Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun How much injustice, harm, and destruction takes place in our world because democracy remains an aspiration rather than an actuality? Democracy and nonviolence go hand-in-hand. From Gandhi’s independence movement (which he called Indian Self-Rule) to the Philippines People Power Movement to keep the dictator from stealing the election, nonviolent action…
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Student Encampments, Tree-Sit Against Tesla & Forest Defenders Save Old Growth
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Over 2,000 people have been arrested amidst student encampments calling upon US universities and colleges to divest from Israeli companies or weapons makers due to the ongoing assault on Gaza. Evergreen College divested; Portland State University paused its ties with Boeing. Others (Brown, Smith, Northwestern, University of Minnesota) have made…