Revolution Follow

A single act of resistance in Tunisia last December sparked a revolt that has brought down two dictators and continues to sweep across the Middle East and North Africa.

Western military intervention in Libya is being sold to us as "humanitarian intervention" to defend the revolution.

Activists are planning to ensure London has the spirit of the Arab revolutions this Saturday by taking over Trafalgar Square after the TUC’s demonstration.

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If 2011 were to end tomorrow, it would already constitute one of the great years of revolution. Already we have witnessed, to borrow a phrase from the Russian Marxist Leon Trotsky, "the forcible entry of the masses into the realm of rulership over their own destiny"—the hallmark of revolution.

Much of the media acts as if the revolution in Libya is over. This is far from the truth. Across the country soldiers have resisted Gaddafi’s orders.

Discrimination against women and sexual harassment has been entrenched in mainstream Egyptian culture. It’s treated as a joke. Everywhere we go we face verbal harassment.

The post-colonial order of feudal monarchs and ­military dictators is crumbling across North Africa and the Middle East, shaken by mass protests. "But only a Prozac-addicted optimist would put money on the emergence of anything resembling Western‑style democracy from the current ­revolutionary upheaval," according to historian Niall Ferguson.

The revolution in Libya stands at a crossroads. The uprising has deepened and radicalised the revolts sweeping the Arab world—but it is in danger of being compromised by Western intervention.

The great wave of revolution across the Middle East and North Africa is growing.