it could save a lot of lives as for canter. he feels his settlement now is better than going through more lengthy litigation. it's a victory because we have to balance the amount that these distributors and johnson johnson are willing to pay versus the amount of time that's going to be lost. so we can get these dollars for treatment. it might not be the end of the settlements. prosecutor said they are investigating other companies with involvement and opioids and are leaving the door open to filing more lawsuits. gabriel's ando jazz eater new york, ah. kind of a quick check of the headlines here on out 0 a day. you had to deliver games to more athletes of tested positive cobit 19. there among 12 cases linked to the games announced on thursday, bringing the total to $87.00. the opening ceremony is due to take place on friday, and the origin has more than token. i think what the organizers would say is that

it's a sign that their systems are working, that athletes are testing positive, that close contacts of being charged. and that is because of the systems they have in place. and that the idea that there could be a 0 case olympics was, was somewhat fanciful. but there are all concerns. there are concerns from some of the athletes representatives we spoke and see brought the type of tests that lead to taking on a daily basis that taking rapid results and teach n tests, which own quite as reliable as the sort of gold standard p c r. test, so they're all concerned that some of the cases might be slipping through. south korea has hit another daily record for a number of new corona virus cases, more than 1800. the more contagious delta variant is fueling the surge authorities and now considering expanding restrictions and so and its neighboring regions. the delta veterans has also driven up cases in thailand versus just reported another reco day of new cases. the national vaccine institute of apologize for not

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the program, the virus al jazeera will be inside the big bubble to bring them native from the games. like no other. ah, welcome to generation change, a global series that understand and challenge the ideas that are mobilizing you around the world. i'm not the one an independent journalist, they send levin on where genji campaigners are fighting for radical change. the, with the challenges they face couldn't be more dancing, economic collapse, political stalemate, social unrest, and the devastation caused by august 2020 the explosion here and ah, in the i think we need to young people using their skills to combat becky of corruption and victory and they believe the total read that is the only way for

me oh, can you tell me anything about your childhood and they were there any specific moments or events that saved your political activism? the early part of my childhood was not really influenced by, but i will order regina against the and beneath my number. however, it's also important most of the ideas and concepts that were created by the ruling class in terms of the tech theory and innovations and the crisis. so at the end of

the day, road partially drawn up the societies and the other genes and soon by the regime. but then i got exposed to various other ideas, movement groups. that's the right to deliver an alternative vision for what the country may be, as opposed to what i learned to be as a child. why do you think that the club is important and willing to have some kind of effect outside the scope of the news in a very love, besides the socio political phase for students to know more about politics and the various development customer? it's linked to the social group and this group had to have the economic interest which had to be protected, whether it's leading, on addition ministration to protect student freedom or needing long tuition strike,

which protects the students' rights. that was on august. the 19th was basically the you see the component of the phone with them and seen upload them. but that also transformed into a force which is able to impose a certain this force under that are you optimistic that sir? mother network will emerge as it relates to movement and lebron on know the way i see another that's already been moved and then that's very expensive. so should be . and then i think in the grass root of a truck and it has taken the idea that it should be creating a culture. me a challenge, most like they're in for these initiatives and the various other forces which are up to be paid. and that's a risk forward, and i think that's what makes music and movies

as a you for the generation that was born in peacetime, but in 2006, this changed for you. yeah. can you tell me a little bit about god, always in lebanon during the course during the summer? i was impacted for the key, but also i took it in and i understood even when i was called that narrative impact public opinion. but it was really during the 2014 goes when i was entering at major news organization. okay. understood the weight and the importance of accountability journalism and independence on amazon. so that's what the role that i took in my career oh, that was on witness approach from the past, from 2011, 2015 and then the big 2019. what was the role of the need?

