Image: Remix by Nonviolence News from photo by Andrea on Pixabay Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Powerful and interesting actions happen when people realize it’s up to us to protect what we love. When we stop waiting around for someone else to take action, we find that there’s a lot we can do – and…
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50-Year Deep Sea Mining Ban, Portugal’s Rail Strike & US Lawyers Resist
Image: Remix by Nonviolence News from photo by Juuud28 on Pixabay Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Let’s start with a glimpse of Nonviolence News around the world – especially the wins. In the United Kingdom, activists won a major legal case against an anti-protest regulation. Mexico put a constitutional ban on genetically-modified corn, deepening the…
89% of World Wants Climate Action, Tesla Down 70%, 1K Moroccans Demand Arms Embargo & 480 Colleges Oppose Trump Attacks
Image: Remix by Nonviolence News of Nigeria’s Green Walk by iammatthewmario on Pixabay Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun On April 22, millions of people worldwide honored Earth Day. Along with the usual actions of planting trees and cleaning up trash, many took action for climate justice. It’s not surprising – people want climate action. A…
#HandsOff Rallies Millions, Athens Strike Halts City & Nepalese Resist Cable Cars
Image: Remix by Nonviolence News from Donna B Nichols and StockSnap on Pixabay. Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun We all need to celebrate the wins – it is the antidote to the setbacks. After the formal impeachment of the president, South Koreans are holding massive celebrations to honor what their mass protest movement achieved in…
South Korea Ousts Impeached President, ‘Unelected Slide’ At Tesla Takedown, Canadian Economic Defiance, Millions Protest In Yemen & Turkey
Image: Remix by Nonviolence News from photos by Franz P. Sauerteig and UnratedStudio on Pixabay Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Let’s start by looking around the world. South Koreans are celebrating after the Constitutional Court officially removed President Yoon from office for attempting to declare martial law in a power grab. Millions of people used…
Trump Tower Sit-In, Giant Sandwriting, Protests Doubled, and Resisting Authoritarians in Serbia, Hungary, Turkey, United States & Beyond
Image: Remix from a photo by David Geitgey Sierralupe. Used with permission. Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun It’s been an astonishing week. In Serbia, Hungary, Turkey, Argentina and the United States, immense protests against authoritarians, corruption, privatization, and other economic issues are taking place. In Serbia, the anti-corruption movement mobilized 100,000 people to converge on…
A Record-Breaking Protest, Cracks In the Regime & Boycott Central
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…
From Dread to Defiance: US Resistance Is Rising … And It’s Working
In the United States, this week has seen both authoritarian moves from the Trump/Vance Administration … and a heartening surge of resistance. In dramatic ways, people are shifting from the paralyzed dread to outraged defiance. And defiance is working.