Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun
In Serbia, tens of thousands of people poured into the streets in the wake of the nation’s first mass shootings. Protesters are demanding resignations of officials, revocation of licenses for violence-promoting state media channels, gun reform and disarmament, and much more. The same weekend, in a heart-wrenching reminder of how pervasive violence is around the globe, Mexico’s Mothers of the Disappeared marched on Mother’s Day, seeking answers about the 4,145 people who have been disappeared – and likely murdered – this year.
In the face of the cruel injustices and vast tragedies of violence, people are using the tools of nonviolence to break silence, propose a way forward, and insist that justice be upheld. In Pakistan, progressives filled the streets after their president was arrested on charges that are allegedly politically motivated. In Japan, 25,000 people demonstrated against constitutional revisions that include military expansion. In Kenya, concern is growing as the nation loses money and businesses over anti-LGBTQ laws. Across the United States, migrants and allies are building systems of survival – such as encampments in parking garages or “aboveground” aid networks – amidst cruelly restrictive immigration laws. A wave of 22 student occupations has rolled through Europe as youth seize university offices and buildings to demand climate action.
The ability to organize and take action must be defended by activists. It is far from guaranteed. Anti-protest laws are proliferating and hampering efforts toward social change. In Great Britain, the royal coronation heralded in some dramatically draconian anti-protest arrests. Across the world, the Knitting Nannas demonstrated against repressive protest laws in Australia targeting climate activists. Youth in the United States held teach-ins on banned curriculums and are creating banned books reading rooms. Meanwhile, Afghan women under the Taliban regime are not even allowed to leave their houses, let alone publicly protest. So, some of them have turned to art as resistance, engaging covertly in banned practices to keep their passion, artistry, and spirits engaged.
There is some good news. Chicago’s Cook County abolished medical debt for 73,000 people. A landmark rights of nature case won fish passages through dams on the Skagit River. Oregon banned PFAs in food containers. Spain is building 20,000 social housing units on reclaimed military lands. These stories remind us that change is possible, and a world of nonviolent solutions is worth the struggles it will take to achieve.
A favorite story? Well, I appreciated how Teen Vogue ran a detailed article explaining economic noncooperation to a generation of readers who will need to know how to hold a rent strike, debt strike, etc. I hope these types of actions become the greatest “fashion” trend the world has ever seen.
In solidarity,
Rivera Sun
How A Former Dumping Ground Became a Flourishing Food Ecosystem: On a dead-end street in Cleveland’s Kinsman neighborhood, on 18 acres of land that previously served as an illegal dumping ground, an entire food ecosystem has emerged and thrived under the leadership of local residents. Rid-All Green Partnership started with a single hoop house erected in February of 2011; now acres of farmland support a community kitchen and farmer’s market. All food waste is turned into compost, which supports the farm and is sold across Cleveland. A training program and paid apprenticeships bring community members in, while an aquaponics and hydroponics system generates local jobs. Specialized programs emerged to serve veterans and youth. Read more>>
Unrepentant and Vindicated: Proposed Frack-Waste Injection Well in Grant Township To Be Plugged and Abandoned: This development comes after nearly a decade of efforts by Township residents to stop the fracking industry. The community’s concerns have been vindicated. Their fight to protect their water and what they love – despite all efforts to punish them by corporations, courts, and taxpayer-funded governmental “environmental protection” agencies – are on display for all to see, and for all to learn from. Read more>>
City of Seattle Settles “Rights of Nature” Case Filed by the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe – Agrees to Create Fish Passage Through Skagit River Dams: On April 19, 2023, the City of Seattle settled one of the first “rights of nature” cases filed in the United States. That case, brought in 2022 by the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe, with salmon as a plaintiff, sought a declaratory judgment recognizing the legal rights of salmon and declaring that the lack of fish passage measures at the City’s dams harmed the Tribe’s culture and traditions, religion, and Treaty rights. Read more>>
Welsh Community Cautiously Celebrates Refusal Of Coal Mine Extension: Campaigners in Wales are celebrating the refusal of a coal mine extension – but are in despair that restoration repeatedly promised to them in return for putting up with noise and dust from the open cast coal mine might never happen. Read more>>