yes. 11 on the me to our own bipartisan group and political parties which are the class of people and the movements rose up again at the hearts of corruption or enablers, which are the main thing. media information is the illustration of corruption in narrative, an idea. so it's really important for me to focus on the media narrative and also counter through investigative work with the independent organization i worked for i took on the daily news reporting and covering the violations. i can for testers, the protest happening over the country. there were media black out, so we were the one who had life on what was going on. and the way that he needs that means to me did to them will have been any green in

a sags on journalists. and i'll need y'all. worker is freedom of speech and danger, and lebanon in your opinion. i think freedom of speech right now as going through a specific kind of challenge because of social media and to governments use of social media to intimidate people into self censorship. ah, we need to speak against that. whether or not the intimidation is there. and i think a lot of independents me the workers understand the threat and they understand that now is the time to continue with the accounts. but it's, the journalism continues with open 4th investigation in order to uncover the start of school and to dismantle it completely. cut him as the thank you so much for being with us here today. your generation did not really witness the civil war in lebanon. however, everyone husband's card in the country may be through our parents or through

stories that were here. now i want to start with katie and how did this shape your political activism in the country? no, although we then experienced some of the war, we were taught or inherent to the narrative about securing connotations, even forms of hero with them, you know, people that we were supposed to think of very highly. at the end of the day, we also formulated a counter narrative, the idea that you are transcending, move or and transcending the sector in connotations which exist alongside of it. and this is something we're currently working on. what about 2 hours? so i also have kind of unique a bringing as my parents are both from secular backgrounds. so i had this angle that i got from my parents while understanding the trauma that they lived through during the civil war. since it's an inherited intergenerational trauma and wanting never to have this happen again. so this was basically my viewpoints going into

policies going into activism and going into journalism as well. so is your generation more radical? came more uncompromising in a way we were thought for a long way to live in on that this is the country. these are the relationships that exist between the ruling class and the people between the people themselves. between the various political factions which exist in the country, and we're suggesting that there's nothing static about them. and there's always in the dynamics transformation. and we're here experiencing another dynamic transformation which go about after october 17, which came about after august for explosion. we do think that we have the agency to create the vibe and alternative, i think. what are the ways in which you can implement such change in your opinion? i think the printer and the lot from what's happening around us since they are so called arab spring and what people are age as when we're able to achieve not only in 2011, but also in 2019 with us across iraq,

a geo to don. and where and we learn from each other about tactics and futures and histories that we want to work together towards getting you are the chair of the political working group of the met the network which connect secondary clubs across universities. 11 on canada, transformed the student activism into any c, y political movements. in your opinion, when i think this is already already the case, in the sense that that's where it is established in more than 12 to 13 universities . this suggests that there is potential for genuine competition between secondary progressive components in many society against more effect theory and reactionary components which have existed historically, the secondary clubs are in the mentor network and not only calling perspective. they're also calling for allied their progressive package. and also deals with social justice, more democratic inclusion, ideas pertaining to means,

memory than from norman's, which of this story their societies. so we're not and distant ideological group. we are part of the society. you were speaking to them when they're basically, how can you actually convince people who might be even older than the generation to vote outside the home of their sex when you have 18 sex and lebanon. when you have political parties that are based on their sex and that are not based on merit or even the politics, the problem was startling. such a question is that we need to talk to the client and from someone votes for political fact. they're also voting for the ability to get the job to be able to get, to get in a school, to be able to get social welfare and all of these things that are tied to sectarian political parties. so really thinking about getting people to lot outside of their success. enjoy. we need to also be cognizant that we are telling

them to make themselves wrong or both to a reality without the social protection. and the prince going to protections that mainstream peninsula can partner with them. so this opposition movement should have a certain i'll turn it says and realistic solutions to the secretary and claims that has been ingrained in every institution and as the parts and parts of our life. so what you're saying basically, is that nonsectarian opposition groups need to compete with these long last thing. political parties, by proving that, this is not the way. so actually, i mean, this is a very interesting phenomenon that happened after august 4 bedrooms. last, people came together from a 7 on and forms of networks of solidarity and financial and collaborative funded their networks and don't mimic the same authoritarian clients

and mystic structure that we're so used to getting the government would say that they are attempting to tackle corruption. 11 on with establishing an anti corruption committee and new law, tackling corruption and the country. what's your opinion on 11, on particular the, the term corruption is basically, and potentially, i mean, particularly when it's anti corruption. because the usually lemonade was just corruption in the sense that, you know, we have some interest being distributed within state sectors. it's a very structured as a stomach issue. we have and has been amplified since the ninety's. we have a run based economy that's completely based on monopolies, the making sector plus the real estate sector. we have a security system which compete distributes, and ministries all that have come across after the war. we have enlarged that we have a lot of social and economic inequality. no productive factors which use anything.

