If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution

The fascinating history of a decade aflame—and what we can learn from its embers.

"Disturbing and exhilarating." —New Yorker

From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in protests than at any other point in human history. Yet we are not living in more just and democratic societies as a result. Acclaimed journalist Vincent Bevins carried out hundreds of interviews around the world, guided by a single, puzzling question: How did so many mass protests lead to the opposite of what they asked fo...