As the 2010s draw to a close, Gary Younge reflects on 10 years of protest that have largely failed to deliver anticipated change. Subscribe here.This week, as the Guardian Weekly was being delivered to readers, Britons voted in the first UK election to take place in December since 1910. At the time of writing the result is (perhaps blissfully) unknown, but we will be back next week with in-depth analysis of Thursday eveningīs outcome. In the meantime, our news, politics, comment and data teams will cover every moment of the vote in depth. Catch every minute here.Our cover this week is Gary Youngeīs essay on the end of a decade which started with the Arab spring and Occupy movements and ended up - via Ferguson, #MeToo and Greece - on the streets of Hong Kong, Santiago, La Paz, Beirut and Shiraz. It was the decade of protest, Younge writes - and a guttural reaction to the financial crash and years of political and social oppression. In some cases, the results were striking victories, but in too many the return blows of the establishment paused revolution in its tracks. Will the school climate strikers and Extinction Rebellion be able to break through the status quo in the 2020s? Continue reading...
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