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Hijacked Hope: Why a Decade of Mass Protest Backfired

Deconstructed

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Introduction

This chapter explores the outcomes of mass protest movements from 2010 to 2020, revealing how many failed to bring about desired change and even resulted in the opposite effect. It introduces Vincent Bevins' thought-provoking book 'If We Burn' which raises uncomfortable questions about the effectiveness of these movements and investigates the hijacking of the Maidan uprising in Ukraine by the far right.

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