In his article, "American Revolutionary" (Wall Street Journal, Sept 13, 2008), profiling Gene Sharp, the great scholar of nonviolent action, Philip Shishkin made a number of errors about the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and its founding co-chair, Peter Ackerman:

1. Peter Ackerman began to explore video applications about nonviolent action not in 2004, but in 1996 - when he, Steve York and Jack DuVall began work on the television series, "A Force More Powerful," on the 20th century history of nonviolent conflict.
2. Mr. Ackerman did not underwrite the production of "A Force More Powerful". He was principal content advisor to that PBS series.
3. Ivan Marovic was not the "chief designer" of the video game entitled "A Force More Powerful". The game's development was overseen by York-Zimmerman, Inc. and designed by Breakaway Games. Mr. Ackerman and Mr. Marovic were key advisors.
4. The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) has never provided philanthropic or commercial funds to the Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS). Rather, it has supported the costs of selected CANVAS workshops and educational activities that have been consistent with ICNC’s chartered mission.

The article also left the mistaken impression that Peter Ackerman founded ICNC in order to replace support which he had given to the Albert Einstein Institution. In fact, ICNC was co-founded by Mr. Ackerman and Mr. DuVall to engage in the creation and distribution of new tools and resources for learning about nonviolent conflict by activists, educators, policymakers and journalists. ICNC also continues to distribute copies of Mr. Sharp’s book, “Waging Nonviolent Struggle,” and other writings.