India's challenge is to maintain strategic autonomy and to promote its vision of a more inclusive, rules-based and connected South and Southeast Asia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/05/world/indias-dangerous-neighborhood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #india #nepal #thailand #indopacific #southeastasia #malaysia #cambodia #defense #china #pakistan #bangladesh #democracy
While Europeans and Americans are showing their frustration by choosing more extreme politics, there has been a surge in Gen Z demonstrations in Africa and Asia against aging leaders and corruption. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/world/gen-z-anger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #morocco #bangladesh #nepal
Western media often portray violent uprisings and disasters in the Global South as heroic revolutions or tragic spectacles, applying double standards by portraying similar events at home through a different moral lens. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/03/world/media-hypocrisy-on-insurrections-and-revolutions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #globalsouth #media #nepal #philippines #madagascar #indonesia #thewest #africa #southamerica

Proud of my #Malagasy friends who took to the streets of #Antananarivo yesterday, as their president #Rajoelina was making up facts at the UN convention about imaginary improved access to electricity. It is VERY heartwarming to see #GenZ follow in the steps of #Nepal, from the #Onepiece avatars to, I hope, a less corrupt government. There had been zero #hope for so long and & lack of organising. Hope the tiny middleclass in #Madagascar can bring about change.




Proud of my #Malagasy friends who took to the streets of #Antananarivo yesterday, as their president #Rajoelina was making up facts at the UN convention about imaginary improved access to electricity. It is VERY heartwarming to see #GenZ follow in the steps of #Nepal, from the #Onepiece avatars to, I hope, a less corrupt government. There had been zero #hope for so long and & lack of organising. Hope the tiny middleclass in #Madagascar can bring about change.




Nepal’s angry Gen Z protesters toppled a government, forcing India and China to rethink how they engage with a generation demanding jobs, accountability and an end to corruption. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/17/world/nepals-new-power-brokers-should-worry-china-and-india/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #nepal #india #china #genz #democracy
At least 72 people in Nepal were killed during chaos beginning on Sept. 8 as youth rallied against a government ban on social media, with the veteran prime minister ending up stepping down. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/asia-pacific/politics/wounded-nepali-protesters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #nepal #kathmandu

Here's our interview with Mari Nishitani about her recent #cooperative research trip to rural #Nepal where she talked with members of two women's co-ops - one led by an NGO, and the other a grassroots project founded by Dalit women. 🇳🇵
Here's our interview with Mari Nishitani about her recent #cooperative research trip to rural #Nepal where she talked with members of two women's co-ops - one led by an NGO, and the other a grassroots project founded by Dalit women. 🇳🇵
Interim Nepali Prime Minister Sushila Karki has named three figures with reformist and anti-graft credentials to her Cabinet to lead the Himalayan nation after deadly violence led to parliament's dissolution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/asia-pacific/politics/nepal-interim-cabinet-picks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #nepal #sushilakarki#kpsharmaoli
A former DJ and his obscure Nepalese nonprofit used a social media app popular with video gamers to drive massive protests and become the unlikely power brokers in installing the country's new interim leadership. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/asia-pacific/politics/activists-nepal-government-new-leaders/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #sushilakarki #nepal
Ukrainian Maidan, squeezed over the line and going strong despite 2014+2022 invasions by russia 🥳
Hong Kong anti-dictatorship mass protests → crushed by the CCP 💩
Burma/Myanmar protests → civil war, struggling military dictatorship backed by CCP and russia 💥
Now Nepal youth/social media takeover (!) → ??
In the 1990s Nepal dumped the (Hindu) royalty, elected pro-CCP communists, became a vassal of the CCP while depending on India...
Now they're between the aggressive CCP and the hindu-nationalist India with both vying for influence/control. 💥??
(+ many more anti-regime uprisings which haven't changed the status quo)
#Ukraine#ArabSpring#Hongkong #ccp #burma #myanmar#Nepal#India
A former DJ and his obscure Nepalese nonprofit used a social media app popular with video gamers to drive massive protests and become the unlikely power brokers in installing the country's new interim leadership. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/asia-pacific/politics/activists-nepal-government-new-leaders/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #sushilakarki #nepal

on apprend ? #autodefensepopulaire #nepal #revoltepopulaire #10septembre
Anarchist Communist Group: Nepal: A Grassroots Uprising
https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2025/09/13/nepal-a-grassroots-uprising/
In these dark and reactionary times, it is worth noting that despite the barrage of propaganda from the media controlled by the State
#Uncategorized#Asia#Nepal#Socialunrest
Former chief justice Sushila Karki was sworn in as Nepal's interim prime minister on Friday, becoming the first woman to lead the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/13/asia-pacific/politics/nepal-new-prime-minister/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #nepal #corruption
Young people across Asia are furious. But burned buildings and trashed department stores can't be the endgame. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/11/world/gen-z-protesters-challenge-asias-old-guard/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #genz #nepal #indonesia #srilanka #bangladesh #asia
I apologize for the ABBA music, that's modern social media for you. But here's a drone shot of the "#GenZ" #protests / #revolution in #Kathmandu#Nepal
What's this
#Nepali coordinating #revolution on #Discord, almost 10,000 on one conference call
They're calling it the "#GenZ" #protests. It was sparked by a crackdown on #SocialMedia but the base frustration is #corruption, #nepotism, #unemployment, and #inequality. 19 protesters were killed on Monday, I'll spare you a viewing of that video, and Tuesday #Parliament and the #SupremeCourt were set on fire. The prime minister has resigned. The government has fled.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/09/nx-s1-5535887/nepal-protests-gen-z-explained
Nepal's army took back control of Kathmandu on Wednesday after the worst violence in two decades ousted the prime minister and left the parliament ablaze, enforcing a curfew and starting talks with protest leaders. Speaking on FRANCE 24 from Kathmandu, Political Scientist Chandra Dev Bhatta says that the outlook is very uncertain as protesters are divided and the movement has been hijacked by various interest groups.
#Nepal #protests#SocialMedia