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Serbian activist Srđa Popović used "laughtivism" to undermine Slobodan Milošević's regime. Otpor! famously placed a barrel labeled with Milošević's face on the street, inviting people to hit it, turning Milošević into a public joke.

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Slate · How We Used Laughter to Topple a DictatorBy Srdja Popovic

Laughtivism – the Power of Humor in Nonviolent Struggle

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Srdja Popovic, activist, global thinker, and the founder & Executive Director of the Center for Applied Nonviolent Actions and Strategies (CANVAS). Popovic promotes the idea that nonviolent revolutions work and make the world a more peaceful and democratic place.

This '03 "Top 10 #rottenjellyfish" Awards - part of the great #shiftingbaselines shiftingbaselines.org/news/ project on slo-mo ocean degradation - is a great example of what @theyesmen call #laughtivism - especially thanks to #WhiteLotus's @JENCOOLIDGE. Here's the countdown! 1/3
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