Protest, Politics, and Violence | Steven Pinker, Tariq Ali, Paul Mason, Aaron Bastani, & more

Steven Pinker, Tariq Ali, Paul Mason, Peter Tatchell, Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Aaron Bastani and Elif Sarican discuss protest and political progress.

#protest #authoritarianism #politics

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:39 Tariq Ali - Struggle has always involved violence
03:34 Peter Tatchell - Protest movements need clear goals
08:59 Yassmin Abdel-Magied - Politics needs transparency
12:54 Aaron Bastani - We need systems change
16:12 Steven Pinker - Non-violent resistance is more effective than revolution
21:24 Paul Mason - The elite and the mob are in alliance
27:06 Elif Sarican - Violence can be structural

Debates and talks in order of appearance:

The Fires of Progress (2018) - Tariq Ali Khan and Steven Pinker
https://iai.tv/video/fires-of-progres...

Elites in the Dock (2018) - Yassmin Abdel-Magied
https://iai.tv/video/elites-in-the-do...

Reason, Rage and Revolution (2019) - Aaron Bastani
https://iai.tv/video/reason-rage-and-...

In-depth Interview: On Extinction Rebellion, protest, and beyond (2020) - Paul Mason
https://iai.tv/video/paul-mason-in-de...

Women for liberation (2020) - Elif Sarican
https://iai.tv/video/women-for-libera...

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