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Just read 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action<\/a>, part of Gene Sharp’s The Politics of Nonviolent Action, Vol. 2: The Methods of Nonviolent Action<\/em><\/a>(link goes to PDF). <\/em><\/p>\n

I came across Sharp’s ideas on MetaFilter and found his profile at The New York Times<\/a>. This is how he is described:<\/p>\n

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Gene Sharp is an American intellectual whose ideas can be fatal to the world’s despots.<\/a> For decades, Mr. Sharp’s practical writings on nonviolent revolution \u2014 most notably \u201cFrom Dictatorship to Democracy<\/a>,\u201d a 93-page guide to toppling autocrats, available for download in 24 languages \u2014 have inspired dissidents around the world, including in Burma, Bosnia, Estonia and Zimbabwe, and now Tunisia<\/a> and Egypt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When Egypt\u2019s April 6 Youth Movement was struggling to recover from a failed effort in 2005, its leaders tossed around \u201ccrazy ideas\u201d about bringing down the government, said Ahmed Maher, a leading strategist. They stumbled on Mr. Sharp while examining the Serbian movement Otpor<\/a>, which he had influenced.<\/p>\n

When the nonpartisan International Center on Nonviolent Conflict<\/a>, which trains democracy activists, slipped into Cairo several years ago to conduct a workshop, among the papers it distributed was Mr. Sharp\u2019s \u201c198 Methods of Nonviolent Action,\u201d<\/a> a list of tactics that range from hunger strikes<\/a> to \u201cprotest disrobing\u201d to \u201cdisclosing identities of secret agents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dalia Ziada, an Egyptian blogger and activist who attended the workshop and later organized similar sessions on her own, said trainees were active in both the Tunisia and Egypt revolts<\/a>. She said that some activists translated excerpts of Mr. Sharp\u2019s work into Arabic, and that his message of \u201cattacking weaknesses of dictators\u201d stuck with them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Great reading for those interested in an activism primer. Just for a taste, the first thirty:<\/p>\n

Formal Statements<\/strong>
1. Public Speeches
2. Letters of opposition or support
3. Declarations by organizations and institutions
4. Signed public statements
5. Declarations of indictment and intention
6. Group or mass petitions <\/p>\n

Communications with a Wider Audience<\/strong>
7. Slogans, caricatures, and symbols
8. Banners, posters, and displayed communications
9. Leaflets, pamphlets, and books
10. Newspapers and journals
11. Records, radio, and television
12. Skywriting and earthwriting <\/p>\n

Group Representations<\/strong>
13. Deputations
14. Mock awards
15. Group lobbying
16. Picketing
17. Mock elections <\/p>\n

Symbolic Public Acts<\/strong>
18. Displays of flags and symbolic colors
19. Wearing of symbols
20. Prayer and worship
21. Delivering symbolic objects
22. Protest disrobings
23. Destruction of own property
24. Symbolic lights
25. Displays of portraits
26. Paint as protest
27. New signs and names
28. Symbolic sounds
29. Symbolic reclamations
30. Rude gestures<\/p>\n

The rest, at the link above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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