Talk:Gen Z protests/Archive 1

Archive 1

Mention of Serbian anti-government protests

Serbia faces major protests for almost a year led by university students. Protests are not breanded as “gen Z” protests but students are gen Z and the values are the same: anti-corruption. The difference is tgat they are not violent. 95.86.50.75 (talk) 12:32, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Proof positive the list is subjective Original Research. 142.59.165.82 (talk) 14:25, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

As primary topic

If somebody wants to convert the page into a primary topic article, this NPR article could be a helpful start. Some additional links: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Ideophagous (talk) 08:39, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

No such things a “Gen Z Protests”

There is no verifiable evidence beyond a few media outlets using the term Gen Z when reporting this. Wikipedia is not a news site. The list is just a “feels like it belongs here” as opposed to any evidence or proof. This article is spreading misinformation and is pure original research and being liked by the editors. It is an absolute utter joke and what Wikipedia fundamentally is NOT. This is the worst kind of thing to try and force into an encyclopaedia. 142.59.165.82 (talk) 13:49, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

We are currently discussing this on the user's talk page. Cmrc23 ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ 13:58, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

Then lets move it here 142.59.165.82 (talk) 14:10, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

Moved from my talk page:

No such evidence of any kind exists to say that such a “Gen Z Protest” movement even exists, so why is a page spreading this kind of original research and misinformation even allowed to exist? 142.59.165.82 (talk) 13:46, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

That's simply not true, there's plenty of evidence from reliable sources;

I can understand disputing the name and the concept, but claiming there is no evidence at all is simply incorrect Cmrc23 ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ 13:52, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for just waving media labelling and not evidence. Where is the actual evidence and not just media labelling for their convenience. Wikipedia is NOT a news site and NOT a repeater of news outlets spin and labelling. Where is the actual evidence these random, unlinked, and unique circumstances are actually linked, when we are now reaching desperately to try and include Africa, Europe and Asia in to one weird blob, claiming all of a set generation are one homogenous blob. None of the media sources used, show anything beyond a nice convenient label. 142.59.165.82 (talk) 13:55, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

It's not "media labelling", it's WP:RS. Cmrc23 ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ 13:57, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

Reliable sources can spew out garbage. I really hate people thinking WP:RS overrides the need for the information to be unbiased, verifiable, and accurate. Just being in a reliable source is not a trump card to ram things in to an article or this encyclopaedia. This is a prime example of media outlets Wikipedia has deemed reliable having biased opinionated labelling glommed on to and being forced in to Wikipedia without doing any basic thinking about if the information is verifiable, accurate and unbiased. 142.59.165.82 (talk) 14:02, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

I really do think that the evidence shows otherwise. Please do make a note in the talk pages of articles before performing these changes. Thanks! Cmrc23 ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ 14:05, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

Then where is the evidence that some how protests in Bangladesh have anything to do with Protests is Serbia, and Madagascar. There is none, simply labelling it the same is not enough, they are over wildly different things, and wildly different circumstances. Additionally using just one generation in a claim is grotesquely inaccurate as it makes out no one else is involved, and all members of that generation are a homegonous blob. I guarantee you will not be able to find actual verifiable, unbiased linakges for this wide range of protests in a wide range of countries. Simply wanting to have a link and glomming on to labels by the media is not good enough for an encyclopaedia. 142.59.165.82 (talk) 14:09, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

This all (to be charitable) sounds like an issue with how reliable sources are covering these events rather than with Wikipedia writing about what those reliable sources have published, which is what we're supposed to do. WP:TRUTH may be a helpful read for if you want to continue this crusade after your blocks expire. I'd also encourage you to actually read WP:NOR and WP:V rather than simply pointing at them, as they don't say what you appear to think they do.^LaffyTaffer💬(she/they) 19:38, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

References

Start date?

Full disclosure that I'm generally unfamiliar with these protests aside from the most major developments that have hit my news feed.

Start date is currently listed as 15 March 2023, the start date of Aragalaya, however the cited source for that just seems to mention it in the context of civil protests, not specifically the Gen Z protests. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said Thursday that violent civil protests - such as last month's Gen Z-led agitation in Nepal that overthrew a corrupt government and forced political change, and similar movements in Sri Lanka in July last year and in Bangladesh in 2022 - don't lead to anything. Aragalaya also doesn't appear to make any mention of Gen Z. Asian Spring lists the start as 2021, presumably 2 February 2021 per Myanmar protests (2021–present), so it seems that should be considered the start, but maybe someone more familiar with these events has a better date?

Alternatively, since this appears to be a loose group of otherwise unrelated protests, should a start date be listed at all? ^LaffyTaffer💬(she/they) 19:57, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

It's quite unclear at the moment, but as the sources come in we'll probably have more of a clue. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 20:26, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

Gaza War Protests as another wave of Gen Z protests?

