Albert Einstein Institution
- Albert Einstein Institution
The Albert Einstein Institution is a non-profit organization that specializes in the study of the methods of non-violent resistance in conflicts and to explore its policy potential and communicate these findings through print and other media, translations, conferences, consultations, and workshops. The institution's founder and senior scholar, Gene Sharp, is widely regarded as the foremost writer on strategic nonviolent struggle. Albert Einstein Institution "is committed to the defense of freedom, democracy, and the reduction of political violence through the use of nonviolent action."
To further this mission, the Institution has supported research projects, actively consulted with resistance and pro-democracy groups from Burma, Thailand, Egypt, Tibet, Serbia, Equatorial Guinea, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and elsewhere, and worked to publicize the power and potential of nonviolent struggle around the world through educational materials, scholarly writings, workshops, and the media.
The Albert Einstein Institution was founded in 1987 and operates out of a small office in Dr. Sharp's home in East Boston, Massachusetts. The current executive director is Jamila Raqib.
Criticism
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has accused the Albert Einstein Institution of being behind a "soft coup" attempt in Venezuela,"[Cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/2007/06/04/pol_ava_chavez-propone-que-p_04A879211.shtml|title=Chávez propone que países del ALBA conformen una "federación de repúblicas"|accessdate=2007-06-11|publisher=El Universal|year=2007-06-04es icon] Similarly, a number of Marxist critics, such as French writer Thierry Meyssan has accused the institution of being part of CIA subversion efforts, [http://www.voltairenet.org/article30032.html)] though there is no evidence of any such collaboration and those who have worked with Dr. Sharp and the Albert Einstein Institution have dismissed such accusations. [ [http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid52417.aspx The Phoenix > News Features > The dictator slayer ] ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.aeinstein.org/ Albert Einstein Institution website]
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