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Peter Stearns Guest
Peter Stearns

Author and Provost, George Mason University

Provost at George Mason University, and a social historian who has researched protests. Author of many books, including 1848: The Revolutionary Tide in Europe.
 

FROM Peter Stearns

Protest: Past, Present and Future…
To the Point

Protest: Past, Present and Future… Since a desperate young Tunisian burned himself to death last December, it's been a year of protest worldwide. We look at the history of past uprisings, what current ones have in common and whether or not they're likely to accomplish real change.

32 min, 17 sec Dec 26, 2011

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