Srdja Popovic

Srdja Popovic

Co-founder, CANVAS

Srdja Popovic is a founding member of Otpor, the Serbian civic youth movement that played a pivotal role in the ousting of Slobodan Milosevic. He is a prominent nonviolent expert and the leader of CANVAS, a nonprofit organization dedicated to working with nonviolent democratic movements around the world. After the overthrow of Milosevic, Popovic served in the Serbian National Assembly from 2000 to 2003. He served as an environmental affairs advisor to the prime minister. He left parliament in 2003 to found CANVAS. The organization has worked with people in 46 countries to transfer knowledge of effective nonviolent tactics and strategies. Popovic appears in two award-winning documentaries, “Bringing Down a Dictator” and “How to Start a Revolution.” In 2011, Foreign Policy named him one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. In 2012, Wired included him on its Smart List of “50 people who will change the world.”

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Srdja 's Books

Pranksters Vs. Autocrats_ Why Dilemma Actions Advance Nonviolent Activism Srđa Pop

Pranksters Vs. Autocrats: Why Dilemma Actions Advance Nonviolent Activism

Srdja Popovic

Blueprint for Revolution

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Nonviolent Struggle_ 50 Crucial Points

Nonviolent Struggle: 50 Crucial Points

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