Chicago-Area County Is Eliminating Medical Debt For Almost 73,000 People: Nearly $80 million in medical debt has been acquired, eliminating the financial burden accumulated by tens of thousands of people. RIP Medical Debt – a group launched in the 2011 Occupy Movement – engineered this “trendsetting” achievement. Read more>>
Grassroots Organizing Wins Decisive Police Accountability Victory: After decades of grassroots organizing and pressure, the city of Chicago passed the Empowering Communities for Public Safety ordinance to oversee the police in Chicago. Frank Chapman, executive director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression speaks about how they built the grassroots power to win the ordinance, what it will do and the police response to it. Read more>>
The Wiyot Tribe Is Getting Its Land Back and Making California More Affordable: Using the first community land trust developed under tribal law in the United States, the group is turning empty buildings in the coastal city of Eureka into transitional housing. Read more>>
Housing Help Turns Indiana’s Single Mothers Into Scholars: A residence for single moms removes some of the burdens of daily life to ease the path to a college degree. Anderson Scholar House helps single mothers who want a college degree but need housing and extra support. It doesn’t eliminate bills and other pressures of life, but creates a support system that stops those pressures from derailing college careers. Read more>>
Oregon Bans Plastic Foam and PFAS In Food Containers, Promotes Reusable Alternatives: Oregon on Monday became the 10th state in the U.S. to ban polystyrene foam food containers, dealing another blow to a plastic whose chemical components have been linked to cancer and nervous system damage. The polystyrene law also bans toxic “forever chemicals” in food packaging. Read more>>
Protests Erupt Across Pakistan After Former Prime Minister Imran Khan Arrested: Supporters of Imran Khan took to the streets of Pakistan nationwide in angry protest Tuesday after the former Prime Minister was arrested on corruption and embezzlement charges — allegations the champion cricketer turned progressive politician has denied and says are politically motivated. The protests erupted in various cities — including Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar, and Lahore — clashed with police who used water cannons and tear gas in an effort to control the crowds. Read more>>
Police Accused of ‘Alarming’ Attack On Protest Rights After Anti-Monarchist Leader Arrested: Scotland Yard has been accused of an “incredibly alarming” attack on the right to protest after police used new powers to arrest the head of the leading republican movement and other organizers of an approved demonstration just hours before King Charles III’s coronation. The organizers were handing out placards and drinks when they were stopped along with five others by police on nearby St Martin’s Lane. Read more>>
Knitting Nannas Challenge Anti-Protest Laws In New South Wales Supreme Court: Knitting Nannas and supporters protested outside court to support climate activists and Nannas Dominique Jacobs and Helen Kvelde as they challenged undemocratic anti-protest laws. The government had amended the Crimes Act to make it an offense to peacefully block major roads, bridges and infrastructure. It contains fines of up to $22,000 and up to two years in prison. Read more>>
‘Serbia Against Violence’ – Tens of Thousands Demonstrate After Pair of Mass Shootings: Tens of thousands of people in Serbia hit the streets on Monday to demand the resignation of top government officials and a prohibition on violence promotion in the media following a pair of mass shootings in the country that left 17 dead and 21 injured, many of them children. “I’m here to demonstrate solidarity against the pervasive violence in the media, in parliament, and in daily life,” said one participant. Read more>>
As Mexicans Observe Mother’s Day, Parents Of Disappeared Demand Answers: Hundreds of parents whose children are missing marched through Mexico City demanding answers as the country observed Dia de la Madre — Mother’s Day. As violence deepens and disappearances grow more common in Mexico, the day brings little more than anguish for mothers. So far this year, 4,145 people have been reported as disappeared. Read more>>
Not My King – Thousands Protest King’s Coronation: Despite police intimidation, opposition to the monarchy was loud and clear. As Charles III was crowned king, thousands of protesters gathered in Trafalgar Square and marched in central London to oppose the coronation and the monarchy. Read more>>
Thai Youth Protest For Release of Activists: Twenty-five protesters were calling for the release of imprisoned political activists. Some were giving the three-finger salute that has become a symbol of resistance in protests across Asia. Large demonstrations have become rare due to repression, but there are signs of a potential resurgence in the coming months, especially if the results of a national election scheduled for May 14 are perceived to be undemocratic. Read more>>
Nationwide Demonstrations Denounce Book Bans & Restrictions On Teaching: Teach-ins at university campuses, community book drives, read-alouds of banned books on social media, and rallies in front of the College Board headquarters in both New York and Washington, D.C. were among the activities taking place across the country on Wednesday as part of the Freedom to Learn national day of action. Read more>>
