Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Sometimes, you can hear the cries of the people echoing like rolling thunder from one country to the next. Across the globe, human beings use nonviolent action to lift up common dreams and shared senses of outrage over injustices. Italian unions mobilized 40,000 people to protest the government plan to…
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Meat Boycotts, Sidewalk Mural Protests, & Kites For Climate Justice
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Never doubt the creativity and determination of your fellow human beings. Canada banned assault weapons in the wake of a mass shooting. Walmart workers launched their own contact tracing program to help protect people during the pandemic. The Lebanese mass protest movement is back in action with enormous car protests…

Turning the Titanic: Belfast Shipyard Workers Want to Build Windmills
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun: Each week, I read hundreds of articles and survey close to a thousand headlines in search of the stories I feature in Nonviolence News. Finding these reports bolsters my heart. In New Zealand, 10,000 weapons have been turned in through a buy-back program after the Christchurch massacre. In Brazil, Indigenous women…