<nowiki>I am aware that as of right now most of this article is just discussing the Asian Spring and African protests that have taken place over the past few years, however, couldn’t we also include the worldwide Gaza anti-war movement that started in late 2023 and has been spearheaded by college students and many other Generation Z protesters as apart of this global wave of young civil unrest? Here’s an article from the Independent discussing how much of a role Gen Z has played in the anti war movement from 2024 to further emphasize this point. --TyloNutter (talk) 14:10, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

It's possible, I would certainly consider adding it. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 19:27, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

@TyloNutter: it appears that the earliest example of Gen Z involvement in protests are the George Floyd protests of 2020, which Axios described as a "coming of political age". I believe therefore the article should begin its history section with discussion of the George Floyd protests. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 16:53, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

List

@User:Epitome of Creativity: Please do not add entries to the list unless the given sources explicitly mention it being a "Gen Z" protest. It is original research for us to define this category of protest, and mere mention of "young people" is insufficient as that term is up to interpretation. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 16:49, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

Katalin Novák presidential pardon scandal protests as Gen Z protests?

It is part of the Southeast Europe protests (2024–present), many of which are driven by youth and students, which by definition means Gen Z. Is there any evidence for a large portion of these protesters to be young people? Epitome of Creativity (talk) 17:00, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

There is no precise definition for what counts as Gen Z. We can only go off of what reliable sources explicitly call a Gen Z protest. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 17:44, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

Style of article not consistent with other articles

This article does not have the style and objectivity that is expected in a Wikipedia article. The article is written like a middle or high school essay with too many quotes and references to „experts“ while explaining their credentials. There is also at least one case of incorrect punctuation. The article needs to be rewritten to fit the style and quality a Wikipedia article should have. Tewtadle (talk) 16:16, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

Can you point out specific areas of the article that need fixing? Where is this incorrect punctuation for instance? ^LaffyTaffer💬(she/they) 16:49, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

Here behind „history“ there is a full stop out of place. It’s not a full sentence. For me it’s a symptom of the general unprofessional style of the article.

According to Andrea Horbinski, who has a PHD in modern Japanese history. protestors use the Straw Hat flag "in solidarity with other protesters in other countries who have recently famously flown the flag themselves". Tewtadle (talk) 17:06, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

I have also never seen this „according to“ style in any Wikipedia article. Normally there is a statement and a source. I’ve seen it handled this way If there are differing opinions but I believe the style of this article is amateurish in that way. Tewtadle (talk) 17:07, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

The reason I added these attributions is because the Gen Z protests are not well defined and there doesn't appear to be established consensus on the links between the protests. It appears to be a neologism, and the meaning will probably settle in a month or two. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 17:29, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

I've tried to cut out the excessive quotations now. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 17:57, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

Fixed the punctuation issue. I'm inclined to agree that there's issues with the overreliance on direct quotes and the general style of the article past what I'd be able to fix myself, so I've added the {{Tone}} template to the top. If you have the time and energy, I'd suggest making an edit request to propose direct changes to sections of the page. Thanks. ^LaffyTaffer💬(she/they) 17:20, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

Neither the gen Z has and that’s why we are leading the change 188.120.97.185 (talk) 20:06, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

Date range

I changed the beginning date from the "late 2010s" to the "early 2020s", since none of the protests listed took place in the 2010s. Since this was reverted, we should discuss it here. As far as I can tell, only one source says the Gen Z protests started in the late 2010s, an article from The Diplomat, and no specific protests were cited to support this. All other sources I have seen describe this as a wave starting somewhere between 2022 to 2025. The question is: what year/range should we list the protests having started? BappleBusiness^[talk] 17:51, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Can you provide a contradicting source which explicitly says that the Gen Z protests started in the early 2020s? Personally I also disagree with The Diplomat with the date range, but Wikipedia's sourcing requirements are more important and it is considered a reliable source per WP:THEDIPLOMAT. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 18:40, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

@WMrapids The provided source (Le Monde) still does not say that the global Gen Z protests began in Sri Lanka in 2022, only that "Since 2022, a "political tsunami" has swept through South Asia" which appears to be referencing the Asian Gen Z protests specifically. It is still interpretive on our part to say the protests didn't begin in the late 2010s, which is what The Diplomat says: "Since the late 2010s, Gen Z, fed up with the failures of governments and politicians, has led a wave of revolt and protest against systemic injustices." ―Howard • 🌽³³ 07:27, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

@Howardcorn33 Most of the sources have described the Gen Z protests as a phenomenon that has appeared as within the past few months/this year (Washington Post, CBC, Foreign Policy). Le Monde sets the starting date at 2022, also in the subtitle: "Since 2022, young people in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal have led a wave of uprisings..." My problem with The Diplomat source is that while it does declare that the wave started in the 2010s, it doesn't actually specify what those protests were. Unless I missed something, none of the sources label any specific protests in the 2010s as "Gen Z protests". Both practically and as a matter of notability, I don't know how we could include 2010s protests if we can't describe them. BappleBusiness^[talk] 17:39, 13 October 2025 (UTC)

