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SUMMARY:Politics Peace Lecture 2016:  Srdja Popovic - How To Topple Tyran
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DESCRIPTION:Join the University of Manchester’s Politics department for a
 n afternoon with one of the world’s renowned nonviolent democracy campai
 gners. Srdja Popovic led the Serbian nonviolent resistance group Otpor! 
 which helped topple the dictator Slobodan Milosevic in 2000. \n\nHe will
  be speaking about people power and his inspirational life\, which he ha
 s dedicated to nonviolent protest against oppression in many parts of th
 e world. Through his non-profit organisation\, called the Centre for App
 lied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS)\, he advocates nonviolent
  resistance as a way to promote human rights and democracy. Founded by P
 opovic in 2003\, CANVAS has been a driving force in against tyranny and 
 human rights abuses in 37 countries\, including Zimbabwe\, Burma\, Iran 
 and Venezuela.\n\nThe CANVAS handbook\, "Nonviolent Struggle: 50 Crucial
  Points"\, has been translated into 16 languages\, including Farsi and A
 rabic. It was downloaded 17\,000 times from Iran during that country's 2
 009 protests. In early 2015\, Srdja released a new book “Blueprint for R
 evolution”.
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:St Peters House/Chaplaincy\, Manchester
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