“GENERATION Z 213”: The Shadow of a Youth Revolt in an Algeria Turned into an Open-Air Prison
Algeria lives under the rhythm of fear. This Friday, October 3, the military regime, corroded by internal contradictions and a chronic paranoia, trembles at the mere sight of digital calls launched by “GENERATION Z 213.” This generation of young Algerians, inspired by citizen movements across the world, now embodies the ultimate threat to a fossilized dictatorship incapable of responding to the aspirations of its people.
Instead of addressing social misery, mass unemployment crushing millions of lives, or the dramatic collapse of purchasing power, the junta prefers to resurrect the specter of the Black Decade, as though fear-mongering could still silence an angry youth. But this generation, born long after those years of blood and ashes, is no longer willing to live forever under the boots of the generals.
Humiliated by the flight of one of its senior officers abroad, the military establishment reveals its weakness a little more each day. Its grotesque accusations against Morocco only highlight its disarray: unable to resolve its own crises, it fabricates external enemies to deflect attention.
Today, Algeria is a country paralyzed by a military caste that seizes its wealth, suffocates freedoms, and condemns its youth to exile or despair. Yet the calls of “GENERATION Z 213” prove that the wall of fear is cracking. And the day Algeria’s youth decides to rise, no propaganda, no general, and no memory of the Black Decade will be able to contain the wave.
Translated from Abderrazzak Boussaid’s French article – le7tv
