{"id":391071,"date":"2026-10-24T13:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-gen-z-protests-are-happening-around-the-world\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T13:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T12:00:42","slug":"why-gen-z-protests-are-happening-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-gen-z-protests-are-happening-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Why gen Z protests are happening around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/cix-bT3APCQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why gen Z protests are happening around the world\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cix-bT3APCQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the wind of youth that rises,\u201d says 17-year-old French student and reporter Hippolyte.<br \/>\nSubscribe \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>Hippolyte is one of hundreds of thousands of gen-Z protesters around the world, from Argentina to France to India, who have taken to the streets in recent weeks to demonstrate their discontent.<\/p>\n<p>Although each country\u2019s protest movement stems from different causes, the sense of anger and frustration about a system that the demonstrators feel desperately needs to be changed runs through them all.<\/p>\n<p>Young people told the Guardian about their fatigue and frustration with the cost of living, such as in Spain, where backlash to the death of the 87-year-old evicted pensioner Maricarmen sparked mass protests over housing costs.<\/p>\n<p>They expressed concern about governments that do not represent their interests, including in Albania where a summer of peaceful protests against the proposed development of a luxury resort along the southern coast has turned into civil disorder over rising education costs and \u2060corruption under the 13-year premiership of Edi Rama.<\/p>\n<p>And while many of the protests have been peaceful, some countries have seen tensions between demonstrators and police turn violent \u2013 drawing concerns about heavy-handed police responses and potential government crackdowns. France will deploy about 70,000 police around the country on Saturday in response to civil unrest, while Italy\u2019s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has toughened penalties for protest-related violence.<\/p>\n<p>#genzprotest #genz #generationz #france #india #belgium #serbia #albania #spain #italy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt is the wind of youth that rises,\u201d says 17-year-old French student and reporter Hippolyte. Subscribe \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1 Hippolyte is one of hundreds of thousands of gen-Z protesters around the world, from Argentina to France to India, who have taken to the streets in recent weeks to demonstrate their discontent. 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