Global Youth Rising Up Know There’s No Democracy Without Economic Justice

by Henry A. Giroux | Nov 8, 2026 | Austerity, Capitalism, Corruption, Democracy, education, elections, France, India, Italy, Neoliberalism, Op-Ed, Organizing, Protests, Repression, Serbia, Student protests, uprisings, Youth

Young people are taking to the streets across France, Italy, Belgium, India, Serbia, and Albania, refusing to surrender their futures to a capitalist system that has abandoned them or to a politics that Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor have described as “end times fascism.” These protests are fueled by mounting anger over deteriorating schools, economic insecurity, unaffordable housing…
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