How to put pressure on government officials.
Srdja Popovic was one of the leaders of the Serbian youth movement Otpor, which helped topple Slobodan Milosevic in October 2000. After the victory of the revolution, he founded the Center for Applied Non-violent Action and Strategies (CANVAS), and, in 2015, his book Plan of the Revolution was published.
Popovich told Radio Svaboda how the Serbian opposition tried to win over the security forces, why activists should read the Chinese strategist
Sun Tzu, and how the fight against the dictatorship is similar to football.
Why the 2000 revolution in Serbia was successful
First of all, we have learned a lot from our previous mistakes in 10 years of struggle. We had a lot of strategic planning and it was very important to unite the opposition.