Despite all the government's attempts to prevent people organising and reporting on events in Tunisia, it was announced that President Ben Ali was sent packing this evening following a sudden and high impact wave of protest in which dozens of people were killed.

The mainstream press reports that ordinary people were driving the protests and that opposition parties played a relatively minor role.

A few highlights from the past couple of days.

Hammamet police station was ransacked and goods torched:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlWnDdmkB10&feature=player_embedded#!
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrmesZ5EOvE&feature=player_embedded#!

Posh villas belonging to the family of Leila Trabelsi, the hated first lady, were systmatically pillaged:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC2Z_H6OypM&feature=player_embedded

And French chain stores like Carrefour were trashed and looted.

More reports, footage from protestors, and photos, here:

 http://juralibertaire.over-blog.com/
 http://maniftunis.tumblr.com/