Hope and Anger Adolescents and young adults everywhere demonstrate against adult authority as they seek to establish their political identity, with varied strategies and results. In Cairo’s Tahrir Square (left), this young man flashes the peace sign hours before President Mubarak’s resignation. The 2011 “Arab Spring” in other nations was not as successful. French students (right) protest cuts in high school staff, but their demands were resisted by the government. Worldwide, social change is fuelled by youthful aspirations—sometimes leading to victory, sometimes to despair.
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