Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News edition delivers a high volume of reflective, insightful, and thought-provoking pieces along with current events. You’ll find articles on the history of the prison books movement in the United States, who is beating back book bans, ways Southeast Asians are organizing to get around digital repression,…
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Feminist Strike For Food in Argentina, Greece Stands For Trans Safety, Mexican Women Protest Femicide
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun March 8 marked International Women’s Day with protests around the world. Across Argentina, women went on strike over cuts to food assistance amidst a hunger crisis caused by their president’s economic policies. In India, mothers and wives turned out in force to support ongoing farmer protests. More than 180,000 women…
Finland’s Standstill, Strings of Strikes, Cross-Border Solidarity & Uniting People Power
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun We have more power, together. This could be the motto of many of the stories in Nonviolence News this week. People are finding strategic alliances to amplify the pressure they can put on megacorporations, industries, and governments. In Mozambique, community-based organizers are working with global allies to stop some of…
7K Textile Workers Strike In Egypt, Jewish-Led Ceasefire Actions In USA, Nigerians Protest Hardship
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Have you noticed the uptick in global protests and strikes? It’s hard to miss. Mass actions are happening more frequently around the world as people rise up against economic hardship, tyrants and military coups, corruption, the climate crisis, racism, war, and more. This is a pivotal time in human history…
South Korean Trainee Doctors Strike, Croatia & Hungary’s Mass Demonstrations, & Sports Fans Protest With Remote Control Cars
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Around 8,000 trainee doctors in South Korea have submitted their resignations and gone on strike. They are opposing a plan to admit more students to medical school while trainee doctors are grossly overworked and underpaid. Argentine health workers also held a 24-hr strike for better salaries, part of a series…
Indian Farmers March (Again), Mardi Gras Protests & Gaza Ceasefire Push Continues
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Each week, I collect between 30 and 50 stories of nonviolent action. This week, however, we had more stories than we could handle. There are 61 reports in this week’s Nonviolence News – and many more that I’ll share next week. It’s a reflection of the way nonviolent actions are…
Congolese Soccer Players Call For Peace, Kenyan Women March Against Femicide, 300K Strike In Finland
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week, as 78,000 children were forced to flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and as thousands of eyes turned toward the Africa World Cup, the Congolese soccer team engaged in a dramatic protest. With one hand, they covered their mouths; with the other, they made the…
Unions Call For Ceasefire, French Tractor Blockades & Machu Picchu Protests
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun After blockading the roads around Paris with their tractors, French farmers won offers of major concessions from the government, including promises of cash and easing of regulations. Two major farmer unions called off their protests, though other groups may continue to push for more demands. Across Europe, farmer protests continue…
#IStandWithBalochMarch, Slovakia Protests Corruption, Argentina’s General Strike
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun In this week’s Nonviolence News, I especially enjoyed the excellent overview of the campaign organized by women from Balochistan (pictured), Pakistan, that has been trying to stop forced disappearances by holding sit-ins, rallies, protests, and a march for justice. You’ll also find an article about the hundreds of thousands of…
Guatemala Triumphant, Northern Ireland’s Huge Strike & Can AI Work For Peace?
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Here’s something to celebrate: Guatemala just inaugurated their new president, Bernardo Arevalo, thanks to Indigenous-led protests that pushed back attempts to discredit the election results and delay Arevalo from being sworn in. It’s a reminder of the power citizens have to make sure that fair and legitimate democratic processes are…