"Part of"

@Wikitalovin1: The BBC article you cited still does not mention that the protests are a part of the third wave of autocratization, just that Gen Z was "Raised against the backdrop of the Great Recession of 2008". ―Howard • 🌽³³ 20:24, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

alr, now it should work Wikitalovin1 (talk) 20:26, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

The "part of" parameter of the infobox template says that it should be filled in with "the larger encompassing movement" in cases of protests. The provided source still does not say the Gen Z protests are a part of a larger protest movement in the aftermath of the Great Recession, which would presumably be the Occupy movement (which appears to have died out in 2016). ―Howard • 🌽³³ 20:31, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

then this mean that we have to change the infoboxs of protests that says the protests against donald trump are part of his presidency Wikitalovin1 (talk) 20:34, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Makes sense to me, if all those articles say is "Part of the presidency of Donald Trump" then that ought to be fixed. I like how the above linked Occupy movement does it. "Part of the resposne to the presidency of Donald Trump" would be a more appropriate phrasing.

Regardless of WP:OTHERCONTENT, I think the "part of"s you added so far have been a bit too broad without adequately strong sourcing to back the claims up. I'm also not sure there needs to be a "part of" for this page in the first place. ^LaffyTaffer💬(she/they) 21:25, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Yes, anyway the Gen Z potests were obviously influenced by the Great recession and the subsequent third wave of autocraticization that is a global political phenomena indicating the aument of autocracies after the great recession, this means that technically every protests after great recession against democratic backsliding is part of protests against the wave, due to the fact that the recession is now over i added Aftermath to indicates that this is part of the consequences and not of the event as properly indicated. Wikitalovin1 (talk) 21:37, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

@Wikitalovin1 and Howardcorn33: I didn't mean to mess anything up, but I moved details from the "Part of" and placed them in a "Background" section. I think providing the reader details in the body of the article, like explaining how the Great Recession and the COVID pandemic affected Gen Z, is more valuable than slapping a link in the "Part of" portion of an infobox. From there, the "Background" section can be expanded to provide more information to readers.--WMrapids (talk) 22:16, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

I think that is a better way to go about it. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 22:19, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

I appreciate the work but i have a last idea, what if we say that this was part of the consequences of covid and great recession?

this is true because although not part of the events is a consequence of them. Wikitalovin1 (talk) 22:24, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

That will be up to scholars and experts to decide. To claim it ourselves is original research. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 22:26, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Alright Wikitalovin1 (talk) 22:26, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

@Wikitalovin1: I think if we go deep into the weeds, we can find a myriad of causes or things the protests can be a "Part of", but we just don't have that from sources yet. We can focus on building up the background some more, though. We just have to be careful about synthesizing information ourselves and concentrate more on letting the sources talk. WMrapids (talk) 22:27, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Okay, You are right. Wikitalovin1 (talk) 22:28, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

The event is still too recent to study all the causes that lead to it. Wikitalovin1 (talk) 22:29, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Serbian protest caused resignation

Serbian protest’s factually overthrew Miloš Vučević’s government and there is new prime minister and government now. Protests are still active because goals are not yet achieved but information needs to be changed on the map and in the text. 188.120.97.68 (talk) 20:44, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

I believe that the Government of Serbia is led by the President of Serbia, who nominates who the Prime Minister of Serbia will be. If the president is the executive, would their government have actually ended if the executive and legislative branches largely remain intact? This is opposed to the Government of Bangladesh, which is headed by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, who serves as the nation's executive. WMrapids (talk) 22:24, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Prime minister of Serbia is voted in the National Assembly, President suggests who it can be. Ofc in corrupt country as Serbia is National assembly votes as President says, but legally they can reject President’s suggestion. The former Prime Minister resigned because of the tensions, so protests kinda pressured him to do so, even if that was not a goal of the protests bask then. You can read about his official explanation here on the official website of government of Serbia. 188.120.97.68 (talk) 23:12, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Should Israel also be included?

