Global Ethics Forum: Srdja Popovic on Creating Successful Nonviolent Movements

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Channel: Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs · 2013 · News & Politics

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Successful nonviolent movements need three things: the cool factor, memorable branding, and humor, says Popovic. He cofounded the Serbian youth movement Otpor!, which played a major role in toppling Milosevic, and his work training activists in Egypt and Tunisia is widely credited for inspiring Arab Spring protesters. 

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