Gen Z, the first generation to have grown up in the internet age, has been at the forefront of anti-government protests in several countries of the Global South. Madagascar and Morocco are the latest countries to be hit by these youth-led movements, which use digital tools to communicate anger at corruption and underfunded social services.
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Media broadcasts have shown images of young people spearheading protests in the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal; Jakarta, Indonesia; Rabat, Morocco; and Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Three people were killed in anti-government protests across Morocco, the interior ministry said Thursday. The ministry said the three were shot and killed during an attempt to seize police weapons, though no witnesses could corroborate the report.
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Madagascar’s protest movement began on social media under the banner “Gen Z Madagascar”, an informal group composed mainly of young people and students who claim to be “peaceful and civic-minded”. Although young people represent the overwhelming majority of the country’s population – two-thirds were under 30 in 2023, according to UNICEF – Gen Z has never before taken such an active part in a political protest movement there.
“This movement is unprecedented, above all, because of its profoundly horizontal, spontaneous and decentralised nature. Unlike past mobilisations led or co-opted by political parties, unions or charismatic figures, this one arose from organic collective outrage, mainly in digital spaces, and took shape without a single leader,” said Ketakandriana Rafitoson, professor of political science at the Université Catholique de Madagascar and vice chair of the NGO Transparency International.
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This social unrest, driven by tech savvy youngsters rebelling against inequality, can be seen as part of a broad movement that has already affected several Asian countries in recent months, including Nepal in early September, where the government was toppled in a matter of days. The Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Kenya have all experienced similar protest movements.
In Morocco, thousands of young people active on the Discord messaging platform have been protesting since last week, mobilised by a movement that also claims to represent Gen Z.
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A pirate flag from the Japanese manga series “One Piece” became a symbol of resistance for young people during protests in Indonesia and Nepal. In Madagascar, protesters are using a modified version of the flag where the skull-and-crossbones symbol sports traditional Malagasy headwear instead of a straw hat.
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“The similarities between all these movements are striking, both in terms of their demands and their methods of action, with viral campaigns, simple and inclusive slogans, and a rejection of traditional hierarchies. In all these countries, young people are acting as a barometer of a deep crisis in the state,” says Rafitoson.
Transparency International was officially established by Michael Hershman, an officer of US military intelligence. He is furthermore a Centre for International Private Enterprise director and today Head of Recruitment of FBI informants as well as Managing Director of the private intelligence service Fairfax Group. Transparency International is first and foremost a cover for economic intelligence activities by the CIA. It is also a media tool to compel states to change their legislation to guarantee open markets.[4] In addition it is a pressure tool in regime change operations, where official enemies of the US get maximum corruption score.
According to its 2012 Annual Report, Transparency International is funded by western governments (with almost €5 million from the UK government) and several multinational companies, including oil companies Exxon Mobil and Shell, hedge funds KKR and Wermuth Asset Management, Deloitte and Ernst & Young.
Image: Screenshot from Front Line Defenders – yet another disingenuous “human rights” advocacy front funded by Fortune 500 corporate foundations, including the US State Department-funded Neo-Conservative-lined Freedom House, Wall Street speculator George Soros’ Open Society Institute, the Ford Foundation, the Oak Foundation, and the Sigrid Rausing Trust. Note the “Hunger Strike for Freedom” banner on the right-hand side for Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja. The Bahrain protests are a carbon-copy Western destabilization as seen in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Syria. (click on image to enlarge)
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