Global Youth in Revolt
IN HONG KONG, protesters called for “five demands, not one less.” School strikers around the world warned, “There is no Planet B.” Chileans proclaimed, “It wasn’t a depression, it was just capitalism.” Sudanese called for the downfall of the regime, while the Lebanese complained of “electile dysfunction.”
Over the past year, citizens in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East took to the streets to raise their voices against inequality, corruption and bad governance. And while from Italy to Iraq and Venezuela to Zimbabwe they promoted
