Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Happy Solstice! This is the longest night of the year (in the northern hemisphere – it’s the opposite for our readers on the other side of the world). Since the darkness falls around 4:30pm where I am, here’s a special edition of Nonviolence News filled with 32 bright ideas to…
Peru Resists Coup, China’s Blank Paper Protests, Killer Robot Cops Blocked
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Enjoy the last regular Nonviolence News round-up for 2022. It’s a real feast of stories – creative, courageous, and extraordinary. Next week, we’ll be sharing the perennially fascinating, exciting end-of-the-year reports. Between now and 2023, we’ll dig into the archives and past issues to highlight the hundreds of successes. We’ll…
Sudan Protests Military Rule, Morocco Marches & Okinawa’s Poison Foam
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Protests have erupted in Sudan, once again, after a new power deal was brokered against the will of the 5,000 Resistance Committees who earlier rejected a power-sharing deal with the military. Citizens have been consistent in demanding a full civilian government since they ousted a 30-year-long dictatorship in 2019. Meanwhile,…
France Turns Purple, Kenya Builds Tree Museum, Sumatra’s Tusk Force
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun These week’s Nonviolence News reveals a world in transformation. North and south, east and west, people are pushing for innumerable changes. In Kenya, a tree museum is preserving endangered species from across Africa. In Rome, thousands of people demonstrated for peace. In France, women and allies in cities across the…
Red Cup Rebellion, #NoMeloni Day, Uganda’s Disability Rights Movement
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Workers are fed up with low wages, high costs of living, and terrible working conditions. From the United Kingdom’s massive, multi-industry strike wave to the largest academic strike in US history, workers are organizing for change. At 100+ Starbucks locations, baristas and servers organized strikes as part of the Red…
1000 Belgians Block Oil, 10 Success Stories & 55K Ontario Teachers Win
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Did you know that Czech activists occupied their coal plant for a week? Or that 718 climate rebels were arrested in the UK last month? Or that Argentina had a large, multi-day action for climate justice recently? As I scour the headlines for stories for Nonviolence News, I learn something…
Students Protest Private Police, Iranian Teachers Strike For Women’s Rights, Chilean Youth March For Visionary Constitution
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Students at John Hopkins University disrupted two meetings in protest of a plan to form a private police force on campus. The project was paused for two years following the George Floyd Protests in 2020, but is now being fast-tracked. By shutting down the two mandatory town hall meetings, activists…
Sri Lankans Persevere, Mexican Surfers Fight Wave Extinction, Guatemalans Protect Weavings, Hungarian Teachers Protest
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun As tricky as it is to mobilize a nonviolent movement, maintaining the movement’s capacity to follow-through is perhaps even trickier. Around the globe, campaigns are facing challenges in making sure their demands are upheld after they “win”. Sri Lankans (pictured above) ousted their previous president, but they’re facing a new…
Haiti Marches, France Strikes, Chad Protests, Egypt Demands Rosetta Stone Back
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun There’s a lot going on in the world. In Chad, protesters are mourning after security forces opened fire on people demanding that the military regime transition to civilian rule. France is bracing for the moment when widespread protests turn into a general strike. Afghan women held protests against the Taliban,…
Pig Rescuers, Theatrical Play Ends Solitary Confinement & Chinese Bank Depositors
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun It’s a week of … unexpected … Nonviolence News. Many stories are distinct, unique, and have an element of the unexpected to them. One story like this is the recent acquittal of Direct Action Everywhere (DXE) animal rights activists who entered a Smithfield animal factory and rescued sick piglets. They…