Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun The climate strikes stole the show for a second straight week. You’ll find the Climate Action section is full of my top picks on stories from the massive actions worldwide. The photo above is in Turin, Italy. This photo to the right is Montreal, Canada, which boasted the largest turn-out (that…
Climate Strikes, Car Blockades, and Autoworker Strikes, Oh My!
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun The Global Climate Strikes are the headline grabbers this week. 4.1 million people in 185 countries took to the streets to demand climate justice. And some people are warning that this is just the beginning: the General Strike for Climate is coming up on Friday, Sept 27th. No work, no…
People and Planet Are Worth More Than Gold
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News is packed with stories about people redefining what’s important in our world. A fleet of cruise ships has been coming to the rescue in the Bahamas, eschewing luxury trips for helping people. The Seminole Tribe has been airlifting drinking water to Bahamas for nearly a week. It seems…
Persistence Counts: Algerians Push for Change
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun In this week’s Nonviolence News, we share an unexpected side effect of nonviolent revolution: Armenia is seeing its diaspora return following last year’s uprising. Meanwhile, the Algerians continue pushing forward in their 29th straight week of protests. After ousting their decades-long president and clearing out numerous offices, they now won’t let the…
Mexico’s Glitter Revolution and What You Can Find By Reading Beyond the Headlines
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun When you’re scanning Nonviolence News, what should you look for? With 30-50 stories each week, we can watch brewing trends, rising campaigns, and get a bird’s eye view of nonviolence in our world today. Nonviolence News’ weekly round-up offers us not just individual headlines, but a chance to see nonviolence…
Sparking Change: How Movements Pass On Inspiration
Change doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Resistance is a continuum. Nonviolent movements arise amidst the efforts of many other struggles. The knowledge of how to organize for change is a global legacy passed between movements and generations of activists through lineages of inspiration that stretch through hundreds of years. (The first recorded strike happened in…
Being Water In A World On Fire
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun: In a world on fire, we are the water putting out the flames of war, hatred, violence, racism, sexism, and other injustices. The fires in the Amazon – set off by clear cutting for cattle and palm oil plantations – have sparked a global outpouring of protest at Brazilian embassies…
Tapping Into People Power
by Rivera SunImage by Robert Jones from Pixabay In times like this, many of us feel powerless to do anything about the political, social, and environmental injustices we face. But, power is everywhere. Like sunlight and solar panels, it’s a question of tapping into it. Accustomed to the top-down power of presidents and CEOs, most…
Turning the Titanic: Belfast Shipyard Workers Want to Build Windmills
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun: Each week, I read hundreds of articles and survey close to a thousand headlines in search of the stories I feature in Nonviolence News. Finding these reports bolsters my heart. In New Zealand, 10,000 weapons have been turned in through a buy-back program after the Christchurch massacre. In Brazil, Indigenous women…
Against All Odds, We Rise & Resist
From Qatar to Honduras, People Take Action.Nonviolence News: Aug 10th, 2019 Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun: In Nonviolence News this week, you’ll find some powerful stories. Thirteen victories, large and small, show how change is being made step-by-step. Georgians, Russians, Hondurans, migrant workers in Qatar, and Irish and British airport workers are all striving for…