Revolution

Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution Started 30 Years Ago—But It Was Decades in the Making

By Andy Kopsa

Latin Americans Are Souring on Democracy. That’s Not So Surprising Considering the Region’s History

By Marie Arana

The Maryland 400 Lost a Battle But Helped Win a War. On the 4th of July, We Should Remember Their Sacrifice

By Chris Formant

How the 'Red Terror' Exposed the True Turmoil of Soviet Russia 100 Years Ago

By Danny Bird
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Vladimir Lenin Biographer: 'He Is the Godfather of Post-Truth Politics'

Vladimir Lenin biographer Victor Sebestyen discusses the October Revolution at 100 and the echoes of the Russian Revolution in Donald Trump's White House

By Simon Shuster / Berlin

The October Revolution Changed the World 100 Years Ago. But the Shocking Downfall of Russia's Last Tsar Made It Possible

Just four years before the October Revolution of 1917, the Crown had appeared to be at the height of its powers

By Danny Bird

Read a Harrowing Memoir From China's Cultural Revolution

It was 50 years ago that the 'May 16 Circular' set into motion a years-long period of terror in China

By Lily Rothman

Prince's Band The Revolution Is Reuniting for Tribute Shows

Let's go crazy

By Melissa Locker

Chronicling Five Years of Unrest Across the Arab World

Moises Saman explains how his book, Discordia, was made

By Olivier Laurent

The Night Mubarak Stepped Down

An Egyptian photographer reflects on the fateful night, five years ago, when the country's longtime leader was ousted

By Laura El-Tantawy

Why I Missed My Daughter's First Words to Cover the Arab Spring

Reminded of a letter to her child, a mother reflects on what it was like to cover the Arab Spring, five years on

By Aryn Baker

Why Today Is a Big Deal in Cuba

Many Cuban milestones took place on Dec. 2

By Lily Rothman

When Fidel Castro Took Power: How TIME Covered the News

Castro was on the cover of the magazine three weeks after he seized control of Cuba

By Lily Rothman

Pop and Power: Maurizio Cattelan on Revolutionary 1960s Design

A playful new book by artist Maurizio Cattelan and photographer Pierpaulo Ferrari focuses on 1968, a year of rebellion in the worlds of architecture and design.

By Richard Conway

After the Revolution: Interior Lives in Egypt

Bieke Depoorter, a photographer based in Belgium, has found a way to uniquely document everyday Egyptian life.

By Andrew Katz

Niger Officials Extradite Gaddafi’s Son to Libya

Libyan officials plan to prosecute Saadi Gaddafi with “misappropriating property by force”

By David Stout

After the Revolution: Libya Photographed by Yuri Kozyrev

Abigail Hauslohner drove across Libya with photographer Yuri Kozyrev, and found a new country along the way.

By Abigail Hauslohner

Faded Tulips: Kyrgyzstan's Counterfeit Revolution

William Daniels shows a Kyrgyzstan as haunted by the past as it is uncertain for its future.

By Ishaan Tharoor

TIME's Best Photojournalism of 2011

Sometimes words just aren’t enough. Our photojournalism this year offers the chance to not only see, but also feel the story.

By TIME Photo Department

Theater of War: Photographs by Christopher Morris

TIME photographer Christopher Morris documents what Libyan government minders have orchestrated, and beyond, capturing the subtleties of a closely watched society at war with itself.

By Christopher Morris
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