Revolution

Samik Kharel exposes the paradox within digital organising for revolutionary action.

From Bangladesh to Nepal, Morocco to Peru, Gen Z-led uprisings have reshaped the political landscape across the Global South.

If certain forecasts are to be believed, Africa’s population growth augurs a future of war and societal collapse. But for some governments and NGOs, the “youth bulge” driving growth could, if instrumentalised through neoliberal processes, generate huge economic dividends. Missing from the conversation are the voices and aspirations of young Africans themselves. 

The heavily industrialised Czech Republic, overly focused on productivity, has lost its green momentum. But this can change.

49 years later, Portugal’s Carnation Revolution still teaches a vital lesson to today’s democratic politics.

The Kurds have conducted a remarkable democratic experiment in the north of Syria: Their “Canton-based Democratic Autonomy” is a pursuit of freedom, justice, dignity and democracy led by principles of equality and environmental sustainability. Nevertheless, protecting this area with weapons and the blood of martyrs shouldn’t be applauded.

An interview with Isabelle Durant. Great upheavals have occurred and are still occurring in the Middle East: the successive revolutions and counter-revolutions of the Arab spring, the lightning emergence of ISIS, the agonies of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the stagnating civil war in Syria. How do the Greens analyse the situation?