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New pockets of people power
Clayton Collins
Discontent can be unifying, even transformative.
A week ago today in this space, my colleague Amelia Newcomb set the table for a midweek story from Bangladesh on how an interim government there was riding into power on a wave of public anger over economic inequality, bringing hope.
Today we report from Nigeria. A sense of injustice over rising food and transportation costs there – amid government spending many see as self-serving – has long simmered in the streets. It’s growing. A spirit of solidarity and cooperation now overrides old enmities. Like hope, it may prove to be an irrepressible force.
