Global Youth Protests and the 'One Piece' Flag Symbolism

Young people worldwide are protesting against their governments.

Generation Z (people born between 1996 and 2010) is rising to express discontent with their leaders.

They are concerned about inequality, corruption, nepotism, corporate greed, and bleak career prospects.

This week in Madagascar, a group of protesters helped remove the country's president.

In Morocco, people marched calling for better healthcare and education.

Protesters have two things in common.

One is anger about the state of the world; the other is a flag from a Japanese manga.

In the "One Piece" manga, pirates fly the flag and fight against injustice.

Al Jazeera reported that in protests in Nepal, the flag was painted on walls, hung from cars, and displayed instead of national flags.

The flag is used in satire.

Protesters are using it to represent what they view as failures of governments.