Gene Sharp (born January 21, 1928) is the founder of the Albert Einstein Institution, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the study of nonviolent action, and is a retired professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is known for his extensive writings on nonviolent struggle, which have influenced numerous anti-government resistance movements around the world.
Gene Sharp has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015 and has previously been nominated three times in 2009, 2012 and 2013. Sharp was widely considered the favourite for the 2012 award. In 2011 he was awarded the El-Hibri Peace Education Prize. In 2012 he was a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award as well as the Distinguished Lifetime Democracy Award.
Biography
Sharp was born in North Baltimore, Ohio, the son of an itinerant Protestant minister. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences in 1949 from Ohio State University, where he also received his Master of Arts in Sociology in 1951. In 1953–54, Sharp was jailed for nine months after protesting the conscription of soldiers for the Korean War. He discussed his decision to go to prison for his beliefs in letters to Albert Einstein who wrote a foreword to his first book, on Gandhi. He worked as factory labourer, guide to a blind social worker, and secretary to A. J. Muste, America's leading pacifist. Between 1955 and 1958 he was Assistant Editor of Peace News (London) the weekly pacifist newspaper from where he helped organise the 1958 Aldermaston March. The next two years he studied and researched in Oslo with Professor Arne Næss, who derived together with Johan Galtung from Mohandas Gandhi's writings the Satyagraha Norms. In 1968, he received a Doctor of Philosophy in political theory from Oxford University.
Near the beginning of his career, Einstein thought that Newtonian mechanics was no longer enough to reconcile the laws of classical mechanics with the laws of the electromagnetic field. This led to the development of his special theory of relativity. He realized, however, that the principle of relativity could also be extended to gravitational fields, and with his subsequent theory of gravitation in 1916, he published a paper on general relativity. He continued to deal with problems of statistical mechanics and quantum theory, which led to his explanations of particle theory and the motion of molecules. He also investigated the thermal properties of light which laid the foundation of the photon theory of light. In 1917, Einstein applied the general theory of relativity to model the large-scale structure of the universe.
On November 27, 2012 Prodigy announced an upcoming collaboration album with producer The Alchemist via his Twitter account, along with the title of
On April 7, 2013 The Alchemist revealed via Twitter that the album had been completed. Then on April 12, 2013, the album's official track listing was revealed. The album contains 16 tracks and features guest appearances by Roc Marciano, Domo Genesis, Havoc, Raekwon, and Action Bronson.
Release and promotion
The first single, "Give Em Hell" was released on January 28, 2013 via Prodigy's SoundCloud page. The song features vocals by Prodigy and was produced by The Alchemist. The album was originally scheduled to be released on May 14, 2013, but Amazon.com would later reveal a release date for the album of June 11, 2013. The second song released in promotion of the album would be "Dough Pildin" on May 12, 2013. On June 4, 2013, the music video was released for "Y.N.T." featuring Domo Genesis. The music video for "Dough Pildin" was released on June 17, 2013. On June 25, 2013, the music video was released for "Give Em Hell". On February 3, 2014, the music video was released for "IMDKV".
Albert Einstein Institute, also known as the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, located in Golm, Potsdam, Germany (theoretical branch) and in Hannover, Germany (experimental branch)
Albert Einstein Institution, East Boston, Massachusetts, a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of methods of non-violent resistance
The Past, Present and Future of Non-violence | Dr. Gene Sharp | Google Zeitgeist
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published: 27 Sep 2011
Gene Sharp How to Start a Revolution Movie
How to Start a Revolution is a BAFTA Award-winning British documentary film about Nobel Peace Prize nominee and political theorist Gene Sharp, described as the world's foremost scholar on nonviolent revolution. The 2011 film describes Sharp's ideas, and their influence on popular uprisings around the world. Screened in cinemas and television in more than 22 countries it became an underground hit with the Occupy Wall St Movement.