They have been facing many protests since the last 2 years Crafter54 (talk) 17:31, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

Can you provide sources? ―Howard • 🌽³³ 18:14, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_hostage_deal_protests Crafter54 (talk) 18:19, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/09/relief-and-cheers-as-israelis-sing-in-hostage-square Crafter54 (talk) 18:21, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

We cannot cite Wikipedia and The Guardian source makes no mention of Gen Z. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 20:04, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

First successful Gen Z-led revolution/protest

The first successful Gen Z-led revolution is the Bangladesh protests in 2024 according to sources: ,, , , , , . 2600:4040:4786:F500:4109:2916:330A:8F12 (talk) 18:36, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 October 2025

The first successful Gen Z-led revolution/protest is the Bangladesh protests in 2024 according to sources: ,, , , , , . please change the openning sentences of the article to reflect that.2600:4040:4786:F500:4109:2916:330A:8F12 (talk) 18:38, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. meamemg (talk) 19:29, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 18 October 2025

Can remove a South Korean protest becouse it heppend before Gen Z protests heppend before Gen Z protests heppend and nobody use a famouse “One Piece” pirate flag whose first time was used in 2025 Indonesian August protests and than is division in Korean Gen Z where majority of Male Gen Z support a korean president what is wierd becouae nature of Gen Z protests is opposition of Corruption and Authoritarism and not Support it, 89.142.146.178 (talk) 14:21, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Not done. We have two sources confirming that these were, in fact, Gen Z protests. Also, we don't mention that the “One Piece” pirate flag was used in Korea. I will therefore change your edit request to answered as not done. Friendly, Lova Falk (talk) 14:38, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 October 2025

Add Maldives and Togo in list of countries with demonstrations described as Gen Z protests.

Source for Maldives: https://theprint.in/world/as-a-womans-fall-puts-spotlight-on-muizzu-govt-youth-led-protests-rock-maldivian-capital/2610148/?amp

Source for Togo: https://amp.dw.com/en/togo-gnassingbe-dynasty-faces-youth-led-protests/a-73050558 84.9.90.135 (talk) 18:08, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: Neither of those articles describes the protests as "Gen Z protests." Day Creature (talk) 03:13, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

Well neither do the protests in France and Italy? Why do they get featured? 90.251.92.185 (talk) 07:46, 11 October 2025 (UTC)

I actually found some sources stating that it is indeed a Gen Z protest.

https://www.theafricareport.com/387985/generation-z-has-a-new-target-the-dynasty-running-togo/, https://vocfm.co.za/togos-youth-in-protest-following-controversial-change-to-constitution/, https://www.npr.org/2025/10/02/nx-s1-5558288/madagascar-morocco-gen-z-protests, https://www.dw.com/en/togo-protests-why-young-people-are-risking-everything/video-73125033

Last source calls it "youth", but it does refer to Gen Z undirectly. The rest mention it outright. VitoxxMass (talk) 00:23, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Myanmar

the Myanmar protests (2021–present) showed big support from burmese gen Z, i think that we should add these in the article. Wikitalovin1 (talk) 15:14, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Iranian Gen Z protests

Should the Mahsa Amini protests be considered as Gen Z protests? And the overall Woman, Life, Freedom movement? It had huge use of social media as a tool amongst Gen Z protesters, and had a huge Gen Z participation rate overall (with some sources mentioned below calling them the protests' driving force).

Various sources define it as such, and i think its fair to confirm its denomination: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/discord-streets-gen-zs-moment-middle-east https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63213745 https://www.mei.edu/publications/irans-rising-generation-z-forefront-protests https://globalaffairs.org/commentary-and-analysis/podcasts/impact-women-and-gen-z-iranian-protests https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/11/01/iran-protests-gen-z-mahsa-amini-social-media/ VitoxxMass (talk) 00:05, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 October 2025

Ivorian people's protests against their current president's will to run for an unconstitutional fourth term (9th September 2025 - present) Kq1959 (talk) 15:53, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Bowler the Carmine | talk 16:07, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 October 2025

Restore Morocco to the "Demonstrations described as Gen Z protests" section. The Moroccan genz protests are still ongoing and they didn't mention anything about ending their protests in their official facebook/tiktok/X pages. An official vote on continuing their protests this week (saturday 25 and sunday 26) was just voted in their official discord server. And please can someone revert the changes to this map https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gen_Z_Protests_map.svg. 102.97.94.11 (talk) 08:14, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

 Done was not sourced Mayouhm (talk) 10:27, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Merge request

I think Gen Z protests in Asia should be merged into this article, as there's significant overlap between the two subjects, and, per WP:REDUNDANT, should be merged. PortugueseWikiMan (talk) 09:28, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Oppose. Gen Z protests in Asia has a lot of specific information that would be undue for this article, and that would be a pity if it got deleted. Lova Falk (talk) 13:54, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Proposed new page and changes to map

The Gen Z protests from Iran and Togo seems to not have been added to the map. Please, if someone knows how to edit the SVG map, do include them (Iran as failed and Togo as ongoing).

On top of that, I propose the creation of the Gen Z protests in Africa page, due to the prevalance of the phenomenon. (Kenya, Morocco, Madagascar, Togo) VitoxxMass (talk) 12:29, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Makes sense. Kq1959 (talk) 20:07, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Adding the protests (e.g. No Kings) in the USA?

Whether or not the protests in the USA could be considered "Gen Z" protests is up for debate, but young people are certainly participating in them, and along with that they're happening during the same time as the other protests (that is, now) and are protesting similar issues, namely real or perceived corruption, authoritarianism, austerity, genocide in the Gaza strip, and so on.

