Bringing Down a Dictator Discussion Guide
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Film Screening: Bringing Down a Dictator
Bringing Down a Dictator tells the inside story of how Milosevic was brought down — not by smoke and flames–...... Continue Reading
Bringing Down a Dictator (Arabic)
An award-winning documentary chronicling the student-led Optor! A movement that led to the ouster of Serbian српски dictator Slobodan Milosevic.... Continue Reading
Bringing Down a Dictator (Burmese)
An award-winning documentary chronicling the student-led Optor! A movement that led to the ouster of Serbian српски dictator Slobodan Milosevic.... Continue Reading
Bringing Down a Dictator (Farsi)
An award-winning documentary chronicling the student-led Optor! A movement that led to the ouster of Serbian српски dictator Slobodan Milosevic.... Continue Reading
Bringing Down a Dictator (Indonesian)
An award-winning documentary chronicling the student-led Optor! A movement that led to the ouster of Serbian српски dictator Slobodan Milosevic.... Continue Reading
Bringing Down a Dictator (Chinese)
An award-winning documentary chronicling the student-led Optor! A movement that led to the ouster of Serbian српски dictator Slobodan Milosevic.... Continue Reading
Bringing Down a Dictator (Tibetan)
An award-winning documentary chronicling the student-led Optor! A movement that led to the ouster of Serbian српски dictator Slobodan Milosevic.... Continue Reading
Bringing Down a Dictator (Uzbek)
An award-winning documentary chronicling the student-led Optor! A movement that led to the ouster of Serbian српски dictator Slobodan Milosevic.... Continue Reading
Bringing Down a Dictator (Vietnamese)
An award-winning documentary chronicling the student-led Optor! A movement that led to the ouster of Serbian српски dictator Slobodan Milosevic.... Continue Reading
Bringing Down a Dictator (Russian)
An award-winning documentary chronicling the student-led Optor! A movement that led to the ouster of Serbian српски dictator Slobodan Milosevic.... Continue Reading
Bringing Down a Dictator (English)
An award-winning documentary chronicling the student-led Optor! A movement that led to the ouster of Serbian српски dictator Slobodan Milosevic.... Continue Reading
Bringing Down a Dictator (French)
An award-winning documentary chronicling the student-led Optor! A movement that led to the ouster of Serbian српски dictator Slobodan Milosevic.... Continue Reading
Bringing Down a Dictator (Spanish)
An award-winning documentary chronicling the student-led Optor! A movement that led to the ouster of Serbian српски dictator Slobodan Milosevic.... Continue Reading
Bringing Down a Dictator classroom lesson plans
An award-winning documentary chronicling the student-led Optor! A movement that led to the ouster of Serbian српски dictator Slobodan Milosevic.... Continue Reading
Bringing Down a Dictator (Hungarian)
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Bringing Down A Dictator documents the spectacular defeat of Slobodan Milosevic in October 2000—not by force of arms, as many... Continue Reading
Diktatörü Devirmek
Bringing Down A Dictator documents the spectacular defeat of Slobodan Milosevic in October 2000—not by force of arms, as many... Continue Reading
Egy diktátor megbuktatása
Bringing Down A Dictator documents the spectacular defeat of Slobodan Milosevic in October 2000—not by force of arms, as many... Continue Reading
Pagpapabagsak sa isang Diktador
Bringing Down A Dictator documents the spectacular defeat of Slobodan Milosevic in October 2000—not by force of arms, as many... Continue Reading
Derrubando um ditador
Bringing Down A Dictator documents the spectacular defeat of Slobodan Milosevic in October 2000—not by force of arms, as many... Continue Reading
The Power of the Powerless (essay)
Return to ICNC Homepage Access more resources via ICNC’s Resource Library Access films on civil resistance via ICNC Films Full... Continue Reading
Skills or Conditions: What Key Factors Shape the Success or Failure of Civil Resistance?
