At least 19 people in two cities died on Monday in Nepal's worst unrest in decades, authorities said, as police in the capital of Kathmandu fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters trying to storm parliament in anger at a social media shutdown and corruption.
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Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigned on Tuesday as anti-corruption demonstrators defied an indefinite curfew and clashed with police, a day after 19 people died in violent protests triggered by a social media ban. Oli's government lifted the ban after protests intensified on Monday, with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters trying to storm parliament. Nineteen people were killed and more than 100 injured in the unrest.
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"In view of the adverse situation in the country, I have resigned effective today to facilitate the solution to the problem and to help resolve it politically in accordance with the constitution," Oli said in his resignation letter to President Ramchandra Paudel.
In the U.S., we're not willing to be shot by rubber bullets or storm buildings (this includes me), let alone show up consistently at nonviolent protests. We're not going to outsmart our way out of authoritarianism, and I increasingly feel that by not being willing to sacrifice anything, we're going to end up losing way more than we want.