In this new video, Voice of America takes a look at the inspiring work of our good friends at the Center for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS) in Belgrade. In the segment, Srdja Popovic—who we’ve interviewed numerous times on this site, including here—talks about what the Egyptians did right, the keys to success of nonviolent struggle, and reiterates the point that I stressed in my last post: “Removing the bad guy is sometimes easier than building the democratic institutions.”
Eric Stoner is a co-founding editor at Waging Nonviolence and an adjunct professor at Saint Joseph's College. His articles have appeared in The Guardian, Mother Jones, Salon, The Nation, Sojourners and In These Times.
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