As such, I think it would be pertinent to add the USA to the list of countries with ongoing protests. Blooming.Lilith (talk) 17:28, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

If there were sources describing them as Gen Z protests, then it would be a good addition Mayouhm (talk) 21:35, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

From what I've seen it's mostly older people going to those, not that Zoomers aren't involved in some capacity. I'm sure there's plenty of coverage on it Catboy69 (talk) 21:49, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Add Oust Anwar rally!

help, Add Oust Anwar rally because Fuel RON 95 a High! ~2025-31481-59 (talk) 19:18, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

What makes you say it is indeed a Gen Z protest? VitoxxMass (talk) 23:36, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Yes, Because Abolition of subsidies, High cost of living

Increasing prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and Implementation of Sales and Services Tax (SST) @VitoxxMass ~2025-31481-59 (talk) 04:17, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Ok... but that doesn't really prove it's a Gen Z protest whatsover, you need to prove mediatic coverage that describe it as such. We can't have Wikipedia contradict the general consensus. Check the "Demonstrations described as Gen Z Protests" discussion on this page. VitoxxMass (talk) 09:43, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Why Malaysia did not enter to Gen Z protests @VitoxxMass ~2025-31481-59 (talk) 11:43, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

All eyes on Pakistan

Some sources seems to state that there is an ongoing protest which is being called a Gen Z protest by some sources in PoK, Pakistan. However, only Indian media is reporting on it so far, and the sources aren't that reliable on the region. Still, since this news is very recent keep ALL EYES on this protest in case we have to add it. As of right now, it doesn't meet all criterias and the sources could be unreliable.

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/pok-pakistan-occupied-kashmir-genz-student-protests-violence-shehbaz-sharif-government-2814577-2025-11-06 https://www.news18.com/world/a-nepal-moment-why-gen-z-is-taking-on-the-pakistani-state-in-pok-ws-l-9684820.html https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/pok-gen-z-protests-university-campus-13948492.html

Only add the protest when it's no longer ambiguous. VitoxxMass (talk) 15:50, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

No there's Pakistan ~2025-31481-59 (talk) 03:52, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Add 2025 Indian electoral protests

Help? Add India Because Alleged rigging of the 2024 Indian general election and state assembly elections ~2025-31481-59 (talk) 13:23, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Before we can add anything, you need to provide WP:reliable sources that the electorial protests actually were Gen Z protests. As far as I can see, it was not, but I haven't researched it thoroughly. Lova Falk (talk) 14:08, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Later! ~2025-31481-59 (talk) 15:17, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

India Want to Gen Z protests? ~2025-31481-59 (talk) 10:14, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

2024 Bolivian Protests

Why Bolivia not included part Gen Z protests ~2025-31481-59 (talk) 17:29, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Demonstrations described as Gen Z protests

While the section listing the protests is called "Demonstrations described as Gen Z protests", a lot of the protests included are not described as Gen Z protests in their references. In many cases, they discuss how Gen Z is involved in these protests without specifically labeling them as Gen Z protests. For example, South Korea Mayouhm (talk) 15:44, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Mayouhm I checked the Main article (in this case, section): 2024 South Korean martial law crisis#Protests against Yoon Suk Yeol. Nowhere in the text of that article does it mention Gen Z protests - it is only used in the two infoboxes. This is very meagre. I also checked the sources you mentioned, "South Korea's Gen-Z divided over political crisis" and "The Millennial and Gen Z women at the frontlines of Korea's Yoon-OUT pro-democracy rallies" which also is not quite the same as a Gen Z protest. So, I agree with you about South Korea, and think it should be removed from the list, and that "Gen Z" protest ought to be removed from the infoboxes in that article. However, other editors may disagree, so it is better to await their replies. Lova Falk (talk) 17:48, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

No other editor has weighed in. I'll remove South Korea. Lova Falk (talk) 15:14, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

Turkey has the same problem so I'll remove that as well. There's probably others listed too that aren't described as Gen Z protests Mayouhm (talk) 15:43, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

I'd like to open up the discussion of "What does it mean for a protest to be described as a Gen Z protest". Id' say there's three possibilities.

1. Some articles clearly call it as such and provide some kind of link to other Gen Z protests.

OR

2. The protest is mostly Gen-Z-led. This is hard to deduce, and we should not rely on sources that merely call protests "Gen-Z led" or "Youth-led". Instead, there must be statistical proof of this. Censuses on who participated in protests are rarely accurate, thus I'd say a way better alternative is to verify how many of the arrested and injured demonstrators are within the age of 15-30. If it is a majority, that's a sign that even if it was not called a "Gen Z protest," it is either way part of the wider movement.

