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…
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The Global Effort To Defend The Right To Protest & Use Nonviolent Action
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun We rarely discuss it directly: is nonviolent action a right? Should the ability to strike, protest, boycott, engage in civil disobedience, etc. be considered a political freedom? Our governments could – and should – respect our rights to use these tools, making it easier and safer to organize for social…
250 Million People Strike In India
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Wow! Check out the Successes & Victories section. Amazing! And that’s not all: this week, up to 250 million Indians went on strike in what might be the largest strike in world history. The most interesting article I’ve read about actions in India was on the women of Shaheen Bagh who have been…