The Father of Non-Violent Political Revolution: Gene Sharp

Gene Sharp's writings were disseminated and read in Egypt before the anti-regime protests began.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Sharp

"Shy U.S. Intellectual Created Playbook Used in Revolution" by Andrew W. Lehren, New York Times, Feb 17, 2011:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/world/middleeast/17sharp.html?pagewanted=2&ref=todayspaper

"Gene Sharp Interview," by Amitabh Pal, The Progressive, March 2007   
http://www.progressive.org/mag/intv0307


"Lessons from the Godfather: Interview with Gene Sharp," by Jeff Severns Guntzel.  Utne Reader, July - August 2010      
http://www.utne.com/Politics/Gene-Sharp-Interview-Power-of-Nonviolence.aspx

"Gandhi, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and . . . Gene Sharp?" by Dennis Ballentine.  Online Journal, February 17, 2011   
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_6909.shtml

Biographical Profile   http://www.peace.ca/genesharp.htm

Albert Einstein Institution   http://www.aeinstein.org/

Many of his books can be downloaded for free:

From Dictatorship to Democracy  
 http://www.aeinstein.org/organizations98ce.html

Self-Liberation 
http://www.aeinstein.org/selfLiberation.html

On Strategic Non-Violent Conflict 
http://www.aeinstein.org/organizations1c31.html

There are Realistic Alternatives 
http://www.aeinstein.org/organizationsbc25.html

198 Methods of Non-Violent Action 
http://www.aeinstein.org/organizations103a.html

"The Methods of Non-Violent Protest and Persuasion" by Gene Sharp.  Peace Magazine, Jan - Mar 2011
http://www.peacemagazine.org/198.htm


--Katherine