Gene Sharp (1928-2018)

Gene Sharp (1928-2018) was the world’s foremost expert on nonviolent revolution and has been described as the “Machiavelli of nonviolence.” In a lifetime of academic work, he has established nonviolent action and people power as successful instruments for political change.

Sharp’s writings on nonviolent struggle have been used by social movements around the world, from the jungles of Burma to the streets of Serbia and Cairo’s Tahrir Square during the Arab Spring Sharp argued that the major unresolved political problems of our time – dictatorships, genocide, war and social oppression – require us to rethink politics.

He maintained throughout his life that pragmatic, strategically planned, nonviolent struggle can be highly effective in ending oppression. His 1993 book From Dictatorship to Democracy has inspired nonviolent protests around the world. 

Simple to translate and easy to smuggle across borders, this book has become one of the seminal works for democracy activists across the world, translated into more than 34 languages reaching every continent. A future of domination, the rule of violence and popular helplessness is not inevitable. We now have the knowledge needed to block that sad future, if we have the will to use it. Gene Sharp, 2012 Laureate

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