Gene Sharp

How the Arab Spring Sprung From a Nonviolent Source

Michael Shank | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: National Peace Academy, Egypt, Khudai Khidmatgar, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, Asfandyar Wali Khan, Dalai Lama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Clausewitz, Arsalan Iftikhar, Islamic Pacificism, Pakistan, Gene Sharp, King Abdullah, Nonviolent Protest, Mahatma Gandhi, Koran, North Africa, Michael Shank, Representative Peter King, Arab Spring, Martin Luther King Jr, Awami National Party, Middle East, Pashtun, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, Sheik Jawdat Said, Khyber-Pakhtunkwa, World News
Michael Shank

The propensity in the U.S. to conflate Islam with violence precludes the possibility of nonviolent Muslim protest motivated by an internal incentive, be it secular or religious. However, the concept of nonviolence is not foreign or new to Muslims.

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The Insein Strikers Need Solidarity

Matthew Smith | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Earthrights International, Aung San Suu Kyi, Law, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Gene Sharp, Myanmar, Burma, Amnesty International, Political Prisoners, Democracy, Dictatorship, Asean, World News
Matthew Smith

On Saturday, 17 male inmates in Burma's Insein Prison joined at least five women who had been on a hunger strike since May 17. This bold and risky move comes on the heels of a "general amnesty" for 14,600 prisoners freed last week.

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The Professors of Protest and the University of Revolution

John Jackson | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: John Lewis, Gene Sharp, Otpor, Dictatorship, Lebanon, Civil Rights, Gandhi, Apartheid, Columbia University, Egypt Revolution, Burma, Georgia, Ukraine, Canvas, Milosevic, Non-Violence, James Lawson, Impact News
John Jackson

Srdja Popovic, a former Otpor leader and Founder of CANVAS will be speaking at Columbia University next week on the strategy and organization of non-violent revolution.

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Toppling Dictators with a Lethal Dose of Technology and Nonviolent Action

Stephanie Rudat | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Demonstrations, Egypt Protests, Congress, Youth Movement, Political Repression, Nonviolent Conflict, Socioeconomics, Facebook, Dictators, Tunisia Revolution, Political Reform, Albert Einstein Institution, Social Media, Tunisia Protests, Emergency Law, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, Revolution, Political Activism, Protest, Nonviolent Resistance, Political Corruption, Hosni Mubarak, Mubarak, Technology, Demonstrations, Tunisia, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Repression, Citizen Journalism, Gene Sharp, The Guardian, Dictatorship, Egypt Emergency Laws, Egypt State Tv, Nonviolence, Human Rights, Ahmed Salah, Oppression, Youtube, Nonviolent Action, Political Prisoners, Khaled Said, Torture, Impact News
Stephanie Rudat

Ahmed Salah, an Egyptian journalist and activist who had survived torture while incarcerated in jail for pushing against the regime, brought his mission to the United States.

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Egypt: The Power of the Military vs. the Power of the People

Jason Erb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Nonviolence, Democracy, Gene Sharp, Egyptian Military, Egyptian Revolution, Politics News
Jason Erb

In the past month Egypt witnessed a change of leadership within the existing regime, not regime change. Egypt has been, and still is, a military regim...

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Gandhi in East Boston

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Albert Einstein Institution, Boston, Martin Luther King, Zimbabwe, Albania, Gene Sharp, New York Times, Gandhi, Susan B. Anthony, Pacifism, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Egyptian Revolution, World News
Robert Kuttner

Of course Gene Sharp is a pacifist. Non-violent, passive resistance has been the whole point of his life's work. You might as well write that some people suspect Gandhi of being a pacifist.

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Attacks on Gene Sharp and Albert Einstein Institution Unwarranted

Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Albert Einstein Institution, Human Rights, Venezuela, Burma, Gene Sharp, Ned, Democracy, Democracy Promotion, Non-Violence, Neo-Con Agenda, Politics News
Stephen Zunes

Sharp has inspired generations of progressives around the world. So why are foreign governments claiming that he and his small research institute are key players in a Bush administration plot against them?

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