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The Albert Einstein Institution is a nonprofit organization advancing the study and use of strategic nonviolent action in conflicts throughout the world.

We are committed to the defense of freedom, democracy, and the reduction of political violence through the use of nonviolent action.

Our goals are to understand the dynamics of nonviolent action in conflicts, to explore its policy potential, and to communicate this through print and other media, translations, conferences, consultations, and workshops.

The Albert Einstein Institution and Senior Scholar, Gene Sharp, have recently come under attack by certain writers and in speeches by President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Click here to read responses to these attacks.

Click here to read the Albert Einstein Institution's December 2008 Newsletter (PDF)

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Click here to order Albert Einstein Institution books on nonviolent action.

This website also offers many publications to be freely downloaded.

From Dictatorship to Democracy by Gene Sharp
Available for download in 22 languages

On Strategic Nonviolent Conflict by Robert Helvey
Available in English, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), and Burmese editions.

There Are Realistic Alternatives by Gene Sharp
Downloadable in English, Arabic and Hebrew

Further publications on nonviolent action
Introductions to nonviolent action
Case studies: Eastern Europe, Latin America, more
198 Methods of Nonviolent Action

Translations
Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, French, Dutch,
Farsi, Italian, Azeri, Kyrgyz, Japanese, many more.
 
Video
- Civilian-Based Defense: a lecture by Gene Sharp
- Trailer for a Documentary on Gene Sharp
- The Power and Potential of Nonviolent Struggle
- Principled Non-Violence: Options for Action - (offsite link)

Albert Einstein Institution in the News
Georgian Daily - "Georgia: Looking Back At The Rose Revolution" by Alex van Oss, December 31, 2009 (Off-site link)
The Spectrum & Daily News" - "Harvard academic's ideas reach Iran" by Tad Trueblood, December 31, 2009 (Off-site link)
The Christian Science Monitor - "Iran protesters: the Harvard professor behind their tactics" by Scott Peterson, December 29, 2009 (Off-site link)
The Boston Globe - "Revolution of the Mind" by Farah Stockman, December 20, 2009 (Off-site link)
The Daily Star - "Beware of a brittle Iran" December 10, 2009 (Off-site link)
Slovo (Slovakia) - "Studená vojna novej generácie: farebné revolúcie" by Leopold Moravčík, December 4, 2009 (Off-site link; Google automated translation)
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty - "Gene Sharp: Theoretician Of Velvet Revolution" by Michael Hirshman, November 27, 2009 (Off-site link)
The Rushford Report - "An Inconvenient Man" by Greg Rushford, September 21, 2009 (Off-site link)
YES! Magaine - "Weapons of Mass Democracy: Nonviolent Resistance Is the Most Powerful Tactic Against Oppressive Regimes" by Stephen Zunes, September 16, 2009 (Off-site link)
The Associated Press - "Iran: new audience for US scholar's protest guide" by Sebastian Abbot and Katarina Kratovac, June 26, 2009 (Off-site link)
The Wall Street Journal - "American Revolutionary: Quiet Boston Scholar Inspires Rebels Around the World" by Philip Shishkin, September 13, 2008 (Off-site link)
The Financial Times - "Defiance undeterred: Burmese activists seek ways to oust the junta" by Amy Kazmin, December 6, 2007 (Off-site link)
The Phoenix (Boston) - "The Dictator Slayer" by Adam Reilly, December 5, 2007 (Off-site link)
Ohio State University Alumni Magazine - "The Most Influential Man You Don't Know" by Charlie Euchner, November-December, 2007 (Off-site link)
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