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This show includes AI-generated content.]]>enPoliticsCopyright Politics, Philosophy, Religionhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/14458b9d93566be1bff4fe08985455d0.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/there-are-realistic-alternatives--6874301Fri, 06 Nov 2026 18:06:14 +0000Gene SharpPolitics, Philosophy, Religionspreaker23@adfreesounds.comIn a world where violence permeates society and politics—manifesting as war, terrorism, dictatorship, oppression, usurpation, and genocide—this essay offers a fresh perspective on addressing the pervasive issue of violence. It challenges the notion...
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From Dictatorship to Democracy, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation is a book-length essay on the generic problem of how to destroy a dictatorship and to prevent the rise of a new one. The book was written in 1993 by Gene Sharp (b. 1928), a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts. The book has been published in many countries worldwide and translated into more than 30 languages. Editions in many languages are also published by the Albert Einstein Institution of Boston, Massachusetts. This is the Fourth United States Edition, published in May 2010. The book has been circulated worldwide and cited repeatedly as influencing movements such as the Arab Spring of 2010–2012.

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Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).

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From Dictatorship to Democracy, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation is a book-length essay on the generic problem of how to destroy a dictatorship and to prevent the rise of a new one. The book was written in 1993 by Gene Sharp (b. 1928), a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts. The book has been published in many countries worldwide and translated into more than 30 languages. Editions in many languages are also published by the Albert Einstein Institution of Boston, Massachusetts. This is the Fourth United States Edition, published in May 2010. The book has been circulated worldwide and cited repeatedly as influencing movements such as the Arab Spring of 2010–2012.

Featured on There Are Realistic Alternatives.

Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).

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