How to Stop Dictators with Zack Beauchamp

Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes by MS NOW

Aug 18, 202601:06:10News & Politics

Zack Beauchamp, senior correspondent at Vox, joins WITHpod to discuss Democratic backsliding, the role of protests in stopping dictators and lessons that can be learned from Brazil, South Korea and Poland.

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