Gene Sharp Scientist
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 Professor Emeritus 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.
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- http://aeinstein.org/organizations103a.html
- http://aeinstein.org/organizations5e7c.html
- http://aeinstein.org/organizations90b2.html
- http://books.google.com/books?id=3hoIAQAAIAAJ
- http://books.google.com/books?id=YBaslgEACAAJ
- http://howtostartarevolutionfilm.com
- http://librivox.org/there-are-realistic-alternatives-by-gene-sharp
- http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122127204268531319.html?mod=todays_us_nonsub_page_one
- http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Sharp%2C%20Gene
- http://reason.com/archives/2011/02/25/teaching-people-power/singlepage