Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World

by Srdja Popovic

This theory, focusing on the pillars of support, was developed by the American academic Dr. Gene Sharp, known as “the father of nonviolent struggle theory.” Every regime, Sharp argues, is held in place by a handful of pillars; apply enough pressure to one or more pillar, and the whole system will soon collapse.