Examining protests that changed the world as they unfolded, including eyewitness accounts and expert commentary on the events' long-lasting effects.
EPISODE 1
British Miners
The British Miner's Strike turns worker against worker and leads to a bloody and deadly battle between mine workers and the British government.
EPISODE 2
Arab Spring
By lighting himself on fire in protest, one vendor in Tunisia launched the Arab Spring that toppled authoritarian governments across the Middle East.
EPISODE 3
Berlin Wall
The tearing down of the Berlin Wall by German citizens does what two superpowers had been able to accomplish -- end the Cold War.
EPISODE 4
Yellow Vest
The government tax on diesel fuel sparked French citizens to don yellow roadside emergency vests and take over the most famous street in the world for fiery protests.
EPISODE 5
Women's March
Donald Trump's inauguration was met with women from across the country marching on Washington in the largest single-day protest in American history.
EPISODE 6
Apartheid
Apartheid, racial segregation in South Africa that survived despite worldwide condemnation, would prove no match for black and white citizens rising up to end it.