These should be the requirements to add ANY protest to the list. VitoxxMass (talk) 00:20, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

Very good initiative VitoxxMass to try to get consensus about the requirements. I think option 1 is the best one. If we chose option 2, this will not only lead to endless discussions and edit wars, but also to Wikipedia saying that a certain protest is a Gen Z protest when the media don't. Lova Falk (talk) 14:19, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree with option 1 too since option 2 leans too much on original research plus I am not totally sure if youth are definitely the majority on protests that are explicitly described as Gen Z protests Mayouhm (talk) 14:23, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

A CookieInsomniac (talk) 15:19, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

I think it's best to characterize Gen Z Protests as a movement. It's catching fire, it's a contagious pathogen. So I'd divide these protests into "pre-cursor movements" and the "Gen z spring" Pre-cursor movements would lay the groundwork for what the spring has taken, general criteria for a "pre-cursor movement" I think should be

- Largely decentralized with no major political figurehead leading the charge

- Led by Generation Z (obviously)

- Generally Anti-Authority, they cannot be things like the Pro-Gaza protests because those aren't necessarily against the government. (Ik some are like the Italian General strikes are definitely Gen Z protests because they're protesting Italy's backing up Israel therefor it's still anti-government, what Gaza protest is not anti government are per-say the pro-Gaza protests in Türkiye for example)

- A critical role of social media, these can be found easily through evidence such as prevalent hashtags playing a key role in spreading awareness and organizing a movement, or protester meetings being almost entirely through online forums. Etc.

Also since I want to view this as a movement, any protests that were clear, direct inspirations for indisputable Gen Z protests will basically be a guarantee of entry

CookieInsomniac (talk) 15:21, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

All four of these could be used to describe the Aragalaya, Mahsa Amini Protests, Seven days of rage, July Revolution, 2025 Mongolian protests, 2025 Togolese protests.

I would dispute saying the Mozambican protests of 2024 were Gen Z protests, they had a clear, organized leader, that ended the protests after he came to an agreement with the government.

I also think it's dangerous to put the Thai 2020-2021 protests in there, as anything before the Aragalaya seems like a stretch of the idea that the Gen Z protests are a movement.

CookieInsomniac (talk) 15:22, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Pre-cursor movements aside, I think the Gen Z Spring really officially started with the Nepal Gen Z and August Indonesia Gen Z protests, where we saw the emergence of the one piece flag: the clearest sign that this is a movement, that spreads, rather than just a bunch of disconnected protests. So I think any protests that fit the above description and show clear influence from other Gen Z protests, deserve to be Gen Z protests.

Aside from the Indonesian and Nepalese protests, evidence of a Gen z spring in France, the Philippines, Timor-leste, Italy, Maldives, Peru, Madagascar, Morocco, Cameroon, and Paraguay also appear president. Evident by the One piece flags, or usage of "Gen z" as a political rallying cry.

On top of those, Serbia can also fit the prior criteria and has shown evidence of influence from the Gen Z protests in other countrie

CookieInsomniac (talk) 15:23, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Now I've made suggestions to remove protests because of the criteria I listed, but one I would absolutely like to see added are the ongoing protests in Georgia.

Theirs evidence of Gen Z Spring influence in the recent Georgian protests, especially last month with the revolution of flags with the Nepali flag displayed at protests CookieInsomniac (talk) 15:25, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

I think the Thai protests are valid to be there due to sources directly calling it a "gen Z protest" (the first time it was applied to a nationwide instance) and the fact it uses social media extensively, and studies even tie the Sri Lankan and Thai movements together (in terms of influence and characteristics).

https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jomld/article/view/258878

https://cove.army.gov.au/article/kyr-thailand-special-issues VitoxxMass (talk) 16:11, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

(Wikipedia wouldn't let me post links easily within my comments but lmk if you want any sources for anything I've said6 CookieInsomniac (talk) 19:04, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Mexican protests

Shouldn't the Gen Z protests happening currently on Mexico be included? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8vm30rr78o ~2025-33577-83 (talk) 23:34, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

let's see how it plays out SMohammed09241 (talk) 07:51, 16 November 2025 (UTC)

Article mentioned mentions large number of injuries; I'd say it's pretty significant ~2025-34028-48 (talk) 12:48, 16 November 2025 (UTC)

Kenya GenZ protests

the Kenyan GenZ protests were the first successful ones, not Bangladesh. this is an error ~2025-33789-97 (talk) 19:21, 16 November 2025 (UTC)

Can we really call the 2025 Mexican Protests "Gen Z"

From how I take it, most Gen z support ended before the 15th of November, where it appears most prominent Gen Z in Mexico have completely abandoned the movement, instead it's been taken by the Mexican right, with Pliego and Fox being the heads now, and also being funded by Atlas Network. The protests appear to mostly be popular among older, right wing folk, its a gen z protest in name only. https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/11/18/gen-z-protests-in-mexico-or-coordinated-chaos/ CookieInsomniac (talk) 16:08, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

