Dr. Subir Sinha: India’s Youth Anger Is Unraveling Modi’s Authoritarian Populism

In an in-depth interview with the ECPS, Dr. Subir Sinha, Director of the SOAS South Asia Institute, examines how India’s emerging Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is challenging Narendra Modi’s authoritarian-populist hegemony. Situating youth mobilization within broader crises of unemployment, neoliberal restructuring, electoral legitimacy, and Hindu majoritarianism, Dr. Sinha argues that Modi’s strategies for containing generational… Read More Dr. Subir Sinha: India’s Youth Anger Is Unraveling Modi’s Authoritarian Populism

French pupils resume school blockades as country braces for more protests

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris Dozens of high schools across France were blockaded again on Monday as the government braced for another tense week of protests over school conditions and the high cost of living. The protests come amid warnings that weeks without lessons are putting some pupils’ school year and final exams at risk. As… Read More French pupils resume school blockades as country braces for more protests

Gen Z protests spread to Germany as hundreds of thousands march again in France

Pierre P Bairin, Sophie Tanno Cost-of-living protests that began in France have spread to Germany where demonstrations to coincide with Halloween took place on Saturday, with tens of thousands of people turning out across the country. The new German youth-led movement dubbed “Gen Z has got this!” protested against the high cost of living, underfunded… Read More Gen Z protests spread to Germany as hundreds of thousands march again in France

Europe’s protests: the social contract has broken – and young people want solutions

Editorial France sneezed, and Europe has again caught the cold. The wave of unrest which began with teenagers at a high school soon drew in hundreds of thousands of people nationwide and then spread across the continent. Protests have filled the streets in Lisbon and Madrid, and have ignited into violence in Milan, Brussels and… Read More Europe’s protests: the social contract has broken – and young people want solutions

The ‘Total Strike’ Has Come for France

The people are in revolt, and the entire social order is collapsing Gen Z are leading the European protests. Here’s why they’re angry“Let’s… make ourselves heard for schools that don’t collapse on our heads, for safe and dignified work, for public healthcare, for social justice.” Italian student union leader Sabrina Brizzola Frédéric Lordon It’s like… Read More The ‘Total Strike’ Has Come for France

Riot police fire teargas as 250,000 take part in schools protests across France

Jon Henley in Paris Police have fired teargas at ⁠protesters as more than 250,000 pupils, teachers and parents demonstrated across France on the biggest day yet of a campaign for better high school conditions that has been marred by often violent clashes with police. The French prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, said at least 215 teenagers… Read More Riot police fire teargas as 250,000 take part in schools protests across France

कॉकरोच के दौर में शिक्षा पर पुनर्विचार | Rethinking Education in the Year of the Cockroach

 आर्यमान जैन और इरिना चीमा / Aryaman Jain and Irina Cheema देश में चल रहे युवा आंदोलन ने हम सब को शिक्षा और युवाओं के भविष्य पे सोचने को मजबूर कर दिया है। तत्कालीन मुद्दा NEET एग्ज़ाम में पेपर लीक का है लेकिन आंदोलन में दिख रही ऊर्जा बताती है की बात उस से ज़्यादा… Read More कॉकरोच के दौर में शिक्षा पर पुनर्विचार | Rethinking Education in the Year of the Cockroach

Ashutosh Ranka on CJP Detentions, Assam Plans, Mumbai Agitation and ECI Row

LIVE: Ashutosh Ranka Assam से रिहा होते Himanta Biswa Sarma पर फायर, बोले- कॉकरोचों से डर गए CM| CJP Ashutosh Ranka on CJP Detentions, Assam Plans, Mumbai Agitation and ECI Row CJP Co-Founder Ashutosh Ranka speaks from Guwahati on the detention of CJP volunteers, Abhijeet Dipke’s Assam visit, and the organisation’s plans for Assam and… Read More Ashutosh Ranka on CJP Detentions, Assam Plans, Mumbai Agitation and ECI Row