So much time, space, and attention is lavished on whatever the fake news of the day happens to be that what may be news of great significance slips by with little notice.
From BBC News,
At least 120 people – 100 of them police officers – have been injured in clashes during anti-government protests in Mexico City, police said.
Thousands of demonstrators marched in the Mexican capital on Saturday to protest against violent crime and President Claudia Sheinbaum’s government.
Madame Presidente blames the whole thing on right wingers. The BBC reports.
The rally was organised by Gen Z youth groups, drawing support from citizens protesting against high-profile killings, including the assassination just weeks ago of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo – who had called for tough action against cartels.
Cartels? What cartels? I was told that cartels were not an urgent problem.
Mexico is not the only place experiencing generational protests. The phenomenon has its own Wikipedia page.
- New York Times: How a Gen Z Revolution Spiraled Out of Control
- AP: Hundreds of thousands rally in Manila against flood-control corruption scandal
- The U.K. Guardian: A symbol of liberation’: how the One Piece manga flag became the symbol of Asia’s gen Z protest movement
The common thread here is young people protesting corrupt governments. The Guardian quotes one Filipino protestor,
“For every peso they steal from us, they are stealing our future and the [future of] next [generations] that come after us,” said Liberato. It would be an understatement to say young people are angry, he added. “They are enraged.”
How refreshing.
