protests that had the most impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The past 12 months have seen protests around the world make headlines and dominate social media feeds.

1:04.6

But a recent report by the International Federation for Human Rights warned that the right to peaceful assembly and demonstration is under growing strain,

1:10.1

even within liberal democracies.

1:12.3

In this episode of the History Extra podcast, Danny Bird speaks to historians Katrina Navakas

1:17.7

and Timothy Gartonash to explore how protest has both challenged and changed the course of history.

1:24.5

The first question I want to ask is, what defines a protest? What distinguishes it from,

1:29.7

say, a revolution or a riot? Because it seems that these concepts are often muddled or can

1:34.5

become conflated. A protest quite often is defined by the law, and that's why it's a mutable term.

1:40.5

And that term has changed over time. certainly in England, Wales, our first definitions

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