Inside Youth Demand: The Gen Z protest group vowing to ‘shut down’ London

Youth Demand has already raised more than £140,000 from small donations from the public and, like Just Stop Oil and XR, their planning is meticulous. They organise events and actions through Signal and Telegram, hold Zoom training sessions on what to do if you’re arrested, and are savvy at making social media videos to encourage followers to take action or make donations. Their Instagram now has 30,000 followers, to which they wryly note “thank u @metpolice_uk”. The revolution may not be televised, but it might be on TikTok.