In a new memoir, Ghonim describes how the Egyptian people finally rejected 30 years of oppression and found their voice. Here, he discusses with Terrence McNally.
Journalist Paul Mason covered the uprisings of 2011 as they occurred. His new book "Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere," explains why they all happened at once.
blank blank, Campaign for America's Future. January 16, 2012.
This holiday weekend we'll see a lot of media coverage of Martin Luther King, Jr, but we will hear very little about why he is as relevant today as ever.
Khaled Moussa al-Omrani, Adam Morrow, IPS News. October 31, 2011.
When Egypt holds presidential elections next year, Buthaina Kamel is set to become the first woman in the country's modern history to run for the highest office.
Frank Viviano, New America Media. September 9, 2011.
It seemed unimaginable in 2001 that an insurgency would engulf Muslim nations less than a decade later, not with a cry for militant political Islam but for personal freedom.
When do the abuses that have been tolerated for so long become intolerable? When does the fear evaporate and the rage generate action that produces joy?