Directed by British journalist Ruaridh Arrow and produced by Richard Shaw, the film follows the use of Gene Sharp's work across revolutionary groups throughout the world. There is particular focus on Sharp's key text From Dictatorship to Democracy which has been translated by democracy activists into more than 30 languages and used in revolutions from Serbia and ...
published: 17 Sep 2021
Gene Sharp, the Man Behind the Uprisings
Gene Sharp, a quiet 83 year old man from Boston is arguably the fuse behind the revolutions that sparked the Arab world. His most notable book, " From Dictatorship to Democracy" is downloaded from the web immensely, and this 88 page book has inspired dissidents in countries around the world, from Burma and most recently to Egypt.
published: 13 May 2011
FROM DICTATORSHIP TO DEMOCRACY by Gene Sharp - FULL AudioBook | Greatest AudioBooks
FROM DICTATORSHIP TO DEMOCRACY, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation by Gene Sharp - Published by the Albert Einstein Institution of Boston, Mass - FULL AudioBook | Greatest AudioBooks - From Dictatorship to Democracy, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation is a book-length essay on the generic problem of how to destroy a dictatorship and to prevent the rise of a new one. The book was written in 1993 by Gene Sharp (b. 1928), a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts. The book has been published in many countries worldwide and translated into more than 30 languages. Editions in many languages are also published by the Albert Einstein Institution of Boston, Massachusetts. This is the Fourth United States Edition, published in May 2010. The book has been circulated w...
published: 11 Jun 2013
How Gene Sharp's Neoliberal Nonviolence Shaped the Left
Joining us tonight is Marcie Smith, lawyer and professor of economics at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice CUNY, to talk about how Gene Sharp, a committed Cold Warrior based in Harvard, successfully managed to inject neoliberal ideas about protest and the state into the intellectual climate of the American left and beyond.
You can read an interview with Marcie on Gene's influence here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/06/gene-sharp-cold-war-intellectual-marcie-smith
And her two part nonsite essays here: https://nonsite.org/change-agent-gene-sharps-neoliberal-nonviolence-part-one/
https://nonsite.org/change-agent-gene-sharps-neoliberal-nonviolence-part-two/
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published: 28 Sep 2020
Non-Violent Protest Requires Brave Discipline | Dr. Gene Sharp | Google Zeitgeist
We the People-- Whether starting a movement or trying to wipe out a disease, sometimes it takes a village to solve a problem. How do you design for collaboration?
Dr Gene Sharp, Senior Scholar, Albert Einstein Institution
published: 27 Sep 2011
Gene Sharp - How to Start a Revolution Teaser
Watch now Vimeo on Demand https://vimeo.com/ondemand/genesharp
Buy Gene Sharp's biography, How to Start a Revolution, on Amazon at https://amzn.to/32iRiE6
Official Film website https://www.howtostartarevolution.org
Directed by Ruaridh Arrow
Produced by Richard Shaw
Executive Producer James Otis
Distributed by http://tvfinternational.com/ US book available http://www.amazon.com/dictatorship-democracy-conceptual-framework-liberation/dp/1880813092/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323385148&sr=8-1 PAL DVD available http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Start-Revolution-Ruaridh-Arrow/dp/B0073DLYSE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1328267648&sr=8-3 A documentary following the life and work of revolutionary academic Gene Sharp who wrote "From Dictatorship to Democracy" the book used to topple dictatorships all over the ...
published: 25 Feb 2011
Insight with Gene Sharp- From Dictatorship to Democracy
30/01/12 The past year has seen people take to the streets across the Middle East and North Africa to demand an end to tyranny and oppression and as a result, unprecedented regime change has taken place across the region.
Less known is the extent to which the protesters were influenced by the 83-year-old political scientist, Dr Gene Sharp. His book From Dictatorship to Democracy has previously been utilised as a blueprint by democratic movements from Serbia, to the Ukraine, Guatemala to Indonesia, in their fight to overthrow oppressive regimes .
We are thrilled to announce that Dr Gene Sharp will be joining us at the Frontline Club in conversation with Ruaridh Arrow, journalist, filmmaker and director of the award winning documentary How to Start a Revolution to discuss the uprisings ac...
published: 26 Jul 2012
Gene Sharp - A Lecture
A lecture by a youngish Dr Gene Sharp of the Albert Einstein Institution. This is not my video. I'm simply spreading the good news of non violent resistance to tyranny and dictatorship that Mr Sharp had spent his life propagating. I had initially downloaded it from the old Albert Einstein Institution website.
http://www.aeinstein.org/
Google Zeitgeist is a collection of talks by people who are changing the world. Hear entrepreneurs, CEOs, storytellers, scientists, and dreamers share their vis...
Google Zeitgeist is a collection of talks by people who are changing the world. Hear entrepreneurs, CEOs, storytellers, scientists, and dreamers share their visions of how we can shape tomorrow.
