Author: Jørgen Johansen

Jørgen Johansen is editor of the Journal of Resistance Studies.

Gene Sharp Has Died and the World Has Lost a Global Educator

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Just a week after his 90th birthday, Gene Sharp passed away 28 January. The magazine New Statesman once described Gene Sharp as the “Machiavelli of Nonviolence” and Thomas Weber labelled him “the Clausewitz of Nonviolent Action.” Who was this man, and what did he contribute to our understanding of the use of nonviolent tactics in… Read more »