Gene Sharp
There Are Realistic Alternatives (2003)
The Albert Einstein Institution Mission Statement
The mission of the Albert Einstein Institution is to advance the worldwide study and strategic use of nonviolent action in conflict.
The Institution is committed to:
- defending democratic freedoms and institutions;
- opposing oppression...
Adam Roberts
Civil Resistance in the East European and Soviet Revolutions (1991)
Introduction
The death knell of communist rule, which has now ended in all European countries, was sounded not by nuclear weapons, nor even for the most part by the use of military force, but by civil resistance. In the last quarter of 1989, "people power" in v...
Olgerts Eglitis
Nonviolent Action in the Liberation of Latvia (1993)
INTRODUCTION
On June 14,1987, when all of East-Central Europe was still frozen by totalitarianism, news about an unsanctioned anti-Soviet demonstration in Latvia's capital, Riga, spread in the Western media. After that date the country never came to rest: the spell of fear...
Bruce Jenkins & Gene Sharp
The Anti-Coup (2004)
From the Introduction
Supporters of political democracy, human rights, and social justice have good reasons to be alarmed about coups d'état. These abrupt seizures of the state apparatus have occurred with great frequency in recent decades. Coups have overthrown established constitutional dem...
Gene Sharp
Self Reliant Defense Without Bankruptcy or War (1992)
PREFACE
To state the obvious, the former constituent republics of the Soviet Union and the once Communist-ruled Eastern European states face numerous difficulties. The questions of how to maintain national independence, ensure survival in a dangerous world, and protect the con...
