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From Protests To People-Powered, Nonviolent Solutions

Posted on April 10, 2021April 10, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Nonviolence is more than just protest. It includes solutions as well as objections to business-as-usual. It can be personal as well as political. From the tens of thousands of people in Lebanon demanding an end to the violence of economic austerity (pictured above) to peace activists in the United States…

Election Uprisings

Posted on August 14, 2020August 14, 2020

Editor’s Note Election uprisings are in the air. Mass protests in Belarus are decrying the elections results that claim Lukashenko won his sixth term with 80% of the vote while Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the opposition candidate, was forced into hiding for fear of her safety. With police crackdowns, arrests of journalists, and repression of protests rocking…

Actions in Bolivia, Iraq, Lebanon, Algeria, Zimbabwe, and so many more!

Posted on November 17, 2019

Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun It was a huge week in global protest movements. There was so much going on, in fact, that it took an extra day this week simply to read up on the global protests. I wanted to dig beneath headlines and slants to gain a clearer picture of what was happening….

Cookie Protests, Soprano Defies Chile’s Silence Curfew, and 10 Victories!

Posted on November 2, 2019

Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun This week’s news is marked by music! From an operatic soprano breaking Chile’s silence curfew to the Chilean orchestra joining the mass protests to perform, “The People United Shall Never Be Defeated”, to the US-Mexico cross-border sing-a-long, music is capturing hearts and minds as it lifts peoples courage and determination to…

Mass Protests Erupt Around the World. What Are People Striving For?

Posted on October 27, 2019

Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News is full of success stories . . . and stories to learn from. Lebanon’s “rave as revolution” protests have forced ministers to resign, major reforms to be passed, looted funds to be returned, and more.  Meanwhile, in Chile, protests were met with violent repression and the…

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