Google Zeitgeist is a collection of talks by people who are changing the world. Hear entrepreneurs, CEOs, storytellers, scientists, and dreamers share their visions of how we can shape tomorrow.
How to Start a Revolution is a BAFTA Award-winning British documentary film about Nobel Peace Prize nominee and political theorist Gene Sharp, described as the ...
How to Start a Revolution is a BAFTA Award-winning British documentary film about Nobel Peace Prize nominee and political theorist Gene Sharp, described as the world's foremost scholar on nonviolent revolution. The 2011 film describes Sharp's ideas, and their influence on popular uprisings around the world. Screened in cinemas and television in more than 22 countries it became an underground hit with the Occupy Wall St Movement.
Directed by British journalist Ruaridh Arrow and produced by Richard Shaw, the film follows the use of Gene Sharp's work across revolutionary groups throughout the world. There is particular focus on Sharp's key text From Dictatorship to Democracy which has been translated by democracy activists into more than 30 languages and used in revolutions from Serbia and Ukraine to Egypt and Syria. The film describes how Sharp's 198 strategic approach and methods of nonviolent action have inspired and informed uprisings across the globe.
Influence
"How to Start a Revolution is used in trainings by democracy groups around the world."
How to Start a Revolution was released on 18 September 2011 the day after the first Occupy protests in Wall St, New York. The film was described as the unofficial film of the Occupy movement and shown in camps across the US and Europe. It was one of a number of high-profile events held in London's Bank of Ideas along with a concert by British band Radiohead.
In 2012 following the Mexican general election one of the country's largest newspapers reported that protestors were circulating a pirated Spanish translation of How to Start a Revolution which had gone viral in the country. The translation was viewed over half a million times in the space of three days. Reports have also been published citing the airing of the film on Spanish television concurrent with widespread discussion of Sharp's work in the Spanish anti-austerity 15-M Movement and the movement for Catalan independence.
The academic premiere was hosted by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School on 11 October 2011 and In February 2012, How to Start a Revolution was screened to an audience of MP's and Lords in the UK Houses of Parliament by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues which was attended by Gene Sharp.
A film about the making of How to Start a Revolution, entitled Road to Revolution, was screened in January 2012 by Current TV in the UK.
On January 22, 2017, after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, the PBS America channel screened How to Start a Revolution immediately after a Frontline investigation into his election.
All this was made possible with the generous help of our Kickstarter donors who helped us raise over $60,000 in just under a month. Their generosity when we needed them most has taken the film further than we could have possibly imagined.
How to Start a Revolution is a BAFTA Award-winning British documentary film about Nobel Peace Prize nominee and political theorist Gene Sharp, described as the world's foremost scholar on nonviolent revolution. The 2011 film describes Sharp's ideas, and their influence on popular uprisings around the world. Screened in cinemas and television in more than 22 countries it became an underground hit with the Occupy Wall St Movement.
Directed by British journalist Ruaridh Arrow and produced by Richard Shaw, the film follows the use of Gene Sharp's work across revolutionary groups throughout the world. There is particular focus on Sharp's key text From Dictatorship to Democracy which has been translated by democracy activists into more than 30 languages and used in revolutions from Serbia and Ukraine to Egypt and Syria. The film describes how Sharp's 198 strategic approach and methods of nonviolent action have inspired and informed uprisings across the globe.
Influence
"How to Start a Revolution is used in trainings by democracy groups around the world."
How to Start a Revolution was released on 18 September 2011 the day after the first Occupy protests in Wall St, New York. The film was described as the unofficial film of the Occupy movement and shown in camps across the US and Europe. It was one of a number of high-profile events held in London's Bank of Ideas along with a concert by British band Radiohead.
In 2012 following the Mexican general election one of the country's largest newspapers reported that protestors were circulating a pirated Spanish translation of How to Start a Revolution which had gone viral in the country. The translation was viewed over half a million times in the space of three days. Reports have also been published citing the airing of the film on Spanish television concurrent with widespread discussion of Sharp's work in the Spanish anti-austerity 15-M Movement and the movement for Catalan independence.
The academic premiere was hosted by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School on 11 October 2011 and In February 2012, How to Start a Revolution was screened to an audience of MP's and Lords in the UK Houses of Parliament by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues which was attended by Gene Sharp.
A film about the making of How to Start a Revolution, entitled Road to Revolution, was screened in January 2012 by Current TV in the UK.
