Do Protests Work? What the Evidence Shows
Nonviolent campaigns succeeded about twice as often as violent ones in the 20th century, but success rates have fallen. What the research shows about protest, violence and personal risk.
Shifts in social structure, family form, labour markets, values, consumption and education.
Nonviolent campaigns succeeded about twice as often as violent ones in the 20th century, but success rates have fallen. What the research shows about protest, violence and personal risk.
File photo: an English Jobcentre Plus office. Photo: Hassocks5489, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0. In the news · April 2026 The 2026 Economic Report of the President says workers displaced in mass layoffs face 50-100 percent higher mortality in later years, cutting life expectancy by roughly 1 to 1.5 years. It values that loss at about…