

If We Burn w/ Vincent Bevins
7 snips Oct 9, 2023
Vincent Bevins, author of If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution, discusses the absence of disciplined Leninist organizations in global mass protests. Topics include the rise of right-wing power after protests, the concept of Leninism and efforts to avoid mistakes of the Bolshevik Revolution, the influence of the horizontalist model on mass protests, media's role in shaping the narrative of the Arab Spring, misunderstanding of protests in the global South, and the intersection of social media and police repression in mass protests.
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Introduction
00:00 • 6min
Protests and Right-Wing Power: Understanding the Last Decade
05:44 • 6min
Leninism: Organizational and Ideological Content
11:24 • 12min
The Rise of Mass Protest and the Horizontalist Model
23:19 • 30min
The Objective Conditions and Subjective Understanding of Protests in Brazil
52:50 • 5min
Media's Role in Shaping the Narrative of the Arab Spring
58:18 • 3min
Misunderstanding of Protests in the Global South
01:01:18 • 22min
The Intersection of Social Media and Police Repression in Mass Protests
01:23:36 • 17min