Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun How much work is too much? Two struggles from opposite sides of the world reveal a vast difference in work standards, especially for the old and young. In France, citizens outraged by the president’s unilateral attempt to raise the retirement age from 62 up to 64-70, blocked the streets and…
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Tunisia Takes Streets, Portuguese Teachers Protest, Germany Marches For Peace
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun It’s a busy week in Nonviolence News. The stories are varied and diverse, though they share a common theme of people getting fed up with constant injustice. Tunisia’s unions took action against the rising cost-of-living. They’re not alone: Moldova erupted with protests against high fuel prices, the United Kingdom’s strikes…
France Turns Purple, Kenya Builds Tree Museum, Sumatra’s Tusk Force
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun These week’s Nonviolence News reveals a world in transformation. North and south, east and west, people are pushing for innumerable changes. In Kenya, a tree museum is preserving endangered species from across Africa. In Rome, thousands of people demonstrated for peace. In France, women and allies in cities across the…
Haiti Marches, France Strikes, Chad Protests, Egypt Demands Rosetta Stone Back
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun There’s a lot going on in the world. In Chad, protesters are mourning after security forces opened fire on people demanding that the military regime transition to civilian rule. France is bracing for the moment when widespread protests turn into a general strike. Afghan women held protests against the Taliban,…
Enough Is Enough, Whales Swim Safe & Nonviolent Resistance In Ukraine
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Cost-of-living protests continue to grab global headlines. In the United Kingdom, synchronized demonstrations launched the Enough Is Enough campaign, which has five reasonable demands (proper living-wage rises, decent homes for all, higher taxes on wealth and windfalls, and an end to poverty of food and heating). Many groups are part…
Pakistani Workers Want Safety, BLM Protests For UK Rapper, South Koreans Push For Fair Medicine
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The United Kingdom is asking whose lives matter after the police killed an unarmed Black rapper. When protest organizers were urged to cancel the demonstrations due to the queen’s death, they refused. They felt the greater insensitivity was asking them to cancel a protest over a Black man’s murder for…
Pakistani Powerloom Workers Win, Argentina Marches, Sweden’s Ugly Lawn Contest & #ThisYou?
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…
Thailand’s Radical Grandmas, #EnoughIsEnough & China’s Mortgage Boycott
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The United Kingdom is about to erupt in protests. An economic justice campaign called #EnoughIsEnough launched with a bold video decrying poverty wages, cost of living, and concentrated wealth. Over 100,000 people crashed the website trying to get on the email list. It’s a sign of the times. People around…
Panama Wins 30% Off On Essentials, Myanmar Citizens Outraged Over Executions, Indigenous Protest Pope Francis’ Apology
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Let’s start with the good news. Remember those cost-of-living protests we talked about last week? Panama’s trade unions won big, pushing the government to mandate a 30% reduction on all essentials. It took a month-long national strike to achieve it, but it’s worth it. “Essentials” means food for children, transportation…
Sri Lankan President Resigns, Protests Of Survival & Resistance Tips From A WWII Spy Manual
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun “Protests of Survival” – that’s what some editors are calling the many economic protests erupting around the world. I like that term; it’s descriptive of what people are feeling as they try to oust corrupt presidents, stop banks from freezing their funds, oppose high fuel prices, and more. Also dubbed…