The SPN was formed out of the Serbia Against Violence protests that began after the Belgrade elementary school and Mladenovac and Smederevo mass shootings in May 2023.

The coalition ceased to exist in April 2024 due to a dispute over whether to participate in the 2024 Belgrade City Assembly election.

Its representatives declared support for anti-corruption and environmental measures, increased pensions and salaries, investments in education, health care, and public transport, and introducing progressive taxation.

Marinika Tepić, one of the vice-presidents of SSP, said in August 2023 that the creation of an electoral alliance of political parties organising the protests was possible.

[12][13] The agreement between the parties was reached on 26 October while a day later, the coalition, named Serbia Against Violence (SPN), was presented to the public.

[14][15] It was announced that Tepić and Miroslav Aleksić of NPS would be the representatives of SPN for the parliamentary elections, while Lazović would be featured first on its electoral list.

[24][25] On 14 November, it was announced that the SPN electoral list for the Vojvodina provincial election would be led by Tepić and Mihajlo Brkić of SRCE.

[34] On 30 November, SPN signed a cooperation agreement with the Association of Trade Unions of Retired Military Personnel of Serbia.

[44] Amidst the protests, a riot broke out outside the building of the City Assembly of Belgrade, while Tepić began a hunger strike.

[81] In an interview with Ljubica Gojgić, Đilas said that "there is not even 'p' from populism" (nema ni "p" od populizma) in his statements, saying that "there is enough money in the budget if some senseless and too expensive projects are abandoned, such as the construction of the national stadium, [...] for the purpose of which around €1,000,000,000 is earmarked" (ima para u budžetu ukoliko se odustane od nekih besmislenih i preskupih projekata, kao što je izgradnja nacionalnog stadiona [...] za čiju namenu je predviđeno oko milijardu evra).

[83] Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta, the leader of EU, said that in his opinion, SPN's primary task would be to "eradicate hunger" (iskorenjivanje gladi).

[84] Lazović said that if SPN had come to power, it would remove national broadcast frequency status for Happy and Pink television channels, lower inflation and prices, and invest in universal health care protection.

Aleksić said that SPN would introduce progressive taxation, review the assets of public officials and people affiliated with the government, confiscate illegally acquired property, abolish excise taxes on electricity, and support domestic entrepreneurs and farmers.

[88] Veselinović also named "politics without violence and corruption" (politika bez nasilja, korupcije), making sure that there is a place for every child in kindergartens, preserving the city's landscape and environment, and improving Belgrade's traffic as one of their main issues.

[93][94] At the time of its formation, SPN had DS, SSP, Together, ZLF, NPS, PSG, EU, and SRCE as its members, including minor parties and organisations such as Movement for Reversal, United Trade Unions of Serbia "Sloga", and Fatherland, which were all SSP-affiliated members, and New Face of Serbia (NLS), affiliated with NPS.

[97] After negotiations with NPS, the Social Democratic Party, led by former president of Serbia Boris Tadić, announced on 2 November that it would contest the elections with SPN.

[99] Aleksić later said that he was in favour of SDS being on the SPN electoral list, however that "within [SPN] there were different views" (bilo različitih stavova) which resulted "that one part of SDS becomes part of 'Serbia Against Violence', but that the party forms another coalition" (što je na kraju rezultiralo da jedan deo SDS-a bude deo 'Srbije protiv nasilja', a da stranka pravi, ipak, drugu koaliciju).