India Ladakh Gen Z incident

I know it was not highlighted mych but sources like al jazeera describe it to be a Gen Z one. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/25/bloodiest-day-how-gen-z-protest-wave-hit-indias-ladakh-killing-four source Royal Bengal Tiger is great (talk) 15:15, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

Ask to @Mayouhm, @Kalpesh Manna 2002 and @VitoxxMass don't know ~2025-35741-92 (talk) 08:21, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

Nepal Protest should be described as ongoing

It has started again after a hault, erupting in Bara district Royal Bengal Tiger is great (talk) 15:17, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

Already did ~2025-35741-92 (talk) 08:22, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

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Do Protests in South Korea and Hong Kong count?

While I can´t find any explicit mention of gen z on the pages about them there have protests in Hong Kong and South Korea, in Hong Kong I mean the protests of 2019-2020, whereas in South Korea protests that began at the end of last year which ended this year - surely these could be considered to be part of gen z protests. StrongALPHA (talk) 10:45, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

Can't ~2025-38766-32 (talk) 23:55, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

Will somebody add Mongolia to be map

My request is self-explanatory. StrongALPHA (talk) 10:50, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

The Italian protests may not be considered Gen Z Protests

The Italian protests may not be considered Gen Z Protests as they are dominated by more non Gen Z sections of society. The protests also are not sharing the same kind of view or scale we see in other Gen Z protests with the notable symbols of typical and common protests missing. ~2026-68378 (talk) 10:46, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

2025-2026 Iranian protests

I think the 2025-2026 Iranian protests should be included as a lot of sources say the protests are dominated by Gen Z. ~2026-35207 (talk) 18:47, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Agree i saw some news talking about gen z in recent Iranian protests Foxy Husky (talk) 11:49, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

Should the Anti-ICE and No Kings protests in the United States be included

While the protesting population was diverse, these were majorly attended and organized by ‘Gen Z’ especially the student walk outs in states like North Carolina. ~2025-41235-54 (talk) 21:00, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Source to such statements? VitoxxMass (talk) 10:57, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Well in the "see also" section of the august no king protest article, it does link to gen z protests article, maybe if you look at reliable sources whatever or not it can be considered Gen Z protests ~2025-43053-85 (talk) 19:03, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Most of the No Kings protesters are Boomers. I'm also not sure that they are Gen Z organized. It seems to be a concerted effort by myriad activist organizations and NGOs, not a grassroots generational movement. Catboy69 (talk) 19:19, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Then why is there a link to gen z protests in the see also section in august no kings protest article? there has to be gen z because it wasn't all boomers, it dosent have to be everyone gen z but simply at least half of people be gen z, people born in 1997 are gen z and they are now 28/29 years old, they aren't youth, they're adults, not even young adults, try look into reliable sources to confirm it as a gen z protest ~2025-43053-85 (talk) 19:58, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Should we change the Iran from Black to Yellow in the map?

The protests in Iran a4e in their phase 2. So should we change Iran from Black to Yellow in the map? Rejuu9 (talk) 11:50, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

It has been done right now. Same with Thailand. VitoxxMass (talk) 20:32, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Mexico

Mexico no longer appears in the article except for on the map. Is this intentional? Should it be removed from the map? Catboy69 (talk) 19:21, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Various problems

First: are those protests led by zoomers, zoomers participate in it with a major role, or just protests with zoomers (so almost every protest now)? Because while a definition is given can every protest in here be proved to be led majorly or definitively by zoomers? Second: Thailand is shown in orange...? Do the protests of the Thai political crisis persist to this day? ~2026-36602-6 (talk) 21:53, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

This whole article seems to present an enormous WP:SYNTH issue. Are RS directly using the specific category of "Gen Z protest" to describe these protests, or are they simply noting Gen Z involvement without characterizing the unrest as "Gen Z" specifically? Because it seems to me like this varies dramatically from case to case, and that some of the protests being linked here have not been described by RS as being part of a coherent wave of "Gen Z protests". DiodotusNicator (talk) 01:35, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

This recent article by the Sunday Times is an example of the type of RS that this page needs more of: “This is effectively a Gen Z uprising,” said Holly Dagres, senior fellow at the Washington Institute and author of the Iranist newsletter. It follows on from what she described as “the world’s first Gen Z revolution”, the Woman, Life, Freedom movement that started in September 2022 following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, 22, who had been arrested for “bad hijab” — falling foul of stringent clothing rules. DiodotusNicator (talk) 02:40, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

Morocco

Are the Moroccan protests still ongoing? Looking at the article of the protests, it ended in October 2025, yet it is still described as ongoing in this article. There should be a consensus on this, but I don't know too much about it to make this edit myself on the status of these protests. Ebalia Nux (talk) 06:42, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

