Gene Sharp: From Berlin Wall to Arab Spring or The Politics of Counter-Revolution

Gene Sharp

Introduction
Small Logo by Joaquin Flores

Gene Sharp is considered to be one of the chief tacticians of the US establishment’s post-cold war period.  As is understood by our readers, this period is signified by the US establishment’s commitment to situating itself as the sole ‘superpower’.  Sharp’s tactics are employed in the broader strategy of developing an Atlanticist controlled uni-polar hegemonic power which is justified ideologically upon the ‘Human Rights/Democracy’ model of imperial or neo-colonial interventionism via Washington based or backed NGO’s. Continue reading