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MIT Iranian Studies Group Lecture: Gene Sharp on Non-violent Resistance
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ali Mostashari)
Thu May 22 14:50:00 2003
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Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 11:44:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ali Mostashari <amostashar@yahoo.com>
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The Iranian Studies Group @ MIT (ISG) cordially invites you to attend:
ISG Lecture Series
"Nonviolent Struggle:Liberation without Violence"
A review of requirements and tasks for effective liberation movements.
A Lecture by Dr. Gene Sharp
Senior Scholar, Albert Einstein Institute
Location: Room 54-100, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Camridge, MA 02139
Map: http://http://whereis.mit.edu/bin/map?locate=room_54-100
Date: Saturday June 7, 2003 at 6:00 p.m.
(please plan to be there by 5:55 p.m)
(It would be helpful to RSVP for the event if you plan to attend)
Abstract:
Dr. Sharp's research on non-violent action began in the 1960s with the question "How could one not simply oppose and denounce war and violence, but also get rid of it?"
Compromise has sometimes been an alternative to violence and war in resolving conflict. But if the outcome of a particular conflict determines whether your people are all going to be slaughtered; where this invader is going to come in and dominate your population; whether this political or military clique is going to set up a dictatorship; whether people are going to be discriminated against on the basis of their skin color; whether you are to have religious freedom or not: issues of this type are not so clearly resolved by compromise. We need to look at those areas where people would usually say they have ultimately no choice but to fight -- and to fight, to them, has usually meant to use violence.
The discussion focuses on how to remove the dictatorships and oppression that now exist in countries such as Burma, Nigeria, Tibet, Cuba, Iran, and elsewhere. It is urgent to provide support for the nonviolent democratic struggle groups in those countries through educational activities, and international action and demonstrations.
For more info refer to his 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action: http://www.peacemagazine.org/198.htm
About Gene Sharp:
Gene Sharp is Senior Scholar at the Albert Einstein Institution in Boston, Massachusetts. From 1965 he held research appointments in Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs for nearly thirty years. He is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Dr. Sharp, who has been called "the Clausewitz of nonviolent warfare," founded the Albert Einstein Institution in 1983 to promote research, policy studies, and education on the strategic uses of nonviolent struggle in face of dictatorship, war, genocide, and oppression.
He holds the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in political theory from Oxford University (1968), a Master of Arts in Sociology (1951), and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences (1949) from Ohio State University. Manhattan College awarded him an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (1983). Rivier College awarded him an honorary Doctor of Humanitarian Service (1996).
For more information on this event please contact:
Ali Mostashari
Iranian Studies Group @ MIT
http://web.mit.edu/isg
amostash@mit.edu
___________________________________________
Ali Mostashari
President, Iranian Studies Group@MIT http://web.mit.edu/isg
Ph.D. Candidate, Technology Management and Policy
Engineering Systems Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
http://web.mit.edu/amostash/www
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<DIV align=left><STRONG>The Iranian Studies Group @ MIT (ISG) cordially invites you to attend: <BR></STRONG><BR><STRONG>ISG Lecture Series <BR><FONT color=#0000ff>"Nonviolent Struggle:Liberation without Violence"</FONT> </STRONG><BR>A review of requirements and tasks for effective liberation movements. <BR>A Lecture by Dr. Gene Sharp</DIV>
<DIV align=left>Senior Scholar, Albert Einstein Institute</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><STRONG>Location:</STRONG> Room 54-100, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Camridge, MA 02139 </DIV>
<DIV align=left><A href="http://http://whereis.mit.edu/bin/map?locate=room_54-100">Map</A>: <A href="http://http://whereis.mit.edu/bin/map?locate=room_54-100">http://http://whereis.mit.edu/bin/map?locate=room_54-100</A></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><STRONG>Date: </STRONG>Saturday June 7, 2003 at 6:00 p.m. </DIV>
<DIV align=left> (please plan to be there by 5:55 p.m) <STRONG> </STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG>(It would be helpful to RSVP for the event if you plan to attend)</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><STRONG>Abstract: </STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left>Dr. Sharp's research on non-violent action began in the 1960s with the question "How could one not simply oppose and denounce war and violence, but also get rid of it?" </DIV>
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<P>Compromise has sometimes been an alternative to violence and war in resolving conflict. But if the outcome of a particular conflict determines whether your people are all going to be slaughtered; where this invader is going to come in and dominate your population; whether this political or military clique is going to set up a dictatorship; whether people are going to be discriminated against on the basis of their skin color; whether you are to have religious freedom or not: issues of this type are not so clearly resolved by compromise. We need to look at those areas where people would usually say they have ultimately no choice but to fight -- and to fight, to them, has usually meant to use violence. </P>
<P>The discussion focuses on how to remove the dictatorships and oppression that now exist in countries such as Burma, Nigeria, Tibet, Cuba, Iran, and elsewhere. It is urgent to provide support for the nonviolent democratic struggle groups in those countries through educational activities, and international action and demonstrations. </P>
<P>For more info refer to his 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action: <A href="http://www.peacemagazine.org/198.htm">http://www.peacemagazine.org/198.htm</A></P>
<P><STRONG>About Gene Sharp: </STRONG></P></DIV>
<DIV align=left> Gene Sharp is Senior Scholar at the Albert Einstein Institution in Boston, Massachusetts. From 1965 he held research appointments in Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs for nearly thirty years. He is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
<P align=justify>Dr. Sharp, who has been called "the Clausewitz of nonviolent warfare," founded the Albert Einstein Institution in 1983 to promote research, policy studies, and education on the strategic uses of nonviolent struggle in face of dictatorship, war, genocide, and oppression.</P>
<P align=justify>He holds the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in political theory from Oxford University (1968), a Master of Arts in Sociology (1951), and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences (1949) from Ohio State University. Manhattan College awarded him an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (1983). Rivier College awarded him an honorary Doctor of Humanitarian Service (1996).</P></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><STRONG>For more information on this event please contact:</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG>Ali Mostashari</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG>Iranian Studies Group @ MIT</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG><A href="http://web.mit.edu/isg">http://web.mit.edu/isg</A></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG><A href="mailto:amostash@mit.edu">amostash@mit.edu</A></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=center> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR><BR>___________________________________________<br>Ali Mostashari <br>President, Iranian Studies Group@MIT http://web.mit.edu/isg<br>Ph.D. Candidate, Technology Management and Policy<br>Engineering Systems Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>http://web.mit.edu/amostash/www<p><hr SIZE=1>
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