Want to See What Protests Can Be? Look at What They Have Been.
Throughout history, the most successful protest movements have been the ones that have set their own agendas.
Article/Op-Ed in Vox
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March 3, 2017
Tomiko Brown-Nagin wrote an article for Vox's Polyarchy on how protest movements should not be co-opted by any political party:
The surge of activism may well create a favorable environment for the opposition party. But it is wrong to analyze the protests solely in terms of the zero-sum dynamics of partisan politics. That narrow focus only obscures a broader point: The protests are an indictment of both political parties and a call to protect and preserve a threatened democracy.