‘How To Start A Revolution’
with Gene Sharp
Wednesday 1 February 2012
6.30-8.30pm
Chair: Jeffrey Donaldson MP
His methods are behind the uprisings of the Arab Spring and have been used in democratic struggles in the Balkans, throughout Eastern Europe, in Georgia, the Ukraine, in Indonesia, Burma and Iran.
His seminal work, From Dictatorship to Democracy, has been translated into over 40 languages and has been the standard manual for leaders of ‘colour’ revolutions around the globe. Gene Sharp has been called the ‘Machiavelli of non-violent struggle’ - and much worse by the regimes who have fallen as a result of his work.
We are delighted to be able to screen How To Start A Revolution, a new award-winning documentary about his life and work - and are even more delighted that this will be followed by a talk from Gene Sharp himself, who will be flying over from Boston specially for this meeting.
Also attending in person will be one of the activists who is currently using Gene Sharp's methods in Syria, and Ruaridh Arrow, director of the film.
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