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Join us for an upcoming panel “From Streets to Ballots”! 📆 Date: November 12 ⏰ Time: 4 pm CET 📍Sign up here: forms.gle/fTWjzBCjVPrbwqbU9
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How Serbian democracy tsunami came from the academia - and why it matters to the world. My interview for @UVA Global global.virginia.edu/stories/…
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After wiping out corrupt govenrment on the ballot, citizens of #Serbia engage en masse in scrubbing and cleaning litter behind it..:)
Serb students are cleaning the graphitis and cleaning up their city They are calling this “real patriotism”
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“Don’t copy the slogan. Copy the method.” Serbia’s Student Movement won. Our colleagues explain how in @wagingnv: noncooperation, trained nonviolent discipline, unity from difference, and a nationwide ground network. @BrezaRace wagingnonviolence.org/2026/1… #Serbia #CivilResistance
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As @SrdjaPopovic writes, movements fail not because “protest fails,” but because “enthusiasm was asked to do strategy’s job.”
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On Sunday, the Student List won a projected 52.7% of the vote and a majority in parliament, ending the SNS’s 14-year hold on power after two years of peaceful protest and organizing. Their win brings hope to people and movements around the world fighting for change.
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🚨 New article! From inside Cuba, historian and activist Alina Bárbara López Hernández writes about ordinary Cubans finding the courage to organize, and what is needed for real change. 🇨🇺 👇 Read it now journalofdemocracy.org/the-f…
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Today marks 26 years since the October 5 demonstrations in Belgrade, which ended Milošević rule. The Otpor student-led movement played an integral role, urging opposition to unite and mobilizing voters. It remains an example of the potential of people power to create change.
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Out now in @JoDemocracy: "Does Nonviolent Action Still Work?" A question asked often as democracy declines worldwide. @BrezaRace Maksimovic and @jamilaraqib say yes, but with a new generation of strategy. muse.jhu.edu/article/1001894
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Serbia’s student movement is entering the election race. Read how a leaderless movement built its campaign for national election on October 25th. Read our article here: canvasopedia.org/2026/09/25/…
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"Kenya’s uprising was one instance of a much wider crisis across the Global South: debt, austerity, shrinking democratic space, and governments meeting resistance with force while international lenders kept prescribing the same market reforms." journalofdemocracy.org/the-f…
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The new collumn "Frontline" which will share exepriences from pro democracy movements every month has just bee launched by @CANVASNVS and @JoDemocracy ! Read first dispatch here: journalofdemocracy.org/front…
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We are proud to launch our collaboration with the Journal of Democracy- a monthly column where global activists share their experience and lessons. The debut piece is on Kenya's Gen Z movement, by @wanjirunjira and Kinuthia Ndung'u. Read the full article: journalofdemocracy.org/the-f…
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Every year, we’re proud to welcome students and support them in gaining knowledge and hands-on experience. It’s rewarding to see them leave ready to put what they’ve learned into practice. Read about Ayla’s co-op experience here: canvasopedia.org/2026/09/04/…
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"We have only three classrooms, and even they leak when it rains." Students as young as ten are walking out of class across India demanding functioning schools — and just forced Rajasthan's government to admit 611 schools have no buildings at all. Swipe to learn more→
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We're excited to bring you along on the journey of the 2026 cohort of Freedom Fellows, our year-long program in partnership with the Human Rights Foundation (@HRF). Watch this video to learn more about their experience and program itself:
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Two years after Kenya’s Gen Z uprising, young people have returned to the streets to demand justice, accountability, and an end to police impunity.
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