student movement Otpor!

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Otpor! was a Serbian youth and student-led resistance movement best known for its pivotal role in nonviolently toppling Slobodan Milošević’s regime in 2000.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Otpor! movement 2
Otpor! 1
Serbian opposition movement Otpor! 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf nonviolent movement ⓘ
political resistance movement ⓘ
student movement ⓘ
youth movement ⓘ
activeDuring 2000 Serbian presidential election ⓘ
late 1990s ⓘ
country Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
dissolvedOrTransformed early 2000s ⓘ
faced arrests of activists ⓘ
harassment by authorities ⓘ
foundedIn 1998 ⓘ
goal democratic change in Serbia ⓘ
free and fair elections in Serbia ⓘ
headquartersLocation Belgrade ⓘ
ideology nonviolent resistance ⓘ
pro-democracy activism ⓘ
inspired KelKel ⓘ
Kmara ⓘ
Pora! ⓘ
Zubr ⓘ
other post-communist youth movements in Eastern Europe ⓘ
inspiredBy Gene Sharp’s theories of nonviolent action ⓘ
knownFor black clenched-fist logo ⓘ
role in overthrow of Slobodan Milošević in 2000 ⓘ
use of humor and satire in political activism ⓘ
use of nonviolent protest tactics ⓘ
method civil resistance ⓘ
get-out-the-vote campaigns ⓘ
graffiti campaigns ⓘ
public performances ⓘ
street protests ⓘ
movementType grassroots movement ⓘ
student-led movement ⓘ
youth-led movement ⓘ
opposed Slobodan Milošević ⓘ
Slobodan Milošević regime ⓘ
electoral fraud in 2000 Serbian presidential election ⓘ
participatedIn Bulldozer Revolution ⓘ
partOf Serbian opposition to Milošević ⓘ
shortName CANVAS ⓘ
linked to: Canvas
symbol black clenched fist ⓘ
targetedBy Serbian police ⓘ
state security services ⓘ
transformedInto Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies ⓘ
used mass youth mobilization ⓘ
parallel vote tabulation efforts ⓘ
slogans calling for regime change ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

5 October Overthrow → organizedBy → student movement Otpor! ⓘ
Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević → participant → Otpor! movement ⓘ
linked to: student movement Otpor!
Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević → mainOrganiser → Otpor! movement ⓘ
linked to: student movement Otpor!
Bulldozer Revolution → mainOrganization → Otpor! ⓘ
linked to: student movement Otpor!
From Dictatorship to Democracy → influenced → Serbian opposition movement Otpor! ⓘ
linked to: student movement Otpor!