[The Tens] The 10 Biggest Political Stories Of 2011

The Arab Spring

Mohamed Bouaziz set himself on fire in protest of police corruption in Tunisia and sparked a revolution. Civil unrest spread rapidly across North Africa and the Middle East – toppling dictatorial regimes in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, wreaking havoc on one-party strongholds in Syria, Yemen, Bahrain, and dozens of others. Populations in Greece, Russia, America are now fighting under the same flag of political and economic fairness, taking their cue from the millions rioting in the Middle East. Earth is awash in uprisings. The Arab Spring set it off. – The Company Man

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