Get ready for a glimpse of nonviolence in action around the world! This week’s Nonviolence News shows that humanity is not giving in to authoritarians, corruption, racism, war, and planetary destruction. It’s a powerful glimpse of our times – and heartening. By remembering that we are neither alone nor unique, we catch courage and learn a lot from the struggles … their setbacks and their successes.
Trump Tower Sit-In, Giant Sandwriting, Protests Doubled, and Resisting Authoritarians in Serbia, Hungary, Turkey, United States & Beyond
Image: Remix from a photo by David Geitgey Sierralupe. Used with permission. Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun It’s been an astonishing week. In Serbia, Hungary, Turkey, Argentina and the United States, immense protests against authoritarians, corruption, privatization, and other economic issues are taking place. In Serbia, the anti-corruption movement mobilized 100,000 people to converge on…
Quebec’s Human Chain, X Crashes, Sit-in at Trump Tower & Women’s Day Stunts
Image Credit: Remix from photo by Petra Kassun-Mutch, used with permission Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Just because Trump wants to do something horrible doesn’t mean he’ll get away with it. That’s the takeaway lesson from the win of the week: a federal judge ordered the government to reinstate thousands of terminated federal workers. (And…
Canada Goose Fights Off Bald Eagle, #AltGov Coalition & Protests In Serbia, Greece, Argentina, Indonesia, Nicaragua
Image: Remix by Nonviolence News from photo by Antonio Cansino on Pixabay Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Let’s start with the wins. (And savor them – justice is sweet and keeps us going.) A US federal judge ordered Trump to pay out $2 billion in USAID funds for work already completed. Nearly 6,000 USDA workers…
A Record-Breaking Protest, Cracks In the Regime & Boycott Central
Image: Remix by Nonviolence News from a photo of a march in Brazil by John Potter on Pixabay Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Did you know that the largest act of civil disobedience in US history just occurred? Few people have put it together yet, but here’s what happened: over a million federal workers just…
No Kings, Tesla Take Down, Save Our Services
Image: Remix by Nonviolence News from photo by Patricio Hurtado on Pixabay Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Let’s start with a round of good news: Munich, Germany, has banned military ads in public spaces in the city, including on buses, subways, and billboards. Denver, Colorado, suburbs are pushing back against oil and gas wells and…
Moon Shots, Google Maps, Disguised Resistance & Surging Protests
Image by Nonviolence News with background from Amine M’siouri on Pexels Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun As you might expect, we have a lot of nonviolent action to report around the US’ political crisis. So, let’s start with celebrating something entirely different: a hard won, little-known success in Canada. A community-based organizing effort has prevented an…
Wins Show Trump Is Not Invincible, 120 Strikes on A Day Without Immigrants & 44 DOGE Protests In US Cities
Trump is not invincible. As he and Musk moved like a wrecking ball through the US federal government, we’re also seeing rising resistance … and wracking up some wins. Federal judges blocked (at least temporarily) the federal funding freeze, DOGE from altering US Treasury data, attacks on birthright citizenship, orders to move trans women prisoners to men’s wards, and Trump/Musk’s buyout deal deadline for federal workers. Trump was forced to back off his extreme tariffs and settle for minor concessions during a 30-day pause. Know Your Rights trainings are making it ‘very difficult’ for ICE to arrest migrants, according to the ‘Border Czar’. Locals in Tulare, CA, prevented Trump’s lies from causing a literal flood of emergency water that would have done nothing to stop the Palisades Fires anyway.
From Dread to Defiance: US Resistance Is Rising … And It’s Working
In the United States, this week has seen both authoritarian moves from the Trump/Vance Administration … and a heartening surge of resistance. In dramatic ways, people are shifting from the paralyzed dread to outraged defiance. And defiance is working.
Flooding Snitch Lines, Blocking Wi-Fi To Fossil Fuel Insurers & Resisting the Politics of Hate
Remix of a protest against nuclear power plant, South Korea, 2015. Image by Daeyong Wee on Pixabay. Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The inauguration of Donald Trump to a second term as president of the United States unleashed a new chapter in resistance. The politics of hate was given the keys to some of the…