Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun It’s a week of reflecting on the rise and fall of global movements. Some are making headway, like Colombia’s national strike. Others have nearly vanished, like Hong Kong’s mass protests. In Spain, the Catalonian independence movement’s secession attempt took a hard hit with the imprisonment of its leaders for sedition…
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Venice Flotilla Protests Cruise Ships, Pipeline Resistance Rises Up
Editor’s Note by Rivera Sun When we’ve had enough of destruction and injustice, nonviolence gives us tools to push back. With strikes, boycotts, protests, and more, people like us are standing up to powerful regimes, systems, and institutions. Around the world, courageous people are getting in the way of everything from bulldozers to cruise ships…
India’s Farmers Persist, Brazil Marches, Saiga Antelope Rebounds, and Ugandans Resist Big Oil
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week in Nonviolence News, protests in India marked the six month anniversary of their immense, record-breaking farmer protests. The organizer of a vigil commemorating Tiananmen Square has been arrested and gatherings banned. Brazilians in 200 cities marched for Bolsonaro’s impeachment. Colombia continues to rise up despite repression. In Canada,…
Demand The Impossible: Brave People Thwart Hijacker, Hug School Shooter, Stop Civil Wars
Editor’s Note by Rivera Sun We’re always told that nonviolence won’t work. We’re supposed to believe that more – and greater – violence is the only option. The strange thing is: that doesn’t always hold true. This week’s Nonviolence News contains remarkable stories that upend that kind of thinking. In Idaho (US), a sixth grade…
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…
Yaqui Women Dismantle Pipeline, Scottish Neighbors Thwart Immigration Raid, Oakland Unhoused Residents Build A Village
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun “Direct action gets the goods,” is a popular movement saying. And it’s true. This week’s Nonviolence News stories include some truly stellar examples. Yaqui women (Mexico) mobilized their entire community to dismantle an illegal pipeline. They took it apart with blow torches and sold it for scrap metal. In Scotland,…
Perilous Times For People & Planet – Black Lives, Earth Day, Women’s Safety Worldwide
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Our planet is in peril. Our politicians aren’t doing enough. That’s the sum-up from Earth Day 2021. Behind the frustrating headlines about political inaction, a different kind of politics – the politics of the people – continues its bold, courageous, and relentless resistance to the destruction of the planet. We’re…
Justice For Black Lives, Turkey’s Students, Kyrgyzstan’s Women
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Justice. Heart. Soul. Humanity. Respect. Dignity. When society forgets its responsibility toward these values, movements rise up to hold them accountable. When I looked at the stories in this week’s Nonviolence News, I see thousands of human beings using protests, strikes, boycotts, and more to lift the moral standard of…
From Protests To People-Powered, Nonviolent Solutions
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Nonviolence is more than just protest. It includes solutions as well as objections to business-as-usual. It can be personal as well as political. From the tens of thousands of people in Lebanon demanding an end to the violence of economic austerity (pictured above) to peace activists in the United States…
#PayUp Wins, Teens Resist Toxins, & the Herring Protectors
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Nonviolence News offers us all ways to learn from our fellow humans around the world who are standing up for justice. From Myanmar to El Salvador to Iran, you’ll find stories in this week’s issue that will open your eyes, inspire you into action, and give you skillful – and…