Why is Bangladesh Protesting in the Tens of Thousands While Facing Grave State Violence?
In the past week, Bangladeshi youth took to the streets in the tens of thousands against a “jobs quota law”. The law was criticized as a system that favors public sector jobs to allies of the ruling party. However, the government responded harshly against the protests—deploying military forces to universities, imposing curfews, and shutting down both the internet and media, effectively cutting off 170 million people from the outside world. More than 150 are said to have been killed by police, with thousands injured...