On January 22, 2017, after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, the PBS America channel screened How to Start a Revolution immediately after a Frontline investigation into his election.
All this was made possible with the generous help of our Kickstarter donors who helped us raise over $60,000 in just under a month. Their generosity when we needed them most has taken the film further than we could have possibly imagined.
Gene Sharp, a quiet 83 year old man from Boston is arguably the fuse behind the revolutions that sparked the Arab world. His most notable book, " From Dictators...
Gene Sharp, a quiet 83 year old man from Boston is arguably the fuse behind the revolutions that sparked the Arab world. His most notable book, " From Dictatorship to Democracy" is downloaded from the web immensely, and this 88 page book has inspired dissidents in countries around the world, from Burma and most recently to Egypt.
Gene Sharp, a quiet 83 year old man from Boston is arguably the fuse behind the revolutions that sparked the Arab world. His most notable book, " From Dictatorship to Democracy" is downloaded from the web immensely, and this 88 page book has inspired dissidents in countries around the world, from Burma and most recently to Egypt.
FROM DICTATORSHIP TO DEMOCRACY, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation by Gene Sharp - Published by the Albert Einstein Institution of Boston, Mass - FULL AudioB...
FROM DICTATORSHIP TO DEMOCRACY, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation by Gene Sharp - Published by the Albert Einstein Institution of Boston, Mass - FULL AudioBook | Greatest AudioBooks - From Dictatorship to Democracy, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation is a book-length essay on the generic problem of how to destroy a dictatorship and to prevent the rise of a new one. The book was written in 1993 by Gene Sharp (b. 1928), a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts. The book has been published in many countries worldwide and translated into more than 30 languages. Editions in many languages are also published by the Albert Einstein Institution of Boston, Massachusetts. This is the Fourth United States Edition, published in May 2010. The book has been circulated worldwide and cited repeatedly as influencing movements such as the Arab Spring of 2010--2012. (Summary adapted from wiki)
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Chapter listing and length:
01 - Preface -- 00:06:24
Read by Kara Shallenberg
02 - Chapter 1 - Facing dictatorships realistically -- 00:25:50
Read by Benjamin Gittins
03 - Chapter 2 - The dangers of negotiations -- 00:16:44
Read by Kara Shallenberg
04 - Chapter 3 - Whence Comes the Power? -- 00:20:16
Read by Benjamin Gittins
05 - Chapter 4 - Dictatorships have weaknesses -- 00:07:26
Read by Kara Shallenberg
06 - Chapter 5 - Excercising Power -- 00:31:23
Read by Benjamin Gittins
07 - Chapter 6 - The need for strategic planning -- 00:18:37
Read by Kara Shallenberg
08 - Chapter 7 - Planning strategy -- 00:33:29
Read by Benjamin Gittins
09 - Chapter 8 - Applying Political Defiance -- 00:15:59
Read by Kara Shallenberg
10 - Chapter 9 - Disintegrating the Dictatorship -- 00:18:04
Read by Benjamin Gittins
11 - Chapter 10 - Groundwork for durable democracy -- 00:12:53
Read by Kara Shallenberg
12 - Appendix 1 - The methods of nonviolent action -- 00:14:00
Read by Benjamin Gittins
13 - Appendix 2 - Acknowledgements and notes on the history of from dictatorship to democracy -- 00:08:27
Read by Kara Shallenberg
This video: Copyright 2013. Greatest Audio Books. All Rights Reserved.
