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/
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/ 
