Gen Zers have taken on their governments. From around the world, they tell us why.

Sambidhan Prasai was not sure he was wearing the right pants to a revolution.

Did orange Lululemon shorts say Che Guevara or casual jog?

But the human tide toward the centers of power in Kathmandu was inexorable, and he was swept into it with what he had on. Generation Z had taken to the streets in Nepal, and there was no chance of him being left behind.

Why We Wrote This

Gen Zers have brought down governments because they want good governance. From around the globe, they tell us how they’re inspiring each other’s activism in a hyperconnected world.

“The air felt charged, like the whole country was holding its breath,” he says, weeks after the youth-led protests that toppled the government.

And in the moment of that national breath, the protest became something more than a generation