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| author = [[Vincent Bevins]]
| pub_date = October 3, 2023
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'''''If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution''''' is a 2023 political history and journalism book by author and journalist [[Vincent Bevins]]<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/vincent-bevins/if-we-burn/9781541788978/ |title=If We Burn |date=2022-09-05 |isbn=978-1-5417-8897-8 |language=en-US}}</ref>. The book concerns the wave of mass protests during the 2010s decade and examines the question of how the organization and tactics of such protests resulted in a "missing revolution," in that most of these movements appear to have failed in their goals and even led to more averse outcomes.
The book begins by tracing the history of left wing activism from the end of the [[October Revolution]], through the [[New Left]] and into the present day. In particular, it traces the history of [[Vanguardism]] in left wing movement politics and the shift toward distributed, [[Horizontalidad|horizontal structures]] in mass protest movements since the early 20th century<ref>{{Cite web |date=Invalid date |title=If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution by Vincent Bevins |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781541788978 |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>. The final chapter assesses the problems with the horizontally-structured movements of the 2010s and observes that the lack of central leadership enabled media misrepresentation of movement interests which subsequently defused and dissipated the energy and efficacy of the movements. Simultaneously, the lack of leadership structure also allowed right-wing groups to coopt social movements for their own purposes, leading in part to a full reversal of momentum as in Brazil.
The book draws on four years of research and hundreds of interviews, including with many of the original organizers of major protest movements. Bevins admits to not being a neutral observer: he was an active participant in the [[Movimento Passe Livre]] in Brazil. The book stems in part from observations on the failure of that movement and Bevins is clear to indicate where his own actions alter the trajectory of the movement.
Movements included in the book, ''inter alia'':
* [[Movimento Passe Livre]] in Brazil
* [[Arab Spring]], particularly in Tunisia and Egypt
* [[Occupy Wall Street]] in the United States
* [[2014 Hong Kong protests]]
* [[Euromaidan]] in Ukraine
== Reception ==
According to literary review aggregator [[Literary Hub|Lit Hub]], the book received mostly "Positive" reviews. It currently has a score of 4.31 stars on [[Goodreads]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Rev… |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62315875-if-we-burn |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>.
“I was not expecting this, but I think ''If We Burn'' is even better than ''The Jakarta Method''.”—'''''Benjamin Fogel, editor at Jacobin'''''<ref>{{Cite web |title=If We Burn - |url=https://vincentbevins.com/book2/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=vincentbevins.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
== References ==
Okumaya devam et...
{{Infobox book
| author = [[Vincent Bevins]]
| pub_date = October 3, 2023
| image =
}}
'''''If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution''''' is a 2023 political history and journalism book by author and journalist [[Vincent Bevins]]<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/vincent-bevins/if-we-burn/9781541788978/ |title=If We Burn |date=2022-09-05 |isbn=978-1-5417-8897-8 |language=en-US}}</ref>. The book concerns the wave of mass protests during the 2010s decade and examines the question of how the organization and tactics of such protests resulted in a "missing revolution," in that most of these movements appear to have failed in their goals and even led to more averse outcomes.
The book begins by tracing the history of left wing activism from the end of the [[October Revolution]], through the [[New Left]] and into the present day. In particular, it traces the history of [[Vanguardism]] in left wing movement politics and the shift toward distributed, [[Horizontalidad|horizontal structures]] in mass protest movements since the early 20th century<ref>{{Cite web |date=Invalid date |title=If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution by Vincent Bevins |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781541788978 |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>. The final chapter assesses the problems with the horizontally-structured movements of the 2010s and observes that the lack of central leadership enabled media misrepresentation of movement interests which subsequently defused and dissipated the energy and efficacy of the movements. Simultaneously, the lack of leadership structure also allowed right-wing groups to coopt social movements for their own purposes, leading in part to a full reversal of momentum as in Brazil.
The book draws on four years of research and hundreds of interviews, including with many of the original organizers of major protest movements. Bevins admits to not being a neutral observer: he was an active participant in the [[Movimento Passe Livre]] in Brazil. The book stems in part from observations on the failure of that movement and Bevins is clear to indicate where his own actions alter the trajectory of the movement.
Movements included in the book, ''inter alia'':
* [[Movimento Passe Livre]] in Brazil
* [[Arab Spring]], particularly in Tunisia and Egypt
* [[Occupy Wall Street]] in the United States
* [[2014 Hong Kong protests]]
* [[Euromaidan]] in Ukraine
== Reception ==
According to literary review aggregator [[Literary Hub|Lit Hub]], the book received mostly "Positive" reviews. It currently has a score of 4.31 stars on [[Goodreads]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Rev… |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62315875-if-we-burn |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}</ref>.
“I was not expecting this, but I think ''If We Burn'' is even better than ''The Jakarta Method''.”—'''''Benjamin Fogel, editor at Jacobin'''''<ref>{{Cite web |title=If We Burn - |url=https://vincentbevins.com/book2/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=vincentbevins.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
== References ==
Okumaya devam et...