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In June 2008, at the initiative of Professor Stephen Zunes of the University of San Francisco, the letter below was circulated among U.S. and internationally based scholars and activists as a response to critiques circulating about the work of Gene Sharp and the Albert Einstein Institution. The letter first appeared on Professor Zunes's website (http://www.stephenzunes.org/petition/) and is now available for viewing on the website of the Albert Einstein Institution (www.aeinstein.org).
We are aware of, and are adamantly opposed to, efforts by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), the International Republican Institute (IRI) and other U.S. government-funded efforts to advance U.S. strategic and economic objectives under the guise of "democracy promotion." We recognize, however, that Dr. Sharp and the Albert Einstein Institution are not part of such an agenda.
Not even the basic facts are true. Sharp certainly isn't lacking cash or connections. He may not choose to spend the money on bling, but even if he earns "only" $100k a year - plus expenses - that's more than US workers earn. And the annual reports of the Albert Einstein Institution show that it has received multi-million dollar donations. (Conveniently, the sources aren't named, but Sourcewatch has some of them.)
Between 1993 and 1999 they received funding from[5]: Arca Foundation Burma Project of the Open Society Institute Compton Foundation C.S. Fund Ford Foundation Friedrich Naumann Stiftung Greenville Foundation International Republican Institute Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation National Endowment for Democracy New York Friends Group Olof Palme International Centre Ploughshares Fund United States Institute for Peace
Between 1993 and 1999 they received funding from[5]:
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