Gene Sharp Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Gene Sharp’s work informs peaceful societal change around the world PHILADELPHIA (February 25, 2013) – Gene Sharp, whose decades of research and analyses of the effectiveness of nonviolence has been used worldwide to create or support fledgling democracies, has been nominated for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). “Gene Sharp has devoted the majority of his 84 years to studying nonviolent action, documenting the history of the strateg