It has been fixed, and Morocco has been updated on the map. Thanks for your feedback :) VitoxxMass (talk) 19:33, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Great, thank you! Ebalia Nux (talk) 21:23, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Gambia Mandinari

Is the gambia Mandinari youth protests of 26-7 of September relevant enough to be here? K1RB1L1TY (talk) 16:04, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

If you can prove it is a Gen Z protest I would not be against it. Sources merely calling it "youth led" is often not good enough. The way is organized, its goals and the way it played out are also important. VitoxxMass (talk) 19:32, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Japan

The protests in Japan are overexaggerated in this article. If we treat the resignation of Ishiba and Kishida governments as results of Gen-Z protests, why not consider the South Korean 2024 martial law protests a successful gen-z revolution as well? The government there also resigned as a result.

And personally speaking, a few demonstrations that took place in Japan are not at all comparable with those that happened in Nepal or other countries mentioned in the article. The 1968–1969 Japanese university protests could way more classify as a student-led revolution rather than a few demonstrations that are attributed to the part of "Gen-Z protests" in Japan in this article.

Also who invented the name Raging Years Movement? Is there a Japanese source that originally described the protests as such? There is no Japanese wikipedia article on this nor can I find any Japanese sources describing the protests as such. Additionally, neither of the currently cited sources in the article describe the protests as a "gen-z revolution".

I propose the removal of Japan from this article, the same way the article about the gen-z protests in Asia specifically does not list Japan. Pusf.smbd (talk) 12:38, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

Slight support

I was waiting for an article to be made, since the sources provided (not all of them) were promising. But if nothing comes out of this soon, i suggest removing it. In that case ill also remove it from the map. VitoxxMass (talk) 19:31, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Agree: Unfortunately, I think there's been an exaggeration. The demonstrations were minimal, and the changes in government were too orderly and not coerced by those protests. It seems like a publicity stunt. Taichi (talk) 05:06, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Indonesia and Peru

can there not be a new 'partial success' feature on the map? ~2026-72950-1 (talk) 17:35, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

I support such thing as partial success can neither be described as a total failure nor can it be described as a victory. It would just make sense. ~2026-61170-1 (talk) 16:13, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

Malaysia

Though Malaysia did face a major protest, the map should not label the country under green (Successful protests, government overthrown or changed. This is due to the fact that the government was not ousted after the protests. Even labelling it blue (Successful protests, government applied the desired reform) would be, in my opinion, an exaggeration, as neighbouring Indonesia is labelled black (Failed protests) in spite of a cabinet reshuffle and minor reforms. In my opinion, the reforms and reshuffle in Malaysia is comparable, if not lesser than that of Indonesia, and so it should deserve the black label. Dab3st is here (talk) 07:03, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Rename this to Gen Z Spring

As I speak, Iran is undergoing the Lion and Sun Revolution, primarily started by university students, (mostly Gen Z or Millenial), and the Baazar. Plus, with the scale of these protests is unprecedented for just 1 protest cycle. Thatonepoliticalcoverageguy123 (talk) 14:45, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Colombia

As of March of 2026, there aren't any ongoing demonstrations, protests or organized opposition comparable to the more visible examples of this trend. It's a tumultuous electoral year but no major youth movement is involved in any type of continued or visible protesting or any type of mobilizations.

Petro's popularity has bounced back to approval: https://www.noticiascaracol.com/politica/encuesta-invamer-asi-esta-la-aprobacion-del-presidente-gustavo-petro-cb20 https://www.radionacional.co/actualidad/aprobacion-gustavo-petro-encuesta-cnc — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-14418-26 (talk) 21:15, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Opposition to him is fierce. He is unpopular, but no organized protests are taking place beyond opposition candidates running their respective campaigns. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-14418-26 (talk) 21:24, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

The Gen Z protest/Ballot Box Revolution in Hungary?

Hey everyone, I would like to add a Hungarian subsection to this wiki page. Is it apropriate? Now in Hungary after 16 years we had a regime change. Before hand, since 2024 there have been both decentralized (2025 Budapest Pride, 2024 Presidental Pardoning scandal protest, and the 2026 Rendszerbontó [Regime Teardown] Concert) and organized protests, mainly organized by the Opposition party TISZA (Mostly on October 23, and March 15 annually). Now the Gen Z have turned up in record number in the 2026 election, so could it count as a gen z protest? Simlos (talk) 07:37, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

The Gen Z Protests Map

I didn't know how to make the edits, so I wanted to post it in the discussions, here. Anyway, Tanzania had the protests (which are even listed in the table below it), but in the color-coded map, the country isn't properly colored off. I just thought that I would point this out. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Z_protests#/media/File:Gen_Z_protests_map.png) ~2026-21699-21 (talk) 18:55, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

In articles there is simply an "[ edit source ]" button so you should use that. ~2026-32705-16 (talk) 21:44, 2 July 2026 (UTC)