Tuesday, July 2 at 2:00 pm
The Power of Protest
Protesters flooded downtown Hong Kong over the weekend, winning concessions and even adding to their demands. Experts say protests like these have proliferated around the world in recent years. But can they lead to lasting change? On this week’s episode of World Affairs, Richard Youngs, senior fellow at Carnegie Europe and the author of “Civic Activism Unleashed: New Hope or False Dawn for Democracy?,” discusses what the explosion of civic activism says about the state of citizen discontent with Co-Host Ray Suarez.
To listen to the audio of “The Power of Protest” on World Affairs online, please click HERE.