Gen Z Anger at Ruling Elites Is Erupting Across the World
From Morocco to Indonesia, young people are taking to the streets to protest against inequality and a lack of jobs.
A silent tribute observing 'National Day of Mourning' in honor of those killed in clashes during protests, in Kathmandu.
Photographer: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images
Morocco’s capital Rabat gleams with new roads, restored buildings, buzzing cafés and its immaculate Andalusian Gardens. Yet across the river, the gloss quickly comes off King Mohammed VI’s showpiece city.
The adjacent commuter town of Sale is full of rutted roads, dilapidated housing and crime. A hotbed for activists over the years, it erupted again this week as young protesters in the densely populated neighborhood of Al-Amal smashed police cars, vandalized banks and set properties ablaze. They were met with a brutal crackdown by the authorities.