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On the recordDecember 5, 2011
one of the most influential forces in the entire world, the Arab Spring of last year, amazingly was an 83-year-old retired professor, former Harvard professor by the name of Eugene Sharp.
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Brian Higgins
Democratic · New York

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Higgins highlights Eugene Sharp's influence on the Arab Spring through social media.

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