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A meticulous investigation into the recent uprisings that aimed to restructure societies around the world, but too often fell shortFrom 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any other point in human history. But we are not living in a world that is more just and democratic as a result. In If We Burn, acclaimed journalist and author of The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins sets out to answer a pivotal question: How did so many mass protests lead to the opposite of what they asked for?From the so-called Arab Spring to the Gezi Park protests in Turkey, to the "V for Vinegar" eruption in Brazil, to Ukraine's Euromaidan uprising, to the student movements in Chile and Hong Kong, Bevins aims to provide a deep history of these movements and their consequences.
About the Author
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, The Atlantic, The Economist, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, New York Review of Books, Folha de S.Paulo, The New Republic, The New Inquiry, The Awl, The 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.
