What the Bart protests have in common with Tahrir Square | Amy Goodman | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

What the Bart protests have in common with Tahrir Square | Amy Goodman | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "The attempt to suppress the protests that followed. In our digitally networked world, the ability to communicate is increasingly viewed as a basic right. Open communication fuels revolutions – it can take down dictators. When governments fear the power of their people, they repress, intimidate and try to silence them, whether in Tahrir Square or downtown San Francisco."