Students Occupy Schools And Universities Across Europe In Climate Protest: A wave of student occupations has shut down schools and universities across Europe as part of a renewed youth protest campaign against inaction on climate breakdown. Twenty-two schools and universities across the continent have been occupied as part of a proposed month-long campaign. Read more>>
Just Stop Oil Supporters Arrested After Blanket Ban Imposed On Peaceful Procession: Just Stop Oil supporters were arrested in Parliament Square this morning as they marched to demand an end to any new fossil fuel projects in the UK. Read more>>
Climate Defiance Joined by Steven Donziger, Jane Fonda Protest at Biden $25K Plate Fundraising Dinner: They demanded Biden halt the controversial Willow project in Alaska and take other actions that would help combat the climate crisis. Read more>>
In the Florida Panhandle, a Black Community’s Progress Is Threatened by a Proposed Liquified Natural Gas Plant: Leaders in North Port St. Joe had big plans for tourism, real estate, even a Black history museum. Then they found out, almost by accident, that elected officials had been pushing the LNG terminal for years without telling them. Read more>>
Cancer Alley Pollution Is Making Louisianans Sick, and They’re Fighting Back: A Louisiana mother and daughter talk about getting involved in climate activism. Read more>>
Insulate Britain Trial Ends With Hung Jury: Six Insulate Britain supporters were given a temporary reprieve after a Crown Court jury failed to reach a majority verdict in Hove today. The trial that concluded today was the fourteenth Crown Court trial resulting from Insulate Britain’s 2021 campaign of nonviolent civil resistance undertaken to demand the UK government insulate Britain’s cold and leaky homes. Read more>>
151 Groups Blast Biden Admin for Backing ‘Destructive’ Mountain Valley Pipeline: “This project is not inevitable, and is completely counter to the overwhelming evidence that we must stop creating new fossil fuel infrastructure immediately.” Read more>>
Lack of Arrest In Jordan Neely Killing Highlights Racial Disparities In Charging: As New York City authorities continue to investigate the killing of an unhoused Black man who was put into a chokehold by a white transit passenger, anger and frustration mounted over the lack of an arrest in the case, reinforcing longstanding racial disparities over who gets charged for crimes in the city and nationally. Read more>>
United Nations Visits Minneapolis To Investigate Human Rights Violations: A pressure campaign succeeded in getting the United Nations human rights investigators to add Minneapolis to a visit of six U.S. cities that have been in the spotlight in recent years for police-involved killings of African Americans. Twin Cities based activists organized petitions and letters to get the panel to include them. Read more>>
European Cities Breathe New Life Into Boycott, Divest, Sanctions Movement (BDS): A succession of events starting in Barcelona, Spain, in February, and followed in Liège, Belgium, and Oslo, Norway, in April sent a strong message to Israel: The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) is alive and well. Read more>>
How a Black Led Corporate Accountability Campaign Is Winning in Detroit: In late July of 2022, fifty members of the Defend Black Voters Coalition filed into a utility commission meeting in Detroit, Michigan. We waited patiently for other speakers to take their turns in an otherwise unremarkable meeting before MOSES Action–affiliated gospel singer Corzetta Renee stepped forward to give public comment. Read more>>
What a Black Reporter Discovered Behind The Netflix Picket-Line: The Black writers behind your favorite shows and movies are angry. And they have a right to be. Read more>>
Workers Tell Starbucks: It’s Time to Negotiate: Starbucks workers confront managers at the corporation’s regional headquarters in Manhattan on May 1. They are demanding that Starbucks negotiate in good faith with workers at the 300 stores that have unionized. Read more>>
‘Too Greedy’ – Mass Walkout at Global Science Journal Over ‘Unethical’ Fees: More than 40 leading scientists have resigned en masse from the editorial board of a top science journal in protest at what they describe as the “greed” of publishing giant Elsevier. Academics around the world have applauded what many hope is the start of a rebellion against the huge profit margins in academic publishing, which outstrip those made by Apple, Google and Amazon. Read more>>
Goodyear Plant In Mexico Votes To Throw Out Old-Guard Union: Workers at a Goodyear tire plant in Mexico have voted to throw out an old-guard union that was accused of stealing a ballot box at a failed union election last month. It illustrates the uphill battle Mexican workers face in unseating old-guard unions that once kept wages low and enjoyed government protection. Read more>>
Teamsters Begin Major Amazon Fight: A group of unionized delivery drivers in Palmdale, California, could open new possibilities for a legal challenge to Amazon’s subcontracting model. Read more>>