and we're simply living the remnants of an extremely new and unfair economy. so people that are thing, we want to fix corruption, but don't even want to fight back at the interest of the other party and the banks . then we can't really trust whether they're actually buy the interruption. so as long as this is at stake, there is no such thing as anti corruption. on august 4th, 2020 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded and bailed, causing damage to the whole city. can you tell me what happened on that day? so i wasn't the office. i had to work called in the middle of it, and then 6 a happened and then i felt a tremor that took me back and forth. and i hadn't realized what had happened. but i heard the noise of a huge explosion. and i saw that everything was destroyed around us. our colleagues were really close to the windows and we were trying to figure out if anyone was injured. and because my apartments in my office were right,

we'll talk to each other. and i could see complete destruction of my apartments because this was an office for an independent organization. some of our geographies took their gear and they went down from the current engine. it was a complete massacre. it was something that i think no one wants to live through again or ever. what about 2 came ones i heard the explosion and i felt that everything was shaking. the 1st thought against all mine is that i also was qualified to the position i was in because i felt maybe the building could collapse at any moment. so it was extreme uncertainty about the next 30 minutes after i was out and took my car. i noticed that people are injured everywhere, so it was a huge catastrophic moment in which everything

norman and our lives was holding. has that you mentioned that you were in an office working with an independent media organization. did you manage after that to resume your work direct piece? i think what few of us to continue to actually double down on our reporting and on our coverage was our anger towards whatever happened and whoever were responsible. so this could be seen with our investigations with our daily news coverage and trying to piece together what's happened. why was there a fire? what blew up before the ammonium nitrate? where was it exactly and which warehouse was able to look at? ok, this video taken on the roof of this building. and this time, this enabled me to actually piece together something so that i can know what's happened because the anxiety of not knowing was worse than the inside of what

happened after $15000000000.00 in the number estimated when we talk about the damages that were caused by explosion, there are so many allege accusations that corruption reached aids where the corruption and cream the 8 is definitely not the answer to corruption. because feeding this regime with more funds by taking you by the international community will only need to it's reproduction. and it's a good thing it's own bases. the solution isn't us, is in the hundreds of thousands of people from various social groups and man relevant sex who believe they mobilize and create different systems or so the barrier to this could potentially create an advocate resistance to the region. but there is no certainty insight, but there is always hope. can you can i just jump in here when i look at are i

understand production, it doesn't just like an institutional government's perspective. but if there is corruption, one place, it's probably tied to corruption elsewhere. when a megaphone use an investigation about the origins of the ship that brought them on united states to the beta with poor, there were tied to syrian russian firms with addresses in london. so corruption is the global, i think when we want to understand and to 5 could option, we need to think about it as a system of solidarity. that is, boards are at the same time and collaborate with independent media organizations, just like the panama papers have done to cover money laundering scandal across the world. i think there's only really important when she said, but there's also some things to emphasize on based on this that emma needs regime

is tied to international and noble interest which sustain it. now that is something to critique, but it's also something to look at and slightly so be inspired from that. if we do break these links or if we do create alternative links across more, there's that good multiply the strength of our movement. and potentially, we could benefit from an alternative, international network of people who are thinking this way. and that's how we can create alternative power and the country and ultimately replace the current regime in site. i mean, cream. just looking at the protest, i can tactics from the 20 october 2019 protest movements we learned from hong kong . we learned from turkey, will learn from sudan, and then again in may 2021, the george troy protest. i said lebanese act as a help or created a guide for black lives matter activists in minnesota in order to

help them in terms of see help with your gas. so this sunny day doesn't just transcend our fight against corruption, but also our fight against authoritarian regime. and oppressors, one of the so many challenges that this country is facing in immigration or brain drain, many of the young generation are leaving for good. i didn't, you mentioned that you are part of the mother network, which is connecting different secular clubs. but the protests are kind of on hold right now. how do you want to be people? how do revive these events and districts? not many people have the luxury to go out. a lot of people are stuck here in the sense and they have no choice but to fight back for these after the august 4 explosion when the people basically occupied much use where they were in thing, you know, that makes some calculations and see if we can afford this one. sometimes we assume

