New forms of youth activism–Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Bill movement in the local-national-global nexus

This essay looks at the causes, manifestations and outcomes of the changing forms of youth activism in the Anti-Extradition Bill movement in Hong Kong. It highlights the young protesters’ political agency in harnessing a range of local, diasporic and international resources to steer this leaderless movement, and the path-breaking strategies and results that have emerged. It shows how cities such as Hong Kong produce the conditions and resources for youthful political engagement that manifests in an increasingly versatile yet precarious manner within the local-national-global nexus.