The City Politics Podcast Episode 10 - The Politics of Protest

On 4 January 2011, Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in the Tunisian city of Ben Arous, died from injuries he incurred by setting himself on fire in protest against the confiscation of his wares by the police. His death set in motion the Arab Spring across North Africa and the Middle East. Ten years later the politics of protest have not disappeared. In Belarus protestors took to the streets of Minsk following disputed presidential elections; in Hong Kong protestors hotly contested the Fugitive Offenders Bill; in the United States the killing of George Floyd prompted protests against racial injustice across the country. Across the world ordinary people are taking politics to the streets. Today we will give you the City View on the politics of protest. Our guests are Amnon Aran, Senior Lecturer in International Politics and our Head of Department, and Jeppe Mulich, Lecturer in Modern History.

On 4 January 2011, Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in the Tunisian city of Ben Arous, died from injuries he incurred by setting himself on fire in protest against the confiscation of his wares by the police. His death set in motion the Arab Spring across North Africa and the Middle East. Ten years later the politics of protest have not disappeared. In Belarus protestors took to the streets of Minsk following disputed presidential elections; in Hong Kong protestors hotly contested the Fugitive Offenders Bill; in the United States the killing of George Floyd prompted protests against racial injustice across the country. Across the world ordinary people are taking politics to the streets.

Today we will give you the City View on the politics of protest.

Our guests are Amnon Aran, Senior Lecturer in International Politics and our Head of Department, and Jeppe Mulich, Lecturer in Modern History.