A History Built of Uprising
Summary
Host Mia Wong explores how history is driven by cycles of uprising and repression rather than abstract forces, arguing that ordinary people are the true agents of change. She outlines three recent waves of global resistance, spanning from the 1994 Zapatista uprising and 2001 Argentina crisis to the 2011 Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street, and finally to the 2019-2021 global protests. The series examines the death of the traditional industrial working class and the struggle to forge new identities in its wake, emphasizing that these movements have been systematically repressed and forgotten.…
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Intro: How history moves and the state of the world
The role of ordinary people and cycles of uprising
History driven by cycles of revolution and repression
Case studies: Occupy Wall Street and the power of the masses
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Series overview: The last three cycles of uprisings
Periodization: Defining the start and end of each cycle
The death of the old working class and new class struggles
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