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How do ordinary people become revolutionaries?
In 2000, too-cool-to-care Belgrade rock kid Srdja Popovic found himself at the centre of a movement which was about to change the world.
Popovic was one of the unexpected leaders of the student movement Otpor! that overthrew dictator Slobodan Milosevic and established democracy in Serbia — all by avoiding violence and opting for something far more powerful: a sense of humour. In this inspiring and entertaining guide for would-be activists, he tells his story and those of other ‘ordinary revolutionaries’ who have created real social change using non-violent techniques.
Now the director of an organisation that helps to train pro-democracy activists, Popovic has worked with some of the most significant movements of our times, including the architects of the Arab Spring. Through examples such as a protest of Lego men in Siberia (when flesh-and-blood people would have been shot), and a boycott of cottage cheese in Israel to challenge price inflation, Popovic tells stories of the true and sometimes ingeniously clever ways in which non-violent resistance has achieved its means.
From Occupy Wall Street to Tahrir Square, and from Nelson Mandela to Harvey Milk, the tales Popovic tells are hilarious, accessible, inspiring, at times outrageous, and always about ordinary people achieving extraordinary things.
• Looks at how 'people power' has become a force to be reckoned with in non-violent movements sweeping the world, from Cairo’s Tahrir Square to Occupy Wall Street • Author Srdja Popovic was one of the founding members of Otpor!, which unseated Serbian president Slobodan Milosovic in 2000 • Author is a regular TED speaker and is currently advising rebels in techniques and knowledge of non-violent strategies in over 40 countries • Author is widely seen as one of the architects of the Arab Spring
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