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Can Resistance Be Copied?

From 2010 to 2020, more people crowded onto the streets around the world to protest than at any other time in known history.

Can Resistance Be Copied?

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From 2010 to 2020, more people crowded onto the streets around the world to protest than at any other time in known history.

Starting with what is often called the Arab Spring and ending with the Black Lives Matter protests that followed George Floyd's murder in 2020, the demonstrations—dense, synchronized, and persistent—dwarfed...

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From 2010 to 2020, more people crowded onto the streets around the world to protest than at any other time in known history. Starting with what is often called the Arab Spring and ending with the Black Lives Matter protests that followed George Floyd's murder in 2020, the demonstrations—dense, synchronized, and persistent—dwarfed older, briefer moments […]

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  • Starting with what is often called the Arab Spring and ending with the Black Lives Matter protests that followed George Floyd's murder in 2020, the demonstrations—dense, synchronized, and persistent—dwarfed...

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