FROM DICTATORSHIP TO DEMOCRACY, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation by Gene Sharp - Published by the Albert Einstein Institution of Boston, Mass - FULL AudioBook | Greatest AudioBooks - From Dictatorship to Democracy, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation is a book-length essay on the generic problem of how to destroy a dictatorship and to prevent the rise of a new one. The book was written in 1993 by Gene Sharp (b. 1928), a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts. The book has been published in many countries worldwide and translated into more than 30 languages. Editions in many languages are also published by the Albert Einstein Institution of Boston, Massachusetts. This is the Fourth United States Edition, published in May 2010. The book has been circulated worldwide and cited repeatedly as influencing movements such as the Arab Spring of 2010--2012. (Summary adapted from wiki)
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Chapter listing and length:
01 - Preface -- 00:06:24
Read by Kara Shallenberg
02 - Chapter 1 - Facing dictatorships realistically -- 00:25:50
Read by Benjamin Gittins
03 - Chapter 2 - The dangers of negotiations -- 00:16:44
Read by Kara Shallenberg
04 - Chapter 3 - Whence Comes the Power? -- 00:20:16
Read by Benjamin Gittins
05 - Chapter 4 - Dictatorships have weaknesses -- 00:07:26
Read by Kara Shallenberg
06 - Chapter 5 - Excercising Power -- 00:31:23
Read by Benjamin Gittins
07 - Chapter 6 - The need for strategic planning -- 00:18:37
Read by Kara Shallenberg
08 - Chapter 7 - Planning strategy -- 00:33:29
Read by Benjamin Gittins
09 - Chapter 8 - Applying Political Defiance -- 00:15:59
Read by Kara Shallenberg
10 - Chapter 9 - Disintegrating the Dictatorship -- 00:18:04
Read by Benjamin Gittins
11 - Chapter 10 - Groundwork for durable democracy -- 00:12:53
Read by Kara Shallenberg
12 - Appendix 1 - The methods of nonviolent action -- 00:14:00
Read by Benjamin Gittins
13 - Appendix 2 - Acknowledgements and notes on the history of from dictatorship to democracy -- 00:08:27
Read by Kara Shallenberg
This video: Copyright 2013. Greatest Audio Books. All Rights Reserved.
Joining us tonight is Marcie Smith, lawyer and professor of economics at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice CUNY, to talk about how Gene Sharp, a committe...
Joining us tonight is Marcie Smith, lawyer and professor of economics at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice CUNY, to talk about how Gene Sharp, a committed Cold Warrior based in Harvard, successfully managed to inject neoliberal ideas about protest and the state into the intellectual climate of the American left and beyond.
You can read an interview with Marcie on Gene's influence here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/06/gene-sharp-cold-war-intellectual-marcie-smith
And her two part nonsite essays here: https://nonsite.org/change-agent-gene-sharps-neoliberal-nonviolence-part-one/
https://nonsite.org/change-agent-gene-sharps-neoliberal-nonviolence-part-two/
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Joining us tonight is Marcie Smith, lawyer and professor of economics at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice CUNY, to talk about how Gene Sharp, a committed Cold Warrior based in Harvard, successfully managed to inject neoliberal ideas about protest and the state into the intellectual climate of the American left and beyond.
You can read an interview with Marcie on Gene's influence here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/06/gene-sharp-cold-war-intellectual-marcie-smith
And her two part nonsite essays here: https://nonsite.org/change-agent-gene-sharps-neoliberal-nonviolence-part-one/
https://nonsite.org/change-agent-gene-sharps-neoliberal-nonviolence-part-two/
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We the People-- Whether starting a movement or trying to wipe out a disease, sometimes it takes a village to solve a problem. How do you design for collaboratio...
We the People-- Whether starting a movement or trying to wipe out a disease, sometimes it takes a village to solve a problem. How do you design for collaboration?
Dr Gene Sharp, Senior Scholar, Albert Einstein Institution
We the People-- Whether starting a movement or trying to wipe out a disease, sometimes it takes a village to solve a problem. How do you design for collaboration?
Dr Gene Sharp, Senior Scholar, Albert Einstein Institution
Watch now Vimeo on Demand https://vimeo.com/ondemand/genesharp
Buy Gene Sharp's biography, How to Start a Revolution, on Amazon at https://amzn.to/32iRiE6
Offic...
Watch now Vimeo on Demand https://vimeo.com/ondemand/genesharp
Buy Gene Sharp's biography, How to Start a Revolution, on Amazon at https://amzn.to/32iRiE6
Official Film website https://www.howtostartarevolution.org
Directed by Ruaridh Arrow
Produced by Richard Shaw
Executive Producer James Otis
Distributed by http://tvfinternational.com/ US book available http://www.amazon.com/dictatorship-democracy-conceptual-framework-liberation/dp/1880813092/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323385148&sr=8-1 PAL DVD available http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Start-Revolution-Ruaridh-Arrow/dp/B0073DLYSE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1328267648&sr=8-3 A documentary following the life and work of revolutionary academic Gene Sharp who wrote "From Dictatorship to Democracy" the book used to topple dictatorships all over the world.
