Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Let’s start with the good news. Remember those cost-of-living protests we talked about last week? Panama’s trade unions won big, pushing the government to mandate a 30% reduction on all essentials. It took a month-long national strike to achieve it, but it’s worth it. “Essentials” means food for children, transportation…
Families Sit-in To Stop School Closure, South Koreans Occupy Shipyards For Better Wages, Chileans Close Down Poisonous Plant
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun There’s a lot of good news in this week’s Nonviolence News. Youth and peace activists pushed Boeing to move its corporate headquarters out of Chicago. In 2021, Pillsbury family members decided to boycott their own brand over its manufacturing plant on stolen Palestinian land. The company finally pulled out, and…
Sri Lankan President Resigns, Protests Of Survival & Resistance Tips From A WWII Spy Manual
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun “Protests of Survival” – that’s what some editors are calling the many economic protests erupting around the world. I like that term; it’s descriptive of what people are feeling as they try to oust corrupt presidents, stop banks from freezing their funds, oppose high fuel prices, and more. Also dubbed…
Fuel Canister Protests and Rolling Roadblocks: From Ecuador to Sri Lanka, Fuel Costs Trigger Mass Protests
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun High fuel prices are causing shock waves and mass protests across the globe. Ecuador, which erupted in Indigenous-led protests months ago, rose up against both the high prices and the expansion of oil and gas extraction. This week, they won major concessions from the government. Citizens of other countries are…
Goddess Returned, #Landback Wins, Pipelines Blocked & Solidarity Circling the Globe
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Let’s start with some good news: a landmark case has ruled that Kenya must pay reparations to displaced Indigenous Okiek people. Also, a new report looks at how the Pacific Northwest has defeated 70% of the fossil fuel projects it has confronted since 2012. Germany is returning a goddess statue…
Tunisia’s General Strike, Anonymous Wired Ukraine Sirens To Sound Alarms In Russia, Airports & Trains Shut Down By Strikes
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Across Europe, airports and train routes are being disrupted by strikes, including the UK’s largest rail strike in decades. After the South Korean truckers strike won important concessions, it seems like Argentine truckers may be taking a page out of their playbook, shutting down roads to protest diesel shortages and…
Sugar the Horse, Anti-Racist Light Projections & South Korea’s Truckers Strike
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun South Korean truckers have won important concessions from the government after bringing exports to a grinding halt for over a week. The strike sent shockwaves through global industry, especially since it threatened the critical microchip supply. Disrupting business-as-usual can be a vital part of waging struggle. It makes sure you…
Argentine Women March Against Femicide, Chicago Students Resist School Cops, Paris Tree-Sitters Protect Eiffel Tower Trees
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Around the world, it’s clear that people are tired of having their rights – and even their very identities – denied and excluded. Thailand held its first-ever Pride Parade, bringing both LGBTQ+ and their allies out into the streets for a much-needed statement of visibility, acceptance, and support. Thousands of…
Migrant Opera, Ghost Net Divers, Maori Boardgames & People’s History Walking Tours
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News should bolster your heart. After a decade of campaigning against rip-off education, Corinthians students won student debt cancellation. The long-shot effort started with a handful of students refusing to pay back the debt and snowballed into a nationwide social justice movement. Now they’re pushing to get…
Peruvians Blockade Mine, 200 Walkouts Against Mass Shootings, South Africans Stop Amazon Offices
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas – which comes on the heels of the recent racially-motivated massacre in Buffalo, NY – has propelled students and allies into the streets. Walkouts and protests were held in over 200 locations calling for gun control and an immediate response to…