Tahrir Square on July 29 2011 during the Friday of unity. Photo: Ahmed Abd El-Fatah / Wikimedia Commons / cropped original image / licensed under CC 2.0, linked at bottom of article
Ten years from the ousting of Mubarak by the Egyptian people, John Rees gives an eyewitness account of the revolution and the lessons to be learned
Join Revolution! May Day weekender in London
The world is changing fast. From tariffs and trade wars to the continuing genocide in Gaza to Starmer’s austerity 2.0.
Revolution! on Saturday 3 – Sunday 4 May brings together leading activists and authors to discuss the key questions of the moment and chart a strategy for the left.
John Rees
John Rees is a writer, broadcaster and activist, and is one of the organisers of the People’s Assembly. His books include ‘The Algebra of Revolution’, ‘Imperialism and Resistance’, ‘Timelines, A Political History of the Modern World’, ‘The People Demand, A Short History of the Arab Revolutions’ (with Joseph Daher), ‘A People’s History of London’ (with Lindsey German) and The Leveller Revolution. He is co-founder of the Stop the War Coalition.