President Trump’s policies on immigration, refugees and more have prompted millions of people to take to the streets. Many of them are first-time protesters.

Here & Now‘s Eric Westervelt (@Ericnpr) speaks with L.A. Kauffman (@lakauffman), author of “Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism,” about the history of protest movements, and which kinds have worked and which have fizzled.

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