Srdja Popovic: How to topple a dictator
Srdja Popovic: 如何撥亂反正
Srdja Popovic was a founder and leader of the student movement that brought down the Milosovic regime. Now, he helps other nonviolent movements learn and grow. Full bio
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這是一個蒙提·派森式的小品。
穆巴拉克(埃及前總理)、
打個比方,就像是冰箱一樣,
每個人都為此感到驚訝,
為了做出改變而站了出來
(Generation Epsilon 阿拉伯世界 18~29 歲反抗獨裁政權的人)
18 個擁有各自雄心壯志的黨派領袖結合起來,
你就會獲得完全的勝利。
就只會在那一個人身上。
整個城市都會收到訊息。
你會維持現狀不動。
你的恐懼會開始消散。
當然它對於波蘭來說是非常的重要。
桶子的上面有一個洞,
我們在他們看不見的地方。
這一點道理都沒有。
是再也不會有更好的日子。
它們的殺傷力真的很大,
但不要急著把標籤貼上
他展示出網路的另一項功能。
弄受傷的非暴力抗爭者貼上標籤
(Khaled Said 是個被埃及警察赤手空拳打到死的年輕人)
他們厭惡且無止盡的事情?
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Srdja Popovic - OrganizerSrdja Popovic was a founder and leader of the student movement that brought down the Milosovic regime. Now, he helps other nonviolent movements learn and grow.
Why you should listen
Srdja Popovic was one of the founders and key organizers of the Serbian nonviolent resistance group Otpor! Otpor!’s campaign to unseat Serbian president Slobodan Milosovic found success in October 2000 when hundreds of thousands of protestors converged upon and took over the Serbian Parliament, effectively ending Milosevic’s rule. After the revolution, Popovic served a term as a member of the Serbian National Assembly 2000-2003.
In 2003, Popovic and other ex-Otpor! activists started the nonprofit educational institution the Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS) (www.canvasopedia.org). CANVAS has worked with people from 37 countries, including Zimbabwe, Burma, Iran and Venezuela, spreading knowledge on nonviolent strategies and tactics that was used by the Serbian pro-democracy movement to other non-democratic countries. CANVAS has worked with the activists responsible for successful movements such as the Georgian “Rose Revolution” of 2003 and the Ukrainian “Orange Revolution” of 2004-2005. It also transferred knowledge to Lebanese activists in 2004 to address the crisis after the assassination of Prime Minister Harriri, and assisted participants in the Maldives’ revolution in 2008. Recently CANVAS has worked with April 6th, a key group in the Egyptian nonviolent uprising, as well as other groups from the Middle East.
CANVAS’ teachings are available in a documentary, "Bringing Down a Dictator," featuring Otpor strategies to topple Milosevic. Its manual "Nonviolent Struggle: 50 Crucial Points" was translated into 16 languages, including Farsi and Arabic, and was downloaded 17,000 times from Iran during that country's 2009 protests.
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