Overview
In recent decades, proliferated nonviolent movements have followed in the wake of Ghandi and Martin Luther King. Protests in Tahrir Square in Egypt, or the struggle of Buddhist monks in Burma show how organized and peaceful pressure can overthrow dictators and bloody regimes. But how do these movements begin? Is there a formula that facilitated the conquest of certain claims? In this amazing self-help manual for revolutionaries, neophytes are instructed through essential tasks: identify achievable goals, join the insurgents, keep calm and firm in all circumstances and, above all, always look for creative solutions.Reviews
"An entertaining primer on the theory and practice of peaceful protest."—The Guardian, on the English-language editionAuthor Biography
Srdja Popovic is the director of the Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS), a non-governmental organization dedicated to advising civil movements that promote non-violent actions. This is his first book.