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In 2012 following the contested Mexican General Election one of the countries largest newspapers reported that protestors were circulating a pirated Spanish translation of How to Start a Revolution which had gone viral in the country<ref>http://www.informador.com.mx/suplementos/2012/422991/6/mr-revolution-y-el-evangelio-de-la-no-violencia.htm</ref>. The translation was viewed over half a million times in the space of three days.
 
A filmdocumentary aboutfollowing theRuaridh Arrow's making of ''How to Start a Revolution'', entitled ''Road to Revolution'', was screened in January 2012 by [[Current TV]] in the UK.<ref>[http://current.com/new-year-new-revolution/road-to-revolution Road to Revolution Premieres 1st January at 8.30pm] (accessed 2 May 2012)</ref><ref>After the screening of the ''Road to Revolution'', the film itself, ''How to Start a Revolution'', was also shown on [[Current TV]]: [http://current.com/new-year-new-revolution/how-to-start-a-revolution/ ''How To Start A Revolution'' Premieres 1st January at 9pm] (accessed 2 May 2012)</ref>
 
Educated at the [[Department of War Studies, KCL|Department of War Studies]], [[Kings College London]]<ref>http://alumni.kcl.ac.uk/page.aspx?pid=4257</ref> and [[Glasgow University]] he won British Student Reporter of the Year at the [[Guardian Student Media Awards]]<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/nov/15/mondaymediasection.students</ref> and Scottish Student Journalist of the Year in 2004. In 2005 he collaborated with theatre directors Mimi Poskitt and Ben Freedman on a documentary theatre production [[Yesterday Was a Weird Day]] about the July 7th bombings in London which featured British actress [[Charity Wakefield]]<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday_Was_a_Weird_Day</ref>. During the production he recorded what was reported as the last interview with former Foreign Secretary [[Robin Cook]] on his resignation over the Iraq War.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2005/aug/08/uk.labour2</ref> After training as a newspaper journalist he became a producer at [[Sky News]] and subsequently Channel 4's [[Dispatches (TV series)|Dispatches]] programme while also serving as a broadcast consultant to television stations in Afghanistan.<ref>http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/4050</ref>