Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun In this week’s Nonviolence News, I especially enjoyed the excellent overview of the campaign organized by women from Balochistan (pictured), Pakistan, that has been trying to stop forced disappearances by holding sit-ins, rallies, protests, and a march for justice. You’ll also find an article about the hundreds of thousands of…
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Guatemala Triumphant, Northern Ireland’s Huge Strike & Can AI Work For Peace?
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Here’s something to celebrate: Guatemala just inaugurated their new president, Bernardo Arevalo, thanks to Indigenous-led protests that pushed back attempts to discredit the election results and delay Arevalo from being sworn in. It’s a reminder of the power citizens have to make sure that fair and legitimate democratic processes are…
Tractor Protests & Train Strikes in Germany, Pakistan’s Women-led Movements & Serbia’s Disputed Elections
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun There’s a lot going on in Nonviolence News this week: Myanmar’s allies in the US are pushing to stop jet fuel and weapons sales to the military junta, Serbia and Guatemala are struggling over disputed elections, and First Nations activists broke into Trans Mountain Pipeline offices in Canada to stop…
Guatemala’s 3-Month Sit-In, Eiffel Tower Strike, 200K NYC Students Boycott Exams
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun For 100 days, Indigenous Guatemalans have held a continuous sit-in in front of the attorney general’s office. “We are tired of crooks,” said one activist. They want the attorney general to resign (or be fired) due to her repeated attempts to nullify the election of President ArĂ©valo in the recent…
Special Report 2023 – 99 Victories For Earth, Climate, and Environment
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun As I write this Special Report on 99 Victories For Earth, Climate, and Environment, the place where I live is experiencing its first-ever winter holiday without snow. We’re right on the border of Canada and it’s eerie and heartbreaking to see the hills of Northern Maine stand bare in the…
Green Canal In Venice, 8 Bridges Blocked For Ceasefire & Russian Anti-War Art Museum
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The infamous Grand Canal of Venice, Italy, turned a brilliant green color with non-harming dye as part of a climate protest calling for immediate action on the climate crisis. Activists suspended from bridges, marched in the streets, and decried the failure of COP28. The dye is used to trace water…
Pinocchio Protests, French Police Set Tear Gas Fire & Warm-Ups To Stop Fuel Poverty
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Sometimes, the stories I run across are just absurd. Occasionally, its a good kind of absurdity that rises to the level of political satire, like the story about a mock funeral held to ‘bury the Monroe Doctrine’ on the 200th anniversary of its manipulative history. But there’s another kind of…
Panama Dances In Streets, Kayaks Block Australian Ports, 1500 Shut Down Manhattan Bridge For Gaza, EU Bans Microplastics
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun In the media storm that erupts around one issue, we sometimes lose sight of other significant struggles. Nonviolence News strives to bring those stories back into focus – and sometimes, this offers us a chance to celebrate with our fellow human beings’ victories. This week, Panamanians danced in the streets,…
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…
Warm Up Protests, Slow Marches, Bangladesh Garment Workers Strike & 2 Million Indonesians Protest For Palestine
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The global movement for a ceasefire in Gaza escalated its tactics this week. Not only have the protests grown in size (2 million in Jakarta, Indonesia; 300,000 in DC), but they’re shifting from demonstrations to direct actions. Defense industry companies such as Boeing, Raytheon, Blackrock, and Colt were hit with…