Srdja Popovic: How to Resist Modern Tyranny Without Violence

In this powerful conversation, Dan Astin-Gregory sits down with Srdja Popovic, the man who helped overthrow a dictator without firing a single bullet, to uncover how ordinary people can resist modern tyranny and spark peaceful revolution.

Srdja is the co-founder of Otpor!, the Serbian youth movement that toppled Slobodan Milošević, and founder of CANVAS, an organisation that has trained activists around the world in the principles of nonviolent resistance.

Together, we explore how the same strategies used to defeat oppressive regimes can be used today to challenge the invisible hand of global technocracy, resist creeping authoritarianism, and build grassroots movements that go beyond protests and slogans —into real, lasting change.

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🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES
Support the podcast + join our community → https://www.danastingregory.com/podcast
Join the Free Humanity Movement → https://www.freehumanity.org
Explore Srdja’s work + resources → https://www.canvasopedia.org
Watch The Bringing Down a Dictator Documentary → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7dNLt5mC1A

Chapters:
00:00 – How to Overthrow a Dictator Without Violence
02:02 – The Origins of Otpor! and the Power of Youth Movements
06:27 – What Most People Get Wrong About Resistance
10:12 – From Humour to Strategy: How to Make Protest Stick
14:46 – The Turning Point in Serbia: Lessons from a Dictator’s Fall
18:39 – Nonviolent Struggle Is Like Chess, Not Boxing
21:31 – Power Mapping: The Real Game of Resistance
26:54 – How to Build a Decentralised Movement That Wins
32:18 – Why Spontaneous Movements Often Fail
36:12 – The Invisible Hand of Modern Technocracy
41:09 – Can Nonviolence Still Work Against Global Institutions?
45:55 – Protests Are Not Enough: Moving Beyond Slogans
53:12 – Advice to Today’s Freedom Movements
57:44 – How to Start a Peaceful Revolution — Wherever You Are

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