Youth revolts and the politics of possibility

In recent years, we have witnessed a wave of youth movements (led primarily by the generation known as Generation Z) that have toppled entire regimes or, in other dramatic ways, changed the political landscape. Ongoing protests and demonstrations in Nepal, Bangladesh, Madagascar, the Philippines, Indonesia, Morocco, and elsewhere have forced governments to address issues such as corruption or have even led to their downfall. But have they led to any fundamental change toward justice for all people? One of the latest manifestations of this phenomenon is the Cockroach People’s Party (CJP) in India, whose sudden emergence has been as surprising as seeing a cockroach crawl out of a drainpipe—and just as terrifying for the ruling party.