Vincent Bevins

Broschiertes Buch

If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution

'as good as journalism gets'

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Vincent Bevins is an award-winning journalist and correspondent. He covered Southeast Asia for the Washington Post, reporting from across the region and paying special attention to the legacy of the 1965 massacre. He previously served as the Brazil Correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, also covering nearby parts of South America, and before that worked for the Financial Times in London. Among the other publications he has written for are the New York Times, Atlantic, Economist, Guardian, Foreign Policy, New York Review of Books, Folha de S.Paulo, New Republic, New Inquiry, Awl, Baffler and New York Magazine. Born and raised in California, Bevins now speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian and basic German, and spent the last few years living in Jakarta.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Headline Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm
• ISBN-13: 9781035412310
• ISBN-10: 1035412314
• Artikelnr.: 74445079