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Special: A primer on Lebanon

In South Asia, from mass unrest to political upheaval

Lots of young people are challenging and questioning the very nature of democracy, the nature of the system which exists, where one court after the other has said this genocide must stop, yet U.S. pressure allows Netanyahu to continue.

Authoritarians and would-be authoritarians are only too aware that universities are primary sites of critique and dissent. Attacks on universities are the canary in the coalmine of fascism.

This week: News and analyses from Asian parties and movements

Mass protests break out in Indonesia

Multipolarity and the global demand for democracy

News and analyses from movements and parties around the world

Almost all of the successful political movements in independent Bangladesh have been led by students. And, of course, then ordinary citizens joined them. So it’s not surprising that the students led this protest, but their inclusion is unprecedented.

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