EUreka – How Gen Z has led mass protests in over 10 countries

Young people setting fire to parliaments, hoisting One Piece flags and bringing down governments — all organised on Discord. It’s not science fiction: it really happened. In recent years, Gen Z has led mass protests in over 10 countries.

But have they achieved anything tangible? And what drove them to do it? This is a global phenomenon that affects everyone, including Europe.

In the first episode of our “EUreka” series, we speak to Matthew Cebul, a lead researcher at the Harvard Kennedy School, to find the answers to these questions.

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