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Climate Actions & Earth Day, Pothole Flower-Planting Hijinks, Egyptian & Iranian Women Resist Morality Police

Posted on April 21, 2023April 21, 2023

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun On Earth Day, April 22, 2023, millions of people are taking action on behalf of our imperiled planet (or, more accurately, our imperiled species and ecosystems). With the climate crisis heating up, business-as-usual destroying hope, and politicians dragging their feet, many people are doing far more than picking up garbage…

48 Wins For Workers & Wages – Special Report On 2021

Posted on December 26, 2021December 26, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun There are over 323 success stories to celebrate in 2021! With this uplifting, empowering amount of “things going right”, Nonviolence News is releasing a whole series of special reports that offer a look at what nonviolent action and practices have accomplished this year. It’s easy to lose sight of the…

Victory For Farmers & Tractor Workers

Posted on November 20, 2021November 20, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun It’s an interesting week for farmers. After a year of record-breaking protests, the farmers in India won the repeal of the farm laws. More than 250 million people joined the demonstrations, marches, and strikes. Meanwhile, 10,000 John Deere Tractor manufacturers succeeded in gaining wage increases, better pension benefits, and bonuses….

Workers On Strike, Peace Activists Paint Tank Tracks, and More

Posted on August 21, 2021August 21, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun In this week’s Nonviolence News, the Warrior Met coal workers are still on strike, rightfully demanding some of the $1.1 billion in profits that was taken from their wage cuts and unpaid labor. Healthcare workers in India fought back against invasive surveillance technology and halted apps that tracked their footsteps….

#LandBack & Sacred Object Returns: Indigenous Resistance Gains Traction

Posted on July 16, 2021July 17, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Indigenous climbers representing 10 nations scaled a grain silo in Kansas to demand #Landback (above). While four were arrested, the action comes amidst news of the US Department of the Interior finally returning 18,000 acres of the National Bison Range to the Salish and Kootenai Tribes. The move follows a…

Ditching the King, Tricking the NRA, & Transforming McD’s Into a “Fast” Food Bank

Posted on July 2, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The world’s last absolute monarch is being run out of Swaziland by pro-democracy protesters. Seventy thousand health and social workers in India won a pay raise after going on strike. US climate activists blockaded all ten doors to the White House. Kenyans are resisting a major development project and organizing…

India’s Farmers Persist, Brazil Marches, Saiga Antelope Rebounds, and Ugandans Resist Big Oil

Posted on June 4, 2021June 5, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week in Nonviolence News, protests in India marked the six month anniversary of their immense, record-breaking farmer protests. The organizer of a vigil commemorating Tiananmen Square has been arrested and gatherings banned. Brazilians in 200 cities marched for Bolsonaro’s impeachment. Colombia continues to rise up despite repression. In Canada,…

Judges On Strike, Tunnel Diggers & Tree Sitters, Fast Food Strikes & More

Posted on February 20, 2021February 20, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The Nonviolence News Conversation is next Friday and we have soooooo much to talk about. In this week’s round-up alone, we could explore the Haitian judges strike (have you ever heard of all the judges in a country going on strike?!), Fight for $15’s nationwide fast food strike, Myanmar’s bold…

Movements Win Big: India’s Farmers Victory, KXL Canceled, Muslim Ban Ended & More

Posted on January 23, 2021January 23, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week in Nonviolence News, India’s Farmer Protests gained a suspension of the farm laws they’ve been protesting against en masse. They vow to continue the struggle until all demands are permanently met. Meanwhile, Mongolians forced their negligent prime minister to resign over failure to deal with the pandemic. A…

300 Victories in 2020, Peru’s Farmer Protests, & India’s Record-Breaking Strike

Posted on December 11, 2020December 12, 2020

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun When I read that India’s farmers led a record-breaking, 250 million person strike against corporate agriculture laws, I cheered. Then I found out that Peru’s farmers rose up against a similar farmworker-abusing law and got it repealed. Double cheers! I come from a farming family. When I train people in…

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