Director Ruaridh Arrow
Director of Photography Philip Bloom
Trail Composer Tom Smail
Released Fall 2011
Watch now Vimeo on Demand https://vimeo.com/ondemand/genesharp
Buy Gene Sharp's biography, How to Start a Revolution, on Amazon at https://amzn.to/32iRiE6
Official Film website https://www.howtostartarevolution.org
Directed by Ruaridh Arrow
Produced by Richard Shaw
Executive Producer James Otis
Distributed by http://tvfinternational.com/ US book available http://www.amazon.com/dictatorship-democracy-conceptual-framework-liberation/dp/1880813092/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323385148&sr=8-1 PAL DVD available http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Start-Revolution-Ruaridh-Arrow/dp/B0073DLYSE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1328267648&sr=8-3 A documentary following the life and work of revolutionary academic Gene Sharp who wrote "From Dictatorship to Democracy" the book used to topple dictatorships all over the world.
Director Ruaridh Arrow
Director of Photography Philip Bloom
Trail Composer Tom Smail
Released Fall 2011
30/01/12 The past year has seen people take to the streets across the Middle East and North Africa to demand an end to tyranny and oppression and as a result, ...
30/01/12 The past year has seen people take to the streets across the Middle East and North Africa to demand an end to tyranny and oppression and as a result, unprecedented regime change has taken place across the region.
Less known is the extent to which the protesters were influenced by the 83-year-old political scientist, Dr Gene Sharp. His book From Dictatorship to Democracy has previously been utilised as a blueprint by democratic movements from Serbia, to the Ukraine, Guatemala to Indonesia, in their fight to overthrow oppressive regimes .
We are thrilled to announce that Dr Gene Sharp will be joining us at the Frontline Club in conversation with Ruaridh Arrow, journalist, filmmaker and director of the award winning documentary How to Start a Revolution to discuss the uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa and his work.
From the ground floor of his home in Boston the 83-year-old runs the Albert Einstein Institution which is devoted to the study and promotion of the use of nonviolent resistance worldwide. The 198 "non-violent weapons" listed in his book range from the use of colours and symbols, writing large banners in English to mock funerals and boycotts. First written in 1993 to support the opposition movement in Burma, Sharp's work has now been circulated amongst dissidents around the world.
30/01/12 The past year has seen people take to the streets across the Middle East and North Africa to demand an end to tyranny and oppression and as a result, unprecedented regime change has taken place across the region.
Less known is the extent to which the protesters were influenced by the 83-year-old political scientist, Dr Gene Sharp. His book From Dictatorship to Democracy has previously been utilised as a blueprint by democratic movements from Serbia, to the Ukraine, Guatemala to Indonesia, in their fight to overthrow oppressive regimes .
We are thrilled to announce that Dr Gene Sharp will be joining us at the Frontline Club in conversation with Ruaridh Arrow, journalist, filmmaker and director of the award winning documentary How to Start a Revolution to discuss the uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa and his work.
From the ground floor of his home in Boston the 83-year-old runs the Albert Einstein Institution which is devoted to the study and promotion of the use of nonviolent resistance worldwide. The 198 "non-violent weapons" listed in his book range from the use of colours and symbols, writing large banners in English to mock funerals and boycotts. First written in 1993 to support the opposition movement in Burma, Sharp's work has now been circulated amongst dissidents around the world.
A lecture by a youngish Dr Gene Sharp of the Albert Einstein Institution. This is not my video. I'm simply spreading the good news of non violent resistance to ...
A lecture by a youngish Dr Gene Sharp of the Albert Einstein Institution. This is not my video. I'm simply spreading the good news of non violent resistance to tyranny and dictatorship that Mr Sharp had spent his life propagating. I had initially downloaded it from the old Albert Einstein Institution website.
http://www.aeinstein.org/
A lecture by a youngish Dr Gene Sharp of the Albert Einstein Institution. This is not my video. I'm simply spreading the good news of non violent resistance to tyranny and dictatorship that Mr Sharp had spent his life propagating. I had initially downloaded it from the old Albert Einstein Institution website.
http://www.aeinstein.org/
Google Zeitgeist is a collection of talks by people who are changing the world. Hear entrepreneurs, CEOs, storytellers, scientists, and dreamers share their visions of how we can shape tomorrow.
How to Start a Revolution is a BAFTA Award-winning British documentary film about Nobel Peace Prize nominee and political theorist Gene Sharp, described as the world's foremost scholar on nonviolent revolution. The 2011 film describes Sharp's ideas, and their influence on popular uprisings around the world. Screened in cinemas and television in more than 22 countries it became an underground hit with the Occupy Wall St Movement.
