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To the point - Protests across the Globe: Talking about a Revolution?

November 14, 2019

From Hong Kong to Latin America, people all over the world are taking to the streets. The protests differ vastly in their demands - but what do they have in common? Our guests: Jannis Grimm (Protest Researcher), Rick Noack (Washington Post), Raghida Bahnam (freelance journalist)

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Freelance journalist Raghida Bahnam from Lebanon. He says: “We are witnessing a global youth rebellion not seen since 1968. And people in the Middle East are finally breaking the fear barrier.”
 

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Rick Noack from the Washington Post. He argues that: "Protesters share their frustrations over political systems that don't work in their favor, but the solutions to their concerns differ vastly."
 

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Jannis Grimm, Research Associate at the Institute for Protest and Social Movement Studies here in Berlin. He believes that: “The global protests underline the level of frustration among younger generations about the failure of elites to come up with answers to the problems of our time.”