Pranksters vs. Autocrats: Why Dilemma Actions Advance Nonviolent Activism

Srdja Popovic, executive director of the Center for Applied Nonviolent Actions and Strategies (CANVAS) will receive the Brown Democracy Medal for his work in nonviolent activism over the past 20 years. CANVAS operates a network of international trainers and consultants with experience in successful democratic movements and worked with pro-democracy activists from more than 50 countries. Popovic presented lecture on the book "Pranksters vs. Autocrats: Why Dilemma Actions Advance Nonviolent Activism," a book written with Penn State's Sophia McClennen as part of winning the McCourtney Institute's Brown Democracy Medal. McClennen joins Popovic for the Q&A following the lecture. Listen to Popovic on the University of Virginia's Democracy in Danger podcast: https://medialab.virginia.edu/people-...