Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Media can be a problem. A big one. Extinction Rebellion just blockaded newspapers over their failure to report on the climate crisis. Meanwhile, a new report dispels the media narrative about the “violent” Black Lives Matter protests. The report finds that in 93% of the thousands of protests involving nearly…
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Honduras’ Giant Murals, Miami’s Mangrove Swamps, and Defiant Postal Workers
Editor’s Note Follow the money is a popular activist slogan. In this week’s Nonviolence News, you’ll find that people take that advice literally – and creatively. To protest corruption, Hondurans have painted dozens of giant murals on highways asking “Where’s the money?” (¿Donde está el dinero?) Meanwhile, cities around the world are countering the pandemic…
Got Dictators? Never Fear, Nonviolence Is Here
Editor’s Note: The United States is going through some growing pains. (Understatement of the year.) With secret police snatching protesters off the street, journalists being arrested for doing their jobs, and the Portland mayor being simultaneously tear gassed by federal agents and booed by his constituency (for doing the same thing to the protesters the…
Crumbling Racism, Pillar By Pillar
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun If you watch what’s happening in the United States carefully, you’ll spot a key insight into how nonviolent struggle works. In nonviolent change, we use a model called Pillars of Support to describe how groups, individuals, organizations can prop up a problem or injustice in our world. These may be groups like…
Black. Lives. Matter. Rising Up For Racial Justice
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun The United States is, once again, erupting with racial justice struggles. The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cops comes on the heels of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and just days after a white woman in Central Park overreacted to Christian Cooper as he told her to control her…
Action Is the Antidote To Despair – And It’s Working!
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Today is a good day for some uplifting news. Therefore, I direct your attention to the 12 success stories. Worker strikes are winning some change. People continue to step up to take care of one another. Anonymous took down child porn dark web sites. The KXL pipeline was handed a…
Hear Us Now. Women Want Change.
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Women’s rights are a hot topic around the world – as the stories in Nonviolence News show. Keep a close eye on this week’s stories and you’ll see a pattern of women-led movements and movements for women’s rights. Everywhere we look, women are at the forefront of the millions of people…
Spotting King’s Legacy In Today’s News
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun This week’s news is long and juicy. Get a cup of coffee and indulge in a little extra time to read the headlines. They are wildly creative and surprisingly varied. It’s also a meaningful way to engage with nonviolence on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. I spot the impact…
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…
War & Peace: 2020 Launches Into Action
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun The year 2020 launched into nonviolent action with a bang. Chileans rang in the New Year with mass protests. Fridays for the Future and the Student Climate Strikes walked out on the first Friday of the year. After President Trump ordered a drone strike assassination of the Iranian General Soleimani, hundreds of…