Two very different articles - before - the change of governance. The first opens with:
In the end one never knows why it is that social conditions erupt into revolt. More often than not they do not. But still, there are a number of factors which might explain the current unprecedented protests.
Link:http://www.opendemocracy.net/rob-pri...%80%99s-enough

The second is rather more polemical, if not outrageous and starts:
Abolkacim Ashabi once wrote, "If the people one day decide to live, fate must answer and the chains must break." Bouazizi’s martyrdom may have triggered a popular revival, many now believe, which will ensure that it is only a matter of time before Ashabi’s prophecy is fulfilled.
Link:http://www.opendemocracy.net/dyab-ab...ple-and-beyond