A Concession Is Not Liberation: CJP, Selective Solidarity and the Politics of Managed Dissent

The CJP mobilisation deserves neither liberal romanticisation nor cynical dismissal. Its contradictions must be approached dialectically. Thousands of young people mobilised because their futures had been reduced to leaked examinations, unemployment, corruption and institutional contempt. Many came out without organisational protection, faced police violence, detention and threats, and still…