Image: Remix by Nonviolence News from a photo of a march in Brazil by John Potter on Pixabay Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Did you know that the largest act of civil disobedience in US history just occurred? Few people have put it together yet, but here’s what happened: over a million federal workers just…
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Moon Shots, Google Maps, Disguised Resistance & Surging Protests
Image by Nonviolence News with background from Amine M’siouri on Pexels Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun As you might expect, we have a lot of nonviolent action to report around the US’ political crisis. So, let’s start with celebrating something entirely different: a hard won, little-known success in Canada. A community-based organizing effort has prevented an…
Wins Show Trump Is Not Invincible, 120 Strikes on A Day Without Immigrants & 44 DOGE Protests In US Cities
Trump is not invincible. As he and Musk moved like a wrecking ball through the US federal government, we’re also seeing rising resistance … and wracking up some wins. Federal judges blocked (at least temporarily) the federal funding freeze, DOGE from altering US Treasury data, attacks on birthright citizenship, orders to move trans women prisoners to men’s wards, and Trump/Musk’s buyout deal deadline for federal workers. Trump was forced to back off his extreme tariffs and settle for minor concessions during a 30-day pause. Know Your Rights trainings are making it ‘very difficult’ for ICE to arrest migrants, according to the ‘Border Czar’. Locals in Tulare, CA, prevented Trump’s lies from causing a literal flood of emergency water that would have done nothing to stop the Palisades Fires anyway.