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Tackling Giants: Halting Coups, Big Oil, and Amazon

Posted on March 6, 2021March 6, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun It’s been a week of David and Goliath struggles with “little guys” around the world standing up to horrible regimes and destructive corporations. Haiti and Myanmar’s resistance to coups has been gaining international attention, but major struggles are also happening in Algeria (against austerity), First Nations in Canada (against fossil…

Train Bridge Blockades & Duct-Taped Bananas

Posted on December 16, 2019January 6, 2020

Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Nonviolence News offers a weekly round-up of amazing stories . . . but it doesn’t stop there.  Week after week, month after month, I’ve collected awe-inspiring stories. As I pause and look back over these six months, I see incredible statistics. Millions of people have participated in major campaigns and actions all…

Actions in Bolivia, Iraq, Lebanon, Algeria, Zimbabwe, and so many more!

Posted on November 17, 2019

Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun It was a huge week in global protest movements. There was so much going on, in fact, that it took an extra day this week simply to read up on the global protests. I wanted to dig beneath headlines and slants to gain a clearer picture of what was happening….

Cookie Protests, Soprano Defies Chile’s Silence Curfew, and 10 Victories!

Posted on November 2, 2019

Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun This week’s news is marked by music! From an operatic soprano breaking Chile’s silence curfew to the Chilean orchestra joining the mass protests to perform, “The People United Shall Never Be Defeated”, to the US-Mexico cross-border sing-a-long, music is capturing hearts and minds as it lifts peoples courage and determination to…

Persistence Counts: Algerians Push for Change

Posted on September 9, 2019

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…

From Algeria to Ecuador, Sudan to Pakistan

Posted on July 22, 2019July 22, 2019

Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun: In this week’s Nonviolence News, you’ll find stories from around the world. People on every continent are rising up for human rights, political freedoms, and environmental protection. Many of them are using nonviolent action in the global quest for rights and justice. Here are some of there recent stories: Indigenous Hawai’ians blockade the construction…

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