that if people emigrate, then they don't have a role. but this is a huge fallacy. but lebanese regime benefit from the base for they benefit from the fact that we're going to explore the everyone, and then they'll give us the money so we can sustain ourselves. the opposition has a reality. the reality is that people are outside. how can they benefit us? well, most of our organization and i can, i can, the mechanisms are becoming online as dresses movements. so people can think parts in meetings and sharing ideas and talking to people and getting heaps of people to vote. so that's all about raising alternative networks by using that i asked for that was exported by the regime itself. but i also got him, i think as opposition groups or as students or union organizers. we need to learn today that can i hope for the future, which we saw on the street in the beginning of the 17 october 2019 protest movement . people were coming together and dancing cooking together, singing together,

reading things with each other. these are in form of systems, relationships and trades that had never been seen in accused downtown bay route until before the civil war. as we do know how media and one of the allies in lebanon, how it's tied to private businesses, to politician. how can you change stuff? so 1st, i think we need to recognize that 12 point is to confirm when you own acute, half of the mainstream media in lebanon. the other half is either owned by businessman, by individual politically affiliations or by specific political parties. so the control over one, the media, but 2 and most important to the discourse in the sources of information is squarely in the hands of those empowers. but in the pregnancy that organizations have found ways mobilizing the just florida and becoming important sources of information

from the ground since they are the only ones that soon from the ground. from the point of view of the protesters from the point of view of the oppressed, but again, the independence didn't need to work together with grassroots movements with sites or organizations to bring together all these things in order to have a sustainable future. when you talk about all of these hopes and dreams, there's a certain component that we need to talk about, and that is challenging. a secular state has been as a dominant political shape, party and lebanon. now, some argue that they are faith was in a safe. how do you been a secular government with the presence of such parson? and i don't think it's even possible to look for genuine the radical reform in the country with the state of the state like which is not just a part of the distribution. it's an infrastructure of the box,

the base and other conflicts in the region, and it also tokenize is on very causes. now the question remain, how do we resist this? and i knew also have an issue with those who proclaimed to fight against below. and in fact, they only got from their own 6 there in point of view, it was never a progressive starting point. and that's something the stream the necessary they want to go forward. but isn't that challenging? because has butler says that they are present to the fact that have been use borders. the only way to tack is such a permeated need to think as as, to recreate a new narrative. it does not mean we have to concede, has been all. in fact, that's a big mistake. many opposition parties are doing. we need to continue creating this count, 200 money from a starting point, which is secular. progressive,

an insular verity with all of those oppressed by has and by not has yes. is there a faith for optimism and a country so complex like lebanon? that's the ways for the 2022 election for some kind of change. there's never pessimism or optimism. there is a complex reality, as you said. and this complex, at the end of itself, gives us hope because what's happening this year may not happen 3 years later. but the 2022 elections cannot be seen as a brakes to can only be seen as a tool. however, many other breakthroughs await, because at the end of the day saddle had eat in october 29, 2019 was not thinking i was in an action. it was taken out by the street and the streets could reinvent itself as the new regime. so i agree completely with could

him and saying that elections is a, if not a means an end, i think, are igniting through syndicates, through clubs, through students, unions and across identities. and success in loyalties is really important. so are you going to be the generation that's fine, a solution for the ongoing crisis 11 on. i don't know. that's a lot of responsibility for a generation because i think our parents thought they would be that generation. i think their parents, but they would be the generation. so maybe listen, i actually think there's no such thing as the, you know, one time change in the country living on 200 years ago was different 11 on today. and social movements always existed and pressure and in a certain direction. so i think each declaration made its contribution. and we're

here to make our model contribution and to see what comes ahead of us. that's it for this episode of generation change from lebanon. katie mazda, thank you so much for taking part. it's been a very enlightening conversation. thank you. thanks. the new generation of young people are making demand to we balance society. welcome to generational change, a global theories, the attempt to understand and challenge the ideas that mobilize you around the world in london to activate tackling the root causes of youth violence. many young people perpetrating violence again of the young people themselves have also been victim multiple times. my generation can try me design and shape this generation change on al jazeera. ah

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