The great Gen Z revolt

伟大Z世代起义

Today in Focus

2025-10-27

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Today in Focus talks to protesters in Nepal, Madagascar and Morocco – as well as Chatham House fellow Dr Nayana Prakash – about the gen Z movements toppling governments across the world. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today, the Gen Z protests that are toppling governments around the world.

  • One of the first images you'll see is of a young man with slicked back hair in a red sweater.

  • I think it's Ralph Lauren.

  • It looks like cashmere.

  • Anyway, he's standing next to a pretty ostentatious tower of gifts.

  • Boxes from Louis Vuitton and Cartier,

  • all piled up and decorated to look like a festive blingy Christmas tree.

  • This photo of the son of a Nepali politician seems to have been the final straw.

  • The Nepal kid trend was going on TikTok in Nepal.

  • The children of the politicians were having the loudest life.

  • But low class and middle class people were struggling,

  • even for a male, and that made them feel so angry and frustrated.

  • Protests led by students, including children, erupted in Nepal.

  • In September, they took down its government.

  • And they haven't stopped there.

  • An ocean away, a generation of young people inspired by Nepal took to the streets of Madagascar.

  • 5,000 miles north, protesters were out in Morocco too.

  • The country is not a good place to live anymore and the population is really, really upset.

  • All around the world, young people are rising up.