Directed by British journalist Ruaridh Arrow and produced by Richard Shaw, the film follows the use of Gene Sharp's work across revolutionary groups throughout the world. There is particular focus on Sharp's key text From Dictatorship to Democracy which has been translated by democracy activists into more than 30 languages and used in revolutions from Serbia and Ukraine to Egypt and Syria. The film describes how Sharp's 198 strategic approach and methods of nonviolent action have inspired and informed uprisings across the globe.
Influence
"How to Start a Revolution is used in trainings by democracy groups around the world."
How to Start a Revolution was released on 18 September 2011 the day after the first Occupy protests in Wall St, New York. The film was described as the unofficial film of the Occupy movement and shown in camps across the US and Europe. It was one of a number of high-profile events held in London's Bank of Ideas along with a concert by British band Radiohead.
In 2012 following the Mexican general election one of the country's largest newspapers reported that protestors were circulating a pirated Spanish translation of How to Start a Revolution which had gone viral in the country. The translation was viewed over half a million times in the space of three days. Reports have also been published citing the airing of the film on Spanish television concurrent with widespread discussion of Sharp's work in the Spanish anti-austerity 15-M Movement and the movement for Catalan independence.
The academic premiere was hosted by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School on 11 October 2011 and In February 2012, How to Start a Revolution was screened to an audience of MP's and Lords in the UK Houses of Parliament by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues which was attended by Gene Sharp.
A film about the making of How to Start a Revolution, entitled Road to Revolution, was screened in January 2012 by Current TV in the UK.
On January 22, 2017, after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, the PBS America channel screened How to Start a Revolution immediately after a Frontline investigation into his election.
All this was made possible with the generous help of our Kickstarter donors who helped us raise over $60,000 in just under a month. Their generosity when we needed them most has taken the film further than we could have possibly imagined.
Gene Sharp, a quiet 83 year old man from Boston is arguably the fuse behind the revolutions that sparked the Arab world. His most notable book, " From Dictatorship to Democracy" is downloaded from the web immensely, and this 88 page book has inspired dissidents in countries around the world, from Burma and most recently to Egypt.
FROM DICTATORSHIP TO DEMOCRACY, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation by Gene Sharp - Published by the Albert Einstein Institution of Boston, Mass - FULL AudioBook | Greatest AudioBooks - From Dictatorship to Democracy, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation is a book-length essay on the generic problem of how to destroy a dictatorship and to prevent the rise of a new one. The book was written in 1993 by Gene Sharp (b. 1928), a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts. The book has been published in many countries worldwide and translated into more than 30 languages. Editions in many languages are also published by the Albert Einstein Institution of Boston, Massachusetts. This is the Fourth United States Edition, published in May 2010. The book has been circulated worldwide and cited repeatedly as influencing movements such as the Arab Spring of 2010--2012. (Summary adapted from wiki)
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Chapter listing and length:
01 - Preface -- 00:06:24
Read by Kara Shallenberg
02 - Chapter 1 - Facing dictatorships realistically -- 00:25:50
Read by Benjamin Gittins
03 - Chapter 2 - The dangers of negotiations -- 00:16:44
Read by Kara Shallenberg
04 - Chapter 3 - Whence Comes the Power? -- 00:20:16
Read by Benjamin Gittins
05 - Chapter 4 - Dictatorships have weaknesses -- 00:07:26
Read by Kara Shallenberg
06 - Chapter 5 - Excercising Power -- 00:31:23
Read by Benjamin Gittins
07 - Chapter 6 - The need for strategic planning -- 00:18:37
Read by Kara Shallenberg
08 - Chapter 7 - Planning strategy -- 00:33:29
Read by Benjamin Gittins
09 - Chapter 8 - Applying Political Defiance -- 00:15:59
Read by Kara Shallenberg
10 - Chapter 9 - Disintegrating the Dictatorship -- 00:18:04
Read by Benjamin Gittins
11 - Chapter 10 - Groundwork for durable democracy -- 00:12:53
Read by Kara Shallenberg
12 - Appendix 1 - The methods of nonviolent action -- 00:14:00
Read by Benjamin Gittins
13 - Appendix 2 - Acknowledgements and notes on the history of from dictatorship to democracy -- 00:08:27
Read by Kara Shallenberg
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Joining us tonight is Marcie Smith, lawyer and professor of economics at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice CUNY, to talk about how Gene Sharp, a committed Cold Warrior based in Harvard, successfully managed to inject neoliberal ideas about protest and the state into the intellectual climate of the American left and beyond.
