If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution 'as good as journalism gets'

<p><i>This book is <b>phenomenal</b> ... It's about as good as journalism gets ...The highest praise I can give If We Burn is to say that <b>it would be criminally negligent not to read it </b>if you'd like to change the world.</i> - ROB DELANEY <br><br><i>Bevins's <b>clear-eyed, sympathetic</b> account of the unfulfilled promise of these protests leaves his reader with </i><b><i>a bold vision of the future</i>.</b> - MERVE EMRE<br><br><b>A stunning history of now.</b> - GREG GRANDIN<br><br><b>From 2010 to 2020, more people took part in protests than at any other point in human history. Why has success been so elusive?<br></b><br>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.<br><br><i>If We Burn</i> 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.<br><br>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.</p>