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Sri Lankan President Resigns, Protests Of Survival & Resistance Tips From A WWII Spy Manual

Posted on July 16, 2022July 16, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun “Protests of Survival” – that’s what some editors are calling the many economic protests erupting around the world. I like that term; it’s descriptive of what people are feeling as they try to oust corrupt presidents, stop banks from freezing their funds, oppose high fuel prices, and more. Also dubbed…

Argentine Women March Against Femicide, Chicago Students Resist School Cops, Paris Tree-Sitters Protect Eiffel Tower Trees

Posted on June 11, 2022June 11, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Around the world, it’s clear that people are tired of having their rights – and even their very identities – denied and excluded. Thailand held its first-ever Pride Parade, bringing both LGBTQ+ and their allies out into the streets for a much-needed statement of visibility, acceptance, and support. Thousands of…

Peruvians Blockade Mine, 200 Walkouts Against Mass Shootings, South Africans Stop Amazon Offices

Posted on May 28, 2022May 28, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas – which comes on the heels of the recent racially-motivated massacre in Buffalo, NY – has propelled students and allies into the streets. Walkouts and protests were held in over 200 locations calling for gun control and an immediate response to…

Deliveristas Victorious, Serbian Mine Halted, Australians Oppose Genocide

Posted on January 29, 2022January 29, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News contains stories both hopeful and alarming. Los Deliveristas Unidos celebrated a historic victory as new (and hard-won) labor protections for delivery workers went into effect this week in New York City. Mass protests and road blocks forced Serbian officials to scrap the Rio Tinto mine. Sudan…

Car Protests, Solidarity Tables, and Strikes … Oh My!

Posted on April 6, 2020

Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun To say nonviolence is on the rebound this week is an understatement. With protests banned in most parts of the world due to the COVID-19 crisis, we’re seeing an eruption of other types of action . . . actions that are often far more powerful than public protests. “Essential” workers…

Turning the Titanic: Belfast Shipyard Workers Want to Build Windmills

Posted on August 17, 2019

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…

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