Meet John Rees:

John Rees is a writer, broadcaster and activist. He is the author of The ABC of Socialism and his most recent book, The Leveller Revolution, was widely praised in The Guardian, The Financial Times, The Spectator, History Today and on the BBC's Booktalk and Start the Week. He was one of the organisers of the February 15 2003 protest against the Iraq War, the largest political protest in British history. He participated in and reported on both the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions in 2011. He is a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London.