You can read an interview with Marcie on Gene's influence here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/06/gene-sharp-cold-war-intellectual-marcie-smith
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https://nonsite.org/change-agent-gene-sharps-neoliberal-nonviolence-part-two/
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We the People-- Whether starting a movement or trying to wipe out a disease, sometimes it takes a village to solve a problem. How do you design for collaboration?
Dr Gene Sharp, Senior Scholar, Albert Einstein Institution
Watch now Vimeo on Demand https://vimeo.com/ondemand/genesharp
Buy Gene Sharp's biography, How to Start a Revolution, on Amazon at https://amzn.to/32iRiE6
Official Film website https://www.howtostartarevolution.org
Directed by Ruaridh Arrow
Produced by Richard Shaw
Executive Producer James Otis
Distributed by http://tvfinternational.com/ US book available http://www.amazon.com/dictatorship-democracy-conceptual-framework-liberation/dp/1880813092/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323385148&sr=8-1 PAL DVD available http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Start-Revolution-Ruaridh-Arrow/dp/B0073DLYSE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1328267648&sr=8-3 A documentary following the life and work of revolutionary academic Gene Sharp who wrote "From Dictatorship to Democracy" the book used to topple dictatorships all over the world.
Director Ruaridh Arrow
Director of Photography Philip Bloom
Trail Composer Tom Smail
Released Fall 2011
30/01/12 The past year has seen people take to the streets across the Middle East and North Africa to demand an end to tyranny and oppression and as a result, unprecedented regime change has taken place across the region.
Less known is the extent to which the protesters were influenced by the 83-year-old political scientist, Dr Gene Sharp. His book From Dictatorship to Democracy has previously been utilised as a blueprint by democratic movements from Serbia, to the Ukraine, Guatemala to Indonesia, in their fight to overthrow oppressive regimes .
We are thrilled to announce that Dr Gene Sharp will be joining us at the Frontline Club in conversation with Ruaridh Arrow, journalist, filmmaker and director of the award winning documentary How to Start a Revolution to discuss the uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa and his work.
From the ground floor of his home in Boston the 83-year-old runs the Albert Einstein Institution which is devoted to the study and promotion of the use of nonviolent resistance worldwide. The 198 "non-violent weapons" listed in his book range from the use of colours and symbols, writing large banners in English to mock funerals and boycotts. First written in 1993 to support the opposition movement in Burma, Sharp's work has now been circulated amongst dissidents around the world.
A lecture by a youngish Dr Gene Sharp of the Albert Einstein Institution. This is not my video. I'm simply spreading the good news of non violent resistance to tyranny and dictatorship that Mr Sharp had spent his life propagating. I had initially downloaded it from the old Albert Einstein Institution website.
http://www.aeinstein.org/
Gene Sharp (born January 21, 1928) is the founder of the Albert Einstein Institution, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the study of nonviolent action, and is a retired professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is known for his extensive writings on nonviolent struggle, which have influenced numerous anti-government resistance movements around the world.
Gene Sharp has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015 and has previously been nominated three times in 2009, 2012 and 2013. Sharp was widely considered the favourite for the 2012 award. In 2011 he was awarded the El-Hibri Peace Education Prize. In 2012 he was a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award as well as the Distinguished Lifetime Democracy Award.
Biography
Sharp was born in North Baltimore, Ohio, the son of an itinerant Protestant minister. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences in 1949 from Ohio State University, where he also received his Master of Arts in Sociology in 1951. In 1953–54, Sharp was jailed for nine months after protesting the conscription of soldiers for the Korean War. He discussed his decision to go to prison for his beliefs in letters to Albert Einstein who wrote a foreword to his first book, on Gandhi. He worked as factory labourer, guide to a blind social worker, and secretary to A. J. Muste, America's leading pacifist. Between 1955 and 1958 he was Assistant Editor of Peace News (London) the weekly pacifist newspaper from where he helped organise the 1958 Aldermaston March. The next two years he studied and researched in Oslo with Professor Arne Næss, who derived together with Johan Galtung from Mohandas Gandhi's writings the Satyagraha Norms. In 1968, he received a Doctor of Philosophy in political theory from Oxford University.