Mandy Patinkin’s Writers Strike Rant (To the Studios) With ‘Princess Bride’ Sign Goes Viral: The Emmy winner was outside Warner Bros. Discovery’s offices in New York and carrying a sign inspired by his beloved Princess Bride character, Inigo Montoya, that read: “You Killed Residuals Prepare to Pay.” Read more>>
Migrants Awaiting Processing Turn Campus Parking Garage Into Makeshift Shelter: More than 250 migrants flocked to Denver this past weekend and are now living in a parking garage on a school campus as they await processing. Shelters are all currently full — with the unannounced and sudden appearance of these migrants over the past few days being completely overlooked by local officials. Read more>>
Empty Nester Mom Invited Migrants To Live With Her: “They were crying and freezing on the street so I brought them into my home to live with me,” says Hannah Wolfe. New York City’s shelter system has been struggling to keep up with the influx of migrants from South America. Hannah decided to step in and help. Read more>>
Aboveground Railroad Helps Asylum Seekers: For asylum seekers, arriving at a Greyhound bus station in a new city can be a bewildering experience. In Chicago, a nonprofit has built an “aboveground railroad” through which volunteers guide asylum seekers who have been bused in from detention facilities. Chicago Immigrant Transit Assistance (CITA) provides meals, interpretation services, connections to local organizations and more. Read more>>
How 99 Strangers In a Dublin Hotel Broke Ireland’s Abortion Deadlock: Ahead of a public vote in May, the work of a citizens’ assembly to debate the previously taboo subject is still being felt. An unlikely assemblage of housewives, students, ex-teachers, truck drivers and others has brought Ireland to the brink of radical change to its abortion laws. Read more>>
Race Car Star Blasts Florida’s Anti-LBGTQ Measures: Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton lashed out at anti-LGBTQ measures enacted by Florida lawmakers and ripped the state’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” law with a reference to oppression seen in Saudi Arabia. Read more>>
London’s Metropolitan Police Accused Of ‘Siding’ With Rightwing Group In Anti-Drag Act Protest: Supporters of drag queen lodge complaint over police behavior during latest ‘culture war’ confrontation. Read more>>
‘Still In The Stone Age’: Movie World In Shock As Germany’s MeToo Moment Arrives: Actor Til Schweiger is at the centre of allegations of abuse of power, forcing a reckoning with a ‘toxic’ culture in the creative industries. The Culture Minister has called for a code of conduct to which film productions would have to abide or risk losing state subsidies from next year. Read more>>
A Walgreens Guard Killed a Black Trans Organizer. His Community Wants Answers: Death of Banko Brown, 24, sparks outrage and calls for resources for San Francisco’s unhoused queer youth: ‘My people aren’t free’. Read more>>
Kenya Sees Economic Losses Because Of Its Anti-LGBTQ+ Stance: Kenya is losing money for over-policing people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or non-heteronormative (LGBTQ+). The overriding rule that criminalizes the LGBTQ+ community in the country falls under the pre-colonial penal code laws which do so on the ambiguous premise of “unnatural offenses.” Such a stance impedes global investments by liberal entrepreneurs who find the country hostile. Read more>>
In China, Women Are Defying ‘Beauty Duty’ — With a Bold Haircut: Buzz cuts are on the rise in a country where long hair is revered. Some women do it to reject the status quo, while others simply find it practical. Buzz cuts are just one of the many trends helping women push back. In March 2022, a hashtag called “embrace beauty without makeup” went viral on domestic social media platforms, where women posted images of themselves with no makeup. Read more>>
Indigenous Women, Unbroken: Native journalist Angela Sterritt highlights the strength and brilliance of Indigenous women as she investigates the cases of those who have gone missing or been murdered. Read more>>
25,000 Japanese Rally Against Constitutional Revision & Military Expansion: More than 25,000 peace-loving Japanese rallied in Tokyo on the Constitution Memorial Day to protest against the government’s intention to revise the country’s constitution and expand its defense. Read more>>
Nonviolent Peaceforce Continues Work In Sudan: The ways that unarmed civilian protection can be an effective strategy in this kind of environment are many and varied. Our teams have been creative and proactive, working alongside communities with whom we have long standing relationships to respond to the escalating needs of civilians in the Darfur region. Read more>>
Spain Will Build Social Housing On Military’s Land: Spain’s President Sanchez announced on April 26th that his government will build 20,000 homes for social housing on land owned by the country’s Ministry of Defense. The rising cost of rent is a key issue in the country. Read more>>
