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The Progressive Page Turner: Vincent Bevins – If We Burn

Written by on Thursday, July 4, 2024

PPT Episode 13

How could so many people get it so wrong? That’s the question Vincent Bevins answers in his book If We Burn

Beginning in 2010 and lasting for a decade popular uprisings all over the world bround unprecedented numbers of people
out in the streets. Images of repression and brutality, spread by social media, inspired protests that ousted dictators and
brought about reforms. But by the time the decade ended the gains made were mostly undone. Through hundreds of interviews with
Vincent Bevins investigates the flaws and weaknesses of organizations all over the world.