Find pathways beyond mass protests

The last half-year has seen a startling cluster of protests around the world, including Algeria, Bolivia, Catalonia, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Georgia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Lebanon, Russia, Sudan and the United Kingdom. These follow on the heels of protests in many other countries over the past five years or so.

Some of the current protests, such as those in Algeria and Hong Kong, have kept going for an incredibly long time. But all protests eventually begin to disband or scale back. This is the moment when protestors need to make difficult decisions.

Another factor is whether protestors can stay united. Internal divisions readily appear among reformers once the unifying adrenalin of street action fades. When this happens, regimes find it easier to avoid or even reverse reforms after protests die down. To maintain civic momentum, activists need to look beyond the means of effective direct action and consider how to build bridges between the diverse range of actors involved in all of today’s protests.

Where protests succeed in dislodging a regime, the post-protest period is no less important. In these cases, the most pressing dilemma is how to avoid co-option. Protestors will nearly always be forced to work with members of the “old guard” who can easily hijack a democratic transition.

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