Facts Can Change US Views Of Terrorism: A new study shows that facts about the risk of terrorism, especially in the context of other risk factors, can mitigate Americans’ fears of terrorism and bring them into closer alignment with reality. This is important, since Americans’ fears about the risks of terrorism are overinflated, leading to an “aggressive response to the threat.” The study shows that both party affiliations were willing to change their beliefs about terrorism when provided with facts. Read more>>
Dozens In Portland, ME, Protest U.S. Support Of War In Ukraine: More than three dozen people gathered at one of the busiest intersections in Maine for the protest. Standing on each corner of the intersection, they waved to passing cars and held signs and banners that read, “Abolish NATO,” “Honk 3xs NO WAR” and “Yes to peace. No to war.” It was part of a regular series of protests held statewide in recent months to call for peace. The rally was also held in conjunction with similar actions across the nation critical of the U.S. role in the war. Read more>>
Veterans Push Back Against Military Recruitment In Schools: The branches of the U.S. military have long seen high schools as optimal recruiting grounds. Some veterans are beginning to fight the propaganda and tell students the truth about military service. Read more>>
Afghan Women Use Art to Resist the Taliban: As public spaces for women continue to diminish each day, some Afghan women have transformed a corner of their own homes into a battleground to resist the Taliban’s oppressive rule. Read more>>
Welsh Town Cancels Coronation Party After No One Donates To Costs: Caldicot, in south-east Wales, was planning a “massive street party” with a big screen to watch the coronation of King Charles III, a “fully decorated town centre”, entertainment, children’s activities and competitions. But organizers were forced to call off the festivities when nobody contributed to a crowdfunding page and they failed to attract money from local authorities. Editor’s Note: This kind of noncooperation, organized or dispersed (as in this story) can be a powerful form of nonviolent protest and action. Read more>>
Next Frontier In France’s Protests – Fake Olympic Volunteers: Retired and with time on his hands, Bernard Gauvain wants to be a volunteer at the 2024 Olympics — but a bad one. His intention is not to help out, but to gum up the Olympic machine by refusing to turn up for work. If others do likewise in sufficient numbers, he hopes they’ll sting French President Emmanuel Macron – who stands to gain if the Paris Games run triumphantly like clockwork. The action is in response to Macron’s raising of the retirement age – a policy that has deeply angered French citizens. Read more>>
Fortified with Coconuts, ‘Living’ Shorelines Are Stopping Coastal Erosion: From New Jersey to Texas, a nature-nurturing alternative to concrete sea walls is protecting America’s coastline. To strengthen the shoreline, the organization led a project to build up the riverside dune and expand and raise the beach with new sand. To encourage marsh vegetation to grow at the water’s edge, teams also installed shaggy logs made of a fiber that you’re more likely to see in Bali than along the Jersey Shore: shredded coconut husk. Read more>>
‘No Time to Waste’: Don’t Look Up Team Launches Studio to Push Back on Climate Disinformation: The filmmaker-producer team behind Don’t Look Up launched a new climate-focused, “anti-bullshit” media venture Tuesday with a spoof advertisement for “Big Money.” “It’s unregulated, gathers by the billions, causes inaction on the climate crisis, bank collapses, and an unaffordable life for billions of people. It sells itself, but now it has its own commercial. Raise a toast to what made it all possible,” the video’s YouTube description reads. Read more>>
Fighting Back With The Banned Book Reading Room: With book bans continuing across the US, a museum in New York has assembled a hub for those defying extreme censorship. In part, the banned books reading room is about showing targeted communities that they do matter. It’s also about making space for uncomfortable ideas. Read more>>
Powell’s Doesn’t Pay Its Workers Fairly – But You Can Buy Books There & Support The Union: While Powell’s Book Store workers are demanding higher wages and better healthcare benefits, they invite you to help fund their strike fund by … wait for it … buying books at Powell’s. You can use the union’s code to get 7.5% of the proceeds donated to the strike fund. Read more>>
Economic Disobedience – What Is It and How Does It Work? Civil disobedience refers to deliberately disobeying or breaking certain laws in an act of protest, while economic disobedience is deliberately disobeying or breaking economic obligations in an act of protest. The tactic of getting together to withhold payment empowers people to win economic victories that would be impossible to win alone. Read more>>
Can Essential Workers Follow Auto Workers And Revolutionize Their Union? The UFCW, with 1.2 million members, is one of the largest private-sector unions in America, and the largest inside the AFL-CIO. Yet it lacks the fighting reputation of some of its peers. Its members range from healthcare workers to booksellers to cannabis retailers, but its base is in the grocery industry, and the food packing and processing industries that support it. The failure of grocery workers to emerge from the pandemic with any real, permanent gains — despite being some of the “essential workers” who risked their health to hold this country together — has not inspired confidence in the UFCW’s ability to wield power effectively. Labor organizers are ready to change all that. Read more>>
