0:00 Intro

2:44 The Need to Organize

25:48 From Protest to Power

36:16 The Source of the Problem

43:23 Politicians & Population

52:32 Consequences of Covid-19

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We're back with Nasser Yassin for Episode 185 of The Beirut Banyan.

We discuss the necessity for grassroots organization when it comes to transitioning the protest movement into a long-term political force; identifying the "source of the problem" when it comes to implementing much-needed reforms; population hesitancy in pushing for a new social pact; and the immediate consequences of Covid-19.

Nasser is the Interim Director of the Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut.

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