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Meet the most important man you’ve never heard of: GENE SHARP visits London
February 1st, 2012
Renowned nonviolent protest theorist Professor Gene Sharp visited London this week. Serpent’s Tail are honoured that Gene Sharp, so-called “godfather of nonviolent protest” and author of the hugely influential From Dictatorship to...
Serpent’s Tail publishes the book that shaped the Arab Spring
November 11th, 2011
Gene Sharp’s From Dictatorship to Democracy has been widely acknowledged as a piece of literature widely used as a blueprint for nonviolent resistance to dictatorial regimes. Passed from activist to activist, frequently...
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