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Originally Posted By u/serious_bullet5 At 2025-09-14 08:37:06 PM | Source


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[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There's also this:

https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/from-dictatorship-to-democracy-by-gene-sharp-6286451.html

I have been thinking that I need to get my hands on a copy. The guy is legit, supposedly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Politics_of_Nonviolent_Action

Another of his 30 or so books, “Civilian-Based Defense: A Post-Military Weapons System” (1990), was invoked by government officials in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in 1991 as they regained independence from the Soviet Union.

“I would rather have this book than the nuclear bomb,” Audrius Butkevicius, the former Lithuanian defense minister, once said.

[–] Hatshepsut@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

PDFs on annas archive

[–] EliminateJuggle@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

How many countries has Peter Gelderloos directly himself assisted with successful revolutions in? Asking for a friend.