'A stunning history of now' GREG GRANDIN ' Phenomenal . . . it would be criminally negligent
not to read it if you'd like to change the world' ROB DELANEY From 2010 to 2020 more people
took part in protests than at any other point in history. But what type of change did they
deliver? From the so-called Arab Spring and Gezi Park in Turkey to Ukraine's Euromaidan and
student rebellions in Chile and Hong Kong this decade was propelled by explosive mass
demonstrations. If We Burn is a stirring global history guided by a single puzzling question:
how did so many mass protests lead to the opposite of what they asked for? In this
groundbreaking study of street movements and their consequences acclaimed journalist Vincent
Bevins weaves hundreds of interviews from around the world into a fast-paced gripping
narrative. Analysing both the successes and defeats it allows us to understand our world in
the present - and offers urgent lessons for the future. More praise for If We Burn : 'The
best book I read this year' EAMON WHALEN 'In searching for the missing revolution Bevins may
help others find it after all' LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS 'This book is outstanding'
BENJAMIN MOSER ' Tremendous' INTERCEPT 'A bold vision of the future' MERVE EMRE 'A
riveting almost novelistic narrative' DAZED 'Critical lessons for activists both here and
abroad' NEW REPUBLIC
