Albania’s Protests Show No Signs Of Backing Down
The months-long protests in Albania have reached a new escalation, with university students strengthening their mobilization since mid-October. Concerns about study expenses, poor employment prospects, and low wages have added impetus to a movement that has demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama and urgent action on the widespread corruption weighing on the country. “Students have brought the Flamingo Revolution into a new phase,” wrote the Solidarity Albania platform. “In a capital where living costs devour 170% of the median net wage, public universities are starved to force youth into economic exile.” “When a generation rises for its basic rights, the only legitimate response is total solidarity,” they added. “Tirana’s struggle stands shoulder-to-shoulder with student strikes in France and India, and with liberation struggles in Palestine, Sudan, and the Congo, and…
