Protest movements aren’t designed to last forever.
- Yasmeen Serhan
- The Atlantic
And when they do reach their inevitable conclusion, they tend to follow one of two familiar sequences:
In one scenario, a protest triggers the resignation of an opposed leader, the reversal of an unpopular policy, or other concessions (think of the successful recent revolutions in…
The alternative is that a protest fails—as a result of government repression, splintering within the movement, or a…