Patricia Parkman

Insurrectionary Civic Strikes in Latin America, 1931-1961 (1990)

Introduction

One of the characteristic features of the Latin American political land- scape is a phenomenon best described as a civic strike: the collective suspension of normal activities by people of diverse social groups united by a common political objecti...

Gene Sharp & Bruce Jenkins

Civilian-Based Defense - A Post-Military Weapons System (1990)

PREFACE

CIVILIAN-BASED DEFENSE is intended to be a substantive introduction to the developing policy of civilian-based defense. Instead of military weaponry, civilian-based defense applies the power of society itself to deter and defend against interna...

Roland Bleiker

Nonviolent Struggle and the Revolution in East Germany (1993)

INTRODUCTION

We were more afraid of the people than the people had reason to be afraid of us.
(Statement by a member of the much feared Stasi, the East German State Security Service)

"We are the people" was the main battle cry of the nonviolent struggle that...

Gene Sharp

From Dictatorship to Democracy (2011)

The essential handbook used for the "Color Revolutions" around the world during the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

PREFACE

One of my major concerns for many years has been how people could prevent and destroy dictatorships. This has been nurtured in part because of a belief that human...

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...