The world is saying ‘enough’

Posted on November 2 2026

There were protests, led mainly by young people, reported over this weekend in:

France – Paris, Lyon, Marseille and other cities.
Germany – Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne and other cities.
Italy – Rome, Milan, Turin and Genoa.
Portugal – Lisbon and Porto.
Netherlands – The Hague.
Spain – Various cities.
United Kingdom – London and Edinburgh.
Serbia – Student-led demonstrations and commemorations.
India – New Delhi.
Bangladesh – Dhaka and other industrial cities.
Mexico – Mexico City and other locations.

Is the world saying it has had enough?

Are Gen Z saying that the neoliberal abuse they are suffering is intolerable and they will no longer accept it?

It seems so.

But there is no clarity as to the direction of travel. The need for a politics of care and an economics of hope is growing.

Both would say enough for a reason. They make people, not profit and the planet, not meaningless consumption, the epicentre of their thinking. And they are radical concepts, as is a Courageous State.

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Abdul El-Sayed creates possibility – and the Establishment is frightened of that says:

November 2 2026 at 7:47 am

[…] he represents is the possibility of change, and when the system we have is rotten to its very core, as protests around the world are proving, the need for change is incredibly high, and the fear of it amongst those with power is very […]

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Pilgrim Slight Return says:

November 2 2026 at 7:53 am

Agreed.

The world we are sold wholesale based on consumption is now meeting the reality of Neo-liberal chickens coming home to roost. If you want to consume, you need the means to do it and the means have been steadily taken away from people for a long time. Maybe this is the tipping point or epiphany created by the self contradictions or indeed the sophistry of Neo-liberalism.

What makes my smile wryly is that like all extreme ideologies, it is so self-defeating.

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- Richard Murphy says:
  
  November 2 2026 at 7:59 am
  
  Much to agree with
  
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