Presentation by Dr. Peter Ackerman at the 2007 Conference on Civil Resistance and Power Politics. Ackerman discusses at length the... Continue Reading
الإطاحة بطاغية
Bringing Down A Dictator documents the spectacular defeat of Slobodan Milosevic in October 2000—not by force of arms, as many... Continue Reading
Otpor and the Struggle for Democracy in Serbia (1998-2000)
When a group of students founded the new organization Otpor (“Resistance”) in October 1998, the regime of Serbian dictator Slobodan... Continue Reading
ICNC Films
We are proud to offer five critically acclaimed documentary films on civil resistance for free streaming on our website, in... Continue Reading
2011
Fletcher Summer Institute 2011
Keynote Address – Rev. James Lawson Speaker: Rev. James Lawson, Distinguished Scholar at Vanderbilt University Prolific civil rights leader and...... Continue Reading
Academic Support Initiatives
Fletcher Summer Institute 2012
The Fletcher Summer Institute for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict is the only executive education program in the advanced,...... Continue Reading
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Online Learning
Webinar: How Can Civil Resistance Win Well? Breakthroughs and Breakdowns on the Road to Democracy
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 with author Jonathan Pinckney Download Dr. Pinckney’s Special Report, ‘How to Win Well’ Webinar Content Introduction...... Continue Reading
Movement Commentary
Pigs in Parliament: Uganda’s Anti-Corruption Struggle
After months of meticulous planning, the time had come. The activists arrived at the agreed location and quickly released the...... Continue Reading
Selected Works of Peter Ackerman
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ICNC's Peter Ackerman Receives Coveted Peace Award from Historic Morehouse College; Recognized for Advancing Civil Resistance
ATLANTA – Citing his “invaluable contributions to peace and justice around the world,” Morehouse College has bestowed its prestigious Gandhi,...... Continue Reading
ICNC Special Report Series
Preventing Mass Atrocities: From a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) to a Right to Assist (RtoA) Campaigns of Civil Resistance
By Peter Ackerman and Hardy Merriman, May 2019 Free Download: English | Arabic | French | Spanish Purchase a Print...... Continue Reading
Online Learning
Webinar: Civil Resistance Tactics in the 21st Century
by author Michael Beer and with discussants Dr. Peter Ackerman and Shaazka Beyerle Wednesday, March 31, 2021 Webinar Content: Introduction...... Continue Reading
The Checklist to End Tyranny
By Peter Ackerman The Checklist to End Tyranny is the culmination of a 50-year mission to develop and share knowledge...... Continue Reading
Scholars and Students
ICNC Curriculum Fellowships on Civil Resistance
The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) announces its Curriculum Fellowships to support and advance teaching in the field of...... Continue Reading
Webinar 2011
The Arts of Protest: Creative Cultural Resistance
Thursday, June 30, 2011 12:00pm-1:00pm EDT Nadine Bloch, creative resistance and nonviolent direct action educator and practitioner, explores how some...... Continue Reading
When Repression Backfires (webinar)
Les Kurtz, professor of Sociology at George Mason University and author/editor of several books including, “The Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace,... Continue Reading
People Power Primed: Civilian Resistance and Democratization
This article by democratization experts Peter Ackerman and Jack Duvall examines people power, the ability of ordinary citizens to overthrow... Continue Reading
2017/2018 ICNC Curriculum Fellowship Call
for Classroom-Based and Online Teaching Proposals on Civil Resistance ICNC is launching the fourth edition of its Curriculum Fellowship program...... Continue Reading
Lessons from Civil Resistance for the Battle against Financial Corruption
In “Lessons from Civil Resistance for the Battle against Financial Corruption”, Peter Ackerman and Shaazka Beyerle show the critical role... Continue Reading
Recovering Nonviolent History: Civil Resistance in Liberation Struggles
This unique book brings to light the little-known, but powerful roles that civil resistance has played in national liberation struggles... Continue Reading
Academic calls
ICNC High School Curriculum Fellowship 2017/2018
ICNC is launching its second edition of a grant program for high school educators from around the world to support...... Continue Reading
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Curriculum Fellowships for Classroom-based Courses
Applicants interested in developing and teaching classroom-based courses ICNC is interested in promoting teaching of civil resistance in academic institutions...... Continue Reading
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Curriculum Fellowships for Online Courses
Applicants interested in developing and teaching online seminars ICNC is strongly interested in supporting the expansion of online teaching on...... Continue Reading
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ICNC High School Curriculum Fellowship 2018/2019
ICNC is launching its third round of a grant program for high school educators from around the world to support...... Continue Reading
Activists and Organizers
How We Win: Reflections on Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning
Webinar Content Introduction of Speaker: 00:00 – 7:17 Presentation: 7:18 – 36:30 Questions and Answers: 36:31 – 1:01:44 Webinar Summary...... Continue Reading
Obalić dyktatora
