Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Los Angeles City Schools shut down for 3 days as school workers (custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers) went on strike. United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) joined them in solidarity, bringing the total number of striking workers to over 60,000. It worked. The 30,000 support workers have won a tentative deal for…
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Thailand’s Radical Grandmas, #EnoughIsEnough & China’s Mortgage Boycott
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The United Kingdom is about to erupt in protests. An economic justice campaign called #EnoughIsEnough launched with a bold video decrying poverty wages, cost of living, and concentrated wealth. Over 100,000 people crashed the website trying to get on the email list. It’s a sign of the times. People around…
Rainforest Tree Seeks Asylum, Indian Autoworkers Protest, Thai Taxi Drivers Build Rooftop Gardens On Vehicles, 5K Cops Shifted Out Of School Policing
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Well, here’s one I’ve never heard before: A tree in Brazil has requested asylum at the Norwegian embassy. Threatened by the destruction of the rainforest, it – like many other species – is endangered. The Indigenous activists who brought the tree to the embassy say it needs protection. Indeed, the…
When We Organize, We Win
Editor’s Note: This week, three major fossil fuel pipelines were stalled, stopped, and shut down: the KXL, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, and the Dakota Access Pipeline. This is a testimony to the millions of people who stood up at Standing Rock, in Nebraska, and along the many thousands of miles impacted by these pipelines. It…
500+ Strikes, 2 Million-Person Digital Rally: The Movement of Movements Is Growing
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Each week, Nonviolence News collects and shares 30-50 stories of nonviolence in action. I love all these links to stories. You love all these links to stories. Spam filters, unfortunately, do not. Many people’s newsletters are ending up in their spam box. To help Nonviolence News reach our thousands of readers,…
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…