Person of the year: The Protester
No one could have known that when a Tunisian fruit vendor set himself on fire in a public square, it would in cite protests that would topple dictators and start a global wave of dissent. In 2011,protesters didn’t just voice their complaints; they changed the world. In Sidi Bouzid and Tunis, in Alexandria and Cairo; in Arab cities and towns across the 6,000 miles from the Persian Gulf to the Atlantic Ocean; in Madrid and Athens and London and Tel Aviv; in Mexico and India and Chile, where citizens mobilized against crime and corruption; in New York and Moscow and dozens of other U.S. and Russian cities, the loathing and anger at governments and their cronies became uncontainable and fed on itself. "In Tunisia, 16-year-old Basma says, "dignity is more important than bread." Yes, it is the basic truth and need for the human kind.
No one could have known that when a Tunisian fruit vendor set himself on fire in a public square, it would in cite protests that would topple dictators and start a global wave of dissent. In 2011,protesters didn’t just voice their complaints; they changed the world. In Sidi Bouzid and Tunis, in Alexandria and Cairo; in Arab cities and towns across the 6,000 miles from the Persian Gulf to the Atlantic Ocean; in Madrid and Athens and London and Tel Aviv; in Mexico and India and Chile, where citizens mobilized against crime and corruption; in New York and Moscow and dozens of other U.S. and Russian cities, the loathing and anger at governments and their cronies became uncontainable and fed on itself. "In Tunisia, 16-year-old Basma says, "dignity is more important than bread." Yes, it is the basic truth and need for the human kind.
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