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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…

Tunisian women in colorful scarves wave flags as they protest against austerity measures.

Tunisia’s General Strike, Anonymous Wired Ukraine Sirens To Sound Alarms In Russia, Airports & Trains Shut Down By Strikes

Posted on June 25, 2022June 25, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Across Europe, airports and train routes are being disrupted by strikes, including the UK’s largest rail strike in decades. After the South Korean truckers strike won important concessions, it seems like Argentine truckers may be taking a page out of their playbook, shutting down roads to protest diesel shortages and…

Sugar the Horse, Anti-Racist Light Projections & South Korea’s Truckers Strike

Posted on June 18, 2022June 18, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun South Korean truckers have won important concessions from the government after bringing exports to a grinding halt for over a week. The strike sent shockwaves through global industry, especially since it threatened the critical microchip supply. Disrupting business-as-usual can be a vital part of waging struggle. It makes sure you…

Women’s Day, Don’t Say Gay, Ecobarrios, Migrant Workers & Beach Battles

Posted on March 12, 2022March 12, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News is wide-ranging, stretching from stories of how virtual reality is making imaginative space for social justice to how Black-owned farms in the US have to fight to hold onto their land. The breadth of organizing is staggering and eye-opening. Puerto Ricans are mobilizing to stop rich…

Puerto Rico’s March of Indignation, Algerian Hunger Strike, and Mexican Indigenous Resist Bottling Factory

Posted on February 19, 2022February 19, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The right to protest lies at the heart of stories from around the globe this week. Londoners are marching to #KillTheBill that limits the right to protest. In Algeria, political prisoners are on hunger strike to oppose the escalating repression of activists. In Thailand, activists who used sit-in blockades of…

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….

A herd of large, sculpted elephants stands in front of an official building in London, UK.

100 Elephants Take Over London, Plastic Whale Tours World & Sharks Against Deep Sea Mining

Posted on August 13, 2021August 13, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun A herd of one hundred, sculpted elephants took over London. They’re “marching” to raise awareness of the critical need for conservation efforts. Each sculpture was handmade by Indigenous communities in India. In a similar vein, Yalata women in Australia made a giant right whale sculpture from “ghost nets” and other…

Reflective Reindeer, Hungary’s Rainbow, and Iran’s Water Protests

Posted on July 24, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Examples of creative nonviolence are why I spend hours searching for Nonviolence News stories each week. Take this report from Finland, for example. 4,000 reindeer die each year in car collisions in Finland. Finally, reindeer protection groups came up with a surprising solution: paint antlers with reflective paint. When cars…

Heating Up: Women’s Rights, Indigenous Resistance, and Workers Struggles

Posted on July 9, 2021July 9, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week, a BIPOC-led struggle in Tennessee succeeded in getting the Byhalia Pipeline cancelled. First Nations drummers helped save a man’s life. Peace teams replaced police at a street festival in Minneapolis. In large and small ways, nonviolence is showing up for a better world. You’ll also hear “a tale…

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…

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