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Meet the most important man you’ve never heard of: GENE SHARP visits London
February 1st, 2012
Renowned nonviolent protest theorist Professor Gene Sharp visited London this week. Serpent’s Tail are honoured that Gene Sharp, so-called “godfather of nonviolent protest” and author of the hugely influential From Dictatorship to...
Announcing Adrian McKinty’s new thriller, THE COLD COLD GROUND
January 3rd, 2012
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Serpent’s Tail publishes the book that shaped the Arab Spring
November 11th, 2011
Gene Sharp’s From Dictatorship to Democracy has been widely acknowledged as a piece of literature widely used as a blueprint for nonviolent resistance to dictatorial regimes. Passed from activist to activist, frequently...
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