Does nonviolent action still work?
The fact that many movements have fallen short of expectations doesn’t mean that nonviolent struggle is outdated. Rather, it reveals an innovation gap.
The Albert Einstein Institution is a nonprofit organization founded by Dr. Gene Sharp in 1983 to advance the worldwide study and strategic use of nonviolent action in conflict. The Institution is committed to defending democratic freedoms and institutions, opposing oppression, dictatorship and genocide, and reducing reliance on violence as an instrument of policy.
Waging Nonviolence partners with other organizations and publishes their work.
Democratizing training for nonviolent resistance
This month, the Albert Einstein Institution launches a new People-Powered Training Platform.
The American colonial resistance
In the years leading up to the American Revolution, the colonists conducted a massive nonviolent struggle that achieved de facto independence from the British.
America’s struggle for independence and the role of nonviolent action
How de facto independence was achieved before the outbreak of violence.