Wielokrotnie nagradzany film dokumentalny o studenckim ruchu oporu Otpor!, który doprowadził do obalenia dyktatora Slobodana Milosewicza w Serbii. W roku... Continue Reading
להפיל דיקטטור
In the year 2000, in a war barely noticed outside Yugoslavia, the indicted war criminal Slobodan Milosevic fought to hold... Continue Reading
Kumwangusha Dikteta
In the year 2000, in a war barely noticed outside Yugoslavia, the indicted war criminal Slobodan Milosevic fought to hold... Continue Reading
Top 10 Civil Resistance Stories of 2020 - Looking Forward
#6: Beautiful Trouble Meets Ugly Dictator: Belarus’ History-Making Struggle for Democracy
By remaining nonviolent in defiance of a progressively brutal, 26-year-running dictatorship, Belarusians are embracing life over death but also doing...... Continue Reading
Webinar 2015
Re-thinking Civil Resistance: How to Challenge Power and Build a Democratic Society
This ICNC Academic Webinar was presented on Thursday, March 19, 2015 by Barry L. Gan, Professor of Philosophy and Director...... Continue Reading
In Memoriam -- Dr. Peter Ackerman -- Founding Chair
Dr. Peter Ackerman was the Founding Chair of ICNC and one of the world’s leading authorities on nonviolent conflict. He is...... Continue Reading
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A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how... Continue Reading
A Force More Powerful (Italian)
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how... Continue Reading
A Force More Powerful (Arabic)
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how... Continue Reading
A Force More Powerful (Burmese)
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how... Continue Reading
A Force More Powerful (Farsi)
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how... Continue Reading
A Force More Powerful (Hebrew)
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how... Continue Reading
A Force More Powerful (Khmer)
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how... Continue Reading
A Force More Powerful (Chinese)
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how... Continue Reading
A Force More Powerful (Nepali)
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how... Continue Reading
A Force More Powerful (Pashto)
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how... Continue Reading
A Force More Powerful (Polish)
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how... Continue Reading
A Force More Powerful (Indonesian)
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how... Continue Reading
A Force More Powerful (Russian)
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how... Continue Reading
A Force More Powerful (Vietnamese)
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how... Continue Reading
Confronting the Truth (English)
Examining the dynamics and mechanics of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in South Africa, Peru, East Timor and Morocco.... Continue Reading
Confronting the Truth (Arabic)
Examining the dynamics and mechanics of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in South Africa, Peru, East Timor and Morocco.... Continue Reading
Confronting the Truth (Bosnian)
Examining the dynamics and mechanics of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in South Africa, Peru, East Timor and Morocco.... Continue Reading
Confronting the Truth (Dari)
Examining the dynamics and mechanics of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in South Africa, Peru, East Timor and Morocco.... Continue Reading
Confronting the Truth (French)
Examining the dynamics and mechanics of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in South Africa, Peru, East Timor and Morocco.... Continue Reading
Confronting the Truth (Kurdish)
Examining the dynamics and mechanics of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in South Africa, Peru, East Timor and Morocco.... Continue Reading
Confronting the Truth (Nepali)
Examining the dynamics and mechanics of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in South Africa, Peru, East Timor and Morocco.... Continue Reading
Orange Revolution (Spanish)
The 17 days of nonviolent resistance by the people of Ukraine against their chronically corrupt government.... Continue Reading
Orange Revolution (Farsi)
The 17 days of nonviolent resistance by the people of Ukraine against their chronically corrupt government.... Continue Reading
Orange Revolution (English)
The 17 days of nonviolent resistance by the people of Ukraine against their chronically corrupt government.... Continue Reading
Orange Revolution (Arabic)
The 17 days of nonviolent resistance by the people of Ukraine against their chronically corrupt government.... Continue Reading
Orange Revolution (Vietnamese)
The 17 days of nonviolent resistance by the people of Ukraine against their chronically corrupt government.... Continue Reading
Orange Revolution (Ukrainian)
The 17 days of nonviolent resistance by the people of Ukraine against their chronically corrupt government.... Continue Reading
A Force More Powerful (Gujarati)
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how... Continue Reading
Egypt: Revolution Interrupted?
Egypt: Revolution Interrupted? documents how an emerging opposition created the 2011 uprising, and how its aspirations were thwarted by entrenched... Continue Reading
A Force More Powerful (English)
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how... Continue Reading
A Force More Powerful (French)
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how nonviolent...... Continue Reading
A Force More Powerful (Spanish)
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how nonviolent...... Continue Reading