Via Truthout: Left Behind? American Youth and the Global Fight for Democracy

Monday 28 February 2011

Henry A. Giroux | Left Behind? American Youth and the Global Fight for Democracy
Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: "Signaling a generational crisis that is global in scope, young people have sent a message to the world that they refuse to live any longer under repressive political regimes sustained by a morally bankrupt neoliberal world... Underlying these youth protests in various countries are a set of conditions that reflect differing economic and political contexts. Yet, at the same time many of these nations share a disdain for young people and a not too hidden willingness to take advantage of any youth who are deemed valuable, leaving the rest to be increasingly viewed as troublemakers and subject to a growing apparatus of discipline and control."

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