The world has been plagued by two infections in the past few years. Even prior to the COVID-19 induced pandemic, the world has been subjected to the rise of conservative, authoritarian, militaristic, majoritarian and populist regimes in many countries. The Asia Pacific region is not unfamiliar to this development and along with the South American counterpart, our region has been subjected to some of the worst and anti-democratic governments over the past few years. While in some cases they are 'democratically elected', like in India, Turkey, Thailand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Iran, Israel, etc, many other countries in the region are subjected to authoritarian regimes due to many other factors. Thailand, China, etc are important examples of the same.It is important to reiterate that such rise of authoritarianism has not been without substantial resistance. Apart from the more traditional left worldly criticism of the rightist takeover, there have been very many new progressive movements, and people's struggles that have made their mark. The farmers' resistance or that against Citizenship law amendments in India, the fight against occupation by youth of Palenstine or Kashmir, the battle against monarchy and militarism in Thailand, the push back against Chinese dictatorialism by the youth of Hong Kong or Taiwan, the youth led movement against the 'Omnibus' law in Indonesia, people's resistance to the regime in Turkey, the assertions by youth in Pakistan, there have been many remarkable moments and movements in the Asia Pacific region in the past few years.As we tide over yet another pandemic wave, the civil society groups are joining hands in yet another revival song, the Asia Pacific Social Forum.The session will bring together youth leaders from across Asia Pacific. The suggested panelists for the session includes young speakers from Palestine, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Thailand, India, etc.