Where will it kick off next?
In the networked age, country-specific predictions of political unrest like poverty or inequality are pointless
Paul Mason
Friday 27 December 2013 14.31 EST
It was like a CD track skipping, or a video suddenly jerking to the next scene. I was filming on a barricade in Istanbul, carefully resetting my shot to be out of range of police firing CS gas canisters when one hit me in the forehead. The dent it made in my helmet now forms part of a cautionary PowerPoint presentation on journalists' safety training courses.
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