He’s the man behind the Egyptian “Revolution,” that’s who.
Here’s a quote from a New York Times article, dated 2/14/11, by David Kirkpatrick and David Sanger: “The protesters—trying to stay true to the lessons they had learned from Gandhi, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Gene Sharp—tried for a time to avoid retaliating. A row of men stood silent as rocks rained down on them. An older man told a younger one to put down his stick.”
It’s worth reading the entire article, if you haven’t already.
So if you’re gonna make the stretch between Gandhi, Dr. King and Gene Sharp, you’ll need a little background.
“The Albert Einstein Institution is a nonprofit organization advancing the study and use of strategic nonviolent action in conflicts throughout the world.”
Then you’ll need to know who’s reading Sharp’s books.
“The School of Attachés of the US Defense Intelligence College has ordered 240 copies of Gene Sharp’s three-volume work, The Politics of Nonviolent Action, for use during the 1989–1990 academic year, according to the book’s publisher, Porter Sargent, in Boston.”
“A student-led Serbian uprising, Otpor! (Serbian Cyrillic: Отпор!, English: Resistance!) led to the overthrow of dictator Slobodan Milošević in 2000. The campaign–almost entirely obstructive program–was carefully planned with assistance from Gene Sharp and his colleagues.”
“The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world. Each year, with funding from the US Congress, NED supports more than 1,000 projects of non-governmental groups abroad who are working for democratic goals in more than 90 countries.”
“Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization that supports the expansion of freedom around the world. Freedom House supports democratic change, monitors freedom, and advocates for democracy and human rights.”
Are we beginning to see a pattern here?
Now, you want to see something really weird? Check out the website of a group calling itself “The Academy Of Change” based in Qatar.
Here is another paragraph from the NYT article:
“Another influence, several said, was a group of Egyptian expatriates in their 30s who set up an organization in Qatar called the Academy of Change, which promotes ideas drawn in part on Mr. Sharp’s work. One of the group’s organizers, Hisham Morsy, was arrested during the Cairo protests and remained in detention.”
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Gandhi, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and . . . Gene Sharp?
Posted on February 17, 2011 by Dennis Ballentine
Who the hell is Gene Sharp?
He’s the man behind the Egyptian “Revolution,” that’s who.
Here’s a quote from a New York Times article, dated 2/14/11, by David Kirkpatrick and David Sanger: “The protesters—trying to stay true to the lessons they had learned from Gandhi, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Gene Sharp—tried for a time to avoid retaliating. A row of men stood silent as rocks rained down on them. An older man told a younger one to put down his stick.”
It’s worth reading the entire article, if you haven’t already.
So if you’re gonna make the stretch between Gandhi, Dr. King and Gene Sharp, you’ll need a little background.
First ,you have to know about the Alfred Einstein Institute, who they are and what they do.
“The Albert Einstein Institution is a nonprofit organization advancing the study and use of strategic nonviolent action in conflicts throughout the world.”
Then you’ll need to know who’s reading Sharp’s books.
“The School of Attachés of the US Defense Intelligence College has ordered 240 copies of Gene Sharp’s three-volume work, The Politics of Nonviolent Action, for use during the 1989–1990 academic year, according to the book’s publisher, Porter Sargent, in Boston.”
Then you’ll need to know what OPTOR! is.
“A student-led Serbian uprising, Otpor! (Serbian Cyrillic: Отпор!, English: Resistance!) led to the overthrow of dictator Slobodan Milošević in 2000. The campaign–almost entirely obstructive program–was carefully planned with assistance from Gene Sharp and his colleagues.”
Now you need to know what the National Endowment For Democracy and Freedom House are.
“The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world. Each year, with funding from the US Congress, NED supports more than 1,000 projects of non-governmental groups abroad who are working for democratic goals in more than 90 countries.”
“Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization that supports the expansion of freedom around the world. Freedom House supports democratic change, monitors freedom, and advocates for democracy and human rights.”
Are we beginning to see a pattern here?
Now, you want to see something really weird? Check out the website of a group calling itself “The Academy Of Change” based in Qatar.
Here is another paragraph from the NYT article:
“Another influence, several said, was a group of Egyptian expatriates in their 30s who set up an organization in Qatar called the Academy of Change, which promotes ideas drawn in part on Mr. Sharp’s work. One of the group’s organizers, Hisham Morsy, was arrested during the Cairo protests and remained in detention.”
This is only scratching the surface.
Have you ever heard of an organization called the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation?
You know what they do? “WHINSEC and its supporters . . . claim they now emphasize democracy and human rights.”
Do you know what they used to be called? The School Of The Americas.
For some more background and detailed analysis check out Dr. K R Bolton at Foreign Policy Journal.
This whole thing is a major policy shift on the part of the US government.
It’s necessary we know what’s really going on.