Two interviews with Tunisian left activists
Ed Maltby recently visited Tunisia and interviewed a number of Tunisian left activists. "Thank-you Facebook" (graffiti on wall in Tunis) Maher is a facebook activist and blogger. The role of internet activism in the fall of the regime began before the revolution. We organised a collective online called "anti-ZBA" [ZBA are the initials of Zinedine Ben Ali]. That group's role was to support the demonstrations and prepare people for action. We were in a dictatorship which blocked information from people. It closed all the doors of expression, especially of the internet. For people in Tunisia...