Srdja Popovic
Srdja Popovic was one of the founders of the Serbian nonviolent resistance group Otpor! Otpor!'s campaign against Serbian president Slobodan Milosovic was successful in October 2000 when thousands of protesters took over the Serbian Parliament. After the revolution, Popovic served a term as a member of the Serbian National Assembly.
In 2003, Popovic and other ex-Otpor! activists started the non-profit the Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS). CANVAS has worked with activists from 46 different countries, including Zimbabwe, Burma, Iran, and Venezuela, spreading knowledge of the nonviolent strategies and tactics used by Otpor!. Recently, CANVAS worked with the April 6 Movement, a key group in the 2011 Egyptian uprising. In November 2011, Foreign Policy Magazine listed Srdja Popovic as one of the "Top 100 Global Thinkers" of 2011 for inspiring the Arab Spring protesters.
In 2012 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2014 he was listed as a "Young Global Leader" by the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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