The first decade of the new century - Timeline with John Rees
- Written by John Rees
- Published in Timelines
John Rees surveys the first decade of this century, from the emergence of the Seattle generation to the Copenhagen climate change protests.
Timeline is produced by The Islam Channel

John Rees
John Rees is a writer, broadcaster and activist, and is one of the organisers of the People’s Assembly. His books include ‘The Algebra of Revolution’, ‘Imperialism and Resistance’, ‘Timelines, A Political History of the Modern World’, ‘The People Demand, A Short History of the Arab Revolutions’ (with Joseph Daher), ‘A People’s History of London’ (with Lindsey German) and The Leveller Revolution. He is co-founder of the Stop the War Coalition.
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