Organizing Against Autocracy In The US: Civil resistance researchers Erica Chenoweth and Zoe Marks explain how an authoritarian takeover in the US is not inevitable—but preventing it will require imagination, commitment, and a united democratic alliance like we haven’t experienced before. Read more>>
New Journal Announcement: Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence: The first issue of the Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence is now available. Articles can be downloaded for free for a limited time. This journal aims to “analyze and critique the considerable range of pacifist positions and approaches to nonviolence in both theory and practice, reflect on influential activists and social movements, and compare the effectiveness of violence and nonviolence as well as the effectiveness of the huge variety of tactics of nonviolent dissent,” among other goals. Read more>>
Commemorating the Poor People’s Campaign: This month marks the 55th anniversary of the original Poor People’s Campaign, which mobilized tens of thousands of people across the country to demand economic justice. Learn more by exploring some of the letters, speeches, and materials from this historic movement. Read more>>
“Uniting Nations” Explores The Intersection Of Nonviolence And The United Nations: This informative show is a collaboration between Soka Gakkai International (SGI) and the Metta Center for Nonviolence for the UN International Year of Peace Through Dialogue. Hosted by Anna Ikeda and Stephanie Van Hook. Read more>>
Webinar: Community Resilience in the Midst of Chaos: As much as humans have effectively organized to harm and destroy their land bases and each other, the innate drive to come together in community, to help each other in times of extreme events, is an even more powerful force. (May 18) Learn more>>
350.org Summer Escalation: From June 8 – 11, 350.org will be participating in a nationwide week of action with the 350 Network Council and coalition partners at People vs. Fossil Fuels. You can sign up now to attend an action near you (or host your own!) and help put the pressure on President Biden to end the era of fossil fuels before it’s too late. Learn more>>
Speak Out Against Israeli Airstrikes: Recent Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 15 people, among them four children. This surge in violence follows over a year of increasing tensions, settler violence, and military raids in the occupied West Bank. Email President Biden: the time to demand an end to Israel’s unprovoked aggression and call for accountability is NOW. Learn more>>
Writing Nonviolence II: Personal Stories & Memoir With Rivera Sun: From saving spiders to eating a vegetarian diet to protesting against nuclear weapons, we all have nonviolence stories to share. This 6-week course will explore how you can express your experiences in writing. We will look at personal stories, creative essays, and memoir for people of all ages. (Starts May 16) Learn more>>
2-Hr Introduction To Kingian Nonviolence: Learn the 6 Principles of Nonviolence, gain an understanding of Beloved Community, and get to know Kingian Nonviolence. (May 19) Learn more>>
Creative Wildfire Calls For Artists: Seven artists will be granted $2000-7800 and matched with grassroots organizations working for climate and economic justice: Boston Ujima Project, Cooperation New Orleans, Crip Survival Network, Food For the Spirit, Micronesia Climate Change Alliance, Richmond Our Power Coalition and The Farmworker Association of Florida. (Deadline May 30) Learn more>>
Korea Peace Advocacy Week: Next month, hundreds of people across the U.S. will take part in Korea Peace Advocacy Week. We’ll meet online to advocate with Congressional offices in support of legislation to build peace on the Korean Peninsula. As tensions continue to escalate, we hope you will join us to advocate for a transformative, peace-first approach. (June 5-9) Learn more>>
Decolonizing Our Movements In The Context Of Dr. King’s Legacy: Last month, on the 55th anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., FOR-USA joined a national teach-in, “Breaking the Silence on Our Culture of Violence” that reminded us that King called for a radical revolution of values that linked racism, militarism, and materialism. Next month, on what is known as “Flag Day” in the United States, the King & Breaking Silence Coalition will host an interactive webinar on Decolonization, part of a year-long series of deep dives into the most critical issues facing today’s social movements. (June 14) Learn more>>
24-Hr Peacewave: International Peace Bureau and World BEYOND War are planning a second-annual 24-hour peacewave on July 8-9, 2023. This is a 24-hour-long Zoom featuring live peace actions in the streets and squares of the world, moving around the globe with the sun. (July 8-9) Learn more>>
