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Pakistani Powerloom Workers Win, Argentina Marches, Sweden’s Ugly Lawn Contest & #ThisYou?

Posted on August 27, 2022August 27, 2022

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…

Judges On Strike, Tunnel Diggers & Tree Sitters, Fast Food Strikes & More

Posted on February 20, 2021February 20, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The Nonviolence News Conversation is next Friday and we have soooooo much to talk about. In this week’s round-up alone, we could explore the Haitian judges strike (have you ever heard of all the judges in a country going on strike?!), Fight for $15’s nationwide fast food strike, Myanmar’s bold…

300 Victories in 2020, Peru’s Farmer Protests, & India’s Record-Breaking Strike

Posted on December 11, 2020December 12, 2020

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun When I read that India’s farmers led a record-breaking, 250 million person strike against corporate agriculture laws, I cheered. Then I found out that Peru’s farmers rose up against a similar farmworker-abusing law and got it repealed. Double cheers! I come from a farming family. When I train people in…

Pots-and-Pans Protests Raise a Racket for Justice

Posted on December 8, 2019

Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Nonviolence comes in thousands of shapes and sizes.  It’s a force, a field of potential, a method of making change, even a way of life.  While this week’s headline celebrates the Latin America-wide cacerolazo (pots-and-pans protest), I’m also uplifting a few stories that show the wide-ranging potential of nonviolence, from small acts…

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….

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