The Center for Nonviolent Communication | Center for Nonviolent Communication Gene Sharp: Author of the nonviolent revolution rulebook 21 February 2011Last updated at 10:42 By Ruaridh Arrow Director of Gene Sharp - How to Start a Revolution In an old townhouse in East Boston an elderly stooped man is tending rare orchids in his shabby office. His Labrador Sally lies on the floor between stacks of academic papers watching him as he shuffles past. This is Dr Gene Sharp the man now credited with the strategy behind the toppling of the Egyptian government. Gene Sharp is the world's foremost expert on non-violent revolution. Continue reading the main story Key Steps on the Path to Revolution As Slobodan Milosevic in Serbia and Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine fell to the colour revolutions which swept across Eastern Europe, each of the democratic movements paid tribute to Sharp's contribution, yet he remained largely unknown to the public. Despite these successes and a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 2009 he has faced almost constant financial hardship and wild accusations of being a CIA front organisation. Catching fire “Start Quote
Listen Project Michael Lewis Early life[edit] Lewis was born in New Orleans, to corporate lawyer J. Thomas Lewis and community activist Diana Monroe Lewis. He attended the college preparatory Isidore Newman School in New Orleans. He then attended Princeton University where he received a BA degree (cum laude)[1] in Art History in 1982 and was a member of the Ivy Club. He went on to work with New York art dealer Daniel Wildenstein. Writing[edit] Lewis described his experiences at Salomon and the evolution of the mortgage-backed bond in Liar's Poker (1989). In an interview at the 2010 National Book Awards, Tom Wolfe called Lewis one of two "writers to watch" (the other was Mark Bowden).[10] "Flash Boys", about high-speed trading in stock and other markets, was launched in March 2014.[13] Reception[edit] “I read Lewis for the same reasons I watch Tiger Woods. Personal life[edit] Books[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Official website
Gene Sharp Gene Sharp (born January 21, 1928) is the founder of the Albert Einstein Institution, a non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing the study of nonviolent action, and Professor Emeritus of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.[3] 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 three times for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, 2012 and 2013.[4][5][6][7] Sharp was widely considered the favourite for the 2012 award.[8][9][10] In 2011 he was awarded the El-Hibri Peace Education Prize.[11] In 2012 he was a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award [12] as well as the Distinguished Lifetime Democracy Award.[13] Biography[edit] Sharp has been a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth since 1972. Sharp's contributions to the theory of nonviolent resistance[edit] Sharp's influence on struggles worldwide[edit]
Honda messed with the wrong woman - Al Lewis By Al Lewis “I watched Schwarzenegger work the press,” Peters said, “and I learned how to be relevant.” Peters launched a website called dontsettlewithhonda.org where she is selling CDs of the evidence she gathered against Honda for $15. She also is re-activating her law license and is advising other unhappy Honda owners on how to file their own small-claims cases as an alternative to a low-ball, class-action settlement. She says she’s been hearing from hundreds of Honda owners and hasn’t even found time to answer all their emails. Some legal observers say she could stoke a grassroots movement in consumer litigation. Peters told me she would have happily settled with Honda before her case went to trial. “I wasn’t looking to get rich,” she said. Instead, she says she is now doing to Honda, everything she promised she would do: “They didn’t believe me when I told them, this is what I’m going to do to you, and I’m not kidding. The ongoing problem for Honda is that Peters has nothing to lose.