Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Argentina’s streets were filled with protests against high prices – the country’s inflation rate is one of the highest in the world. In Haiti and South Africa, people are also protesting high cost-of-living. Meanwhile, a strike by powerloom workers in Pakistan secured a minimum wage increase and social security. Oakland…
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Panama Wins 30% Off On Essentials, Myanmar Citizens Outraged Over Executions, Indigenous Protest Pope Francis’ Apology
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…
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…
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…
Albanians Protest Price Hikes, Tenants Form 10K-Strong Union, Sex Workers Walkout
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun One thing Nonviolence News offers is the bird’s eye view on emerging trends. For example, last week, we reported that Sri Lanka is in the middle of a national strike against a collapsed economy and that Mongolians took action over “empty bellies and empty promises”. This week, Albanians are protesting…
Cuba’s Massive May Day March, Sri Lanka’s National Strike & Anti-War Activists Everywhere
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun On May 1st, the international date honoring workers, marches and strikes launched around the world. Many countries’ laborers used the moment to call for peace in Ukraine, recognizing the longstanding connection between labor justice and anti-war organizing. Cuba held an impressively enormous day of action, mobilizing half its population in…
Bat Signals, Trump’s 20K Lies, Pancakes Against Fascism, and Dancing In The Streets
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Ever wonder what 20,000 lies look like? Artists in New York put Trump’s 20,000 false and misleading statements up across a 100-ft wall, helpfully color-categorized by topic. It’s a visual reminder that this is a president who lies through his teeth – just like he has since Election Night, claiming…