Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Let’s start with some recent successes in Nonviolence News. A new report showed that 2023’s US worker strikes worked, winning wage increases that haven’t been seen in decades. The Yurok Tribe has become the first tribal group to steward land in partnership with the National Park Service. Sacramento declared itself…
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Feminist Strike For Food in Argentina, Greece Stands For Trans Safety, Mexican Women Protest Femicide
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun March 8 marked International Women’s Day with protests around the world. Across Argentina, women went on strike over cuts to food assistance amidst a hunger crisis caused by their president’s economic policies. In India, mothers and wives turned out in force to support ongoing farmer protests. More than 180,000 women…
7K Textile Workers Strike In Egypt, Jewish-Led Ceasefire Actions In USA, Nigerians Protest Hardship
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Have you noticed the uptick in global protests and strikes? It’s hard to miss. Mass actions are happening more frequently around the world as people rise up against economic hardship, tyrants and military coups, corruption, the climate crisis, racism, war, and more. This is a pivotal time in human history…
Bridge Shut Downs For Gaza, Red Cup Rebellion, Bangladesh Garment Workers
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun There are so many empowering and interesting Nonviolence News stories this week. Up to 9,000 Starbucks workers walked out of 200 stores on one of the coffee company’s busiest days, protesting the management’s refusal to meet with over 360 unionized stores. Teachers in Portland, OR, remain on strike across the…
Ceasefire, Animal Rights, Forest Defenders & #LandBack
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun After hundreds of solidarity rallies around the world, a Palestinian general strike, widespread boycotts, dock workers refusing to load weapons ships, and more, Israel finally agreed to a tenuous ceasefire. The end of its attacks on Gaza is not enough, however. It is merely a necessary step that should be…
Love In Action: Nonviolence Tackles Hate
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News shares stories from around the world about how people are stopping wars, countering hate, challenging extremism, and dealing with bigotry. Using love, creativity, and persistence, these stories show the remarkable capacities of humans to use nonviolence to make a difference. One particular story to look at is…
Action Is the Antidote To Despair – And It’s Working!
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Today is a good day for some uplifting news. Therefore, I direct your attention to the 12 success stories. Worker strikes are winning some change. People continue to step up to take care of one another. Anonymous took down child porn dark web sites. The KXL pipeline was handed a…
Car Protests, Solidarity Tables, and Strikes … Oh My!
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun To say nonviolence is on the rebound this week is an understatement. With protests banned in most parts of the world due to the COVID-19 crisis, we’re seeing an eruption of other types of action . . . actions that are often far more powerful than public protests. “Essential” workers…