Srdja Popovic is the executive director of the Center for Applied NonViolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS). He was one of the founders of the Serbian pro-democracy group Otpor. He was chosen as one of Foreign Policy's "Global Thinkers" in 2011 and is the author of Blueprint for Revolution.
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(FILES) This file photo taken on January 18, 2011 shows a Tunisian demonstrator holding his bread stick like a weapon in front of riot policemen during a protest against the country's new government in Tunis. About
180 000 Tunisians are following on social networks the adventures of a character called ''Captain Khobza'', inspired by a picture of a demonstrator using his bread as a gun. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)