Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The United Kingdom is asking whose lives matter after the police killed an unarmed Black rapper. When protest organizers were urged to cancel the demonstrations due to the queen’s death, they refused. They felt the greater insensitivity was asking them to cancel a protest over a Black man’s murder for…
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Pakistani Powerloom Workers Win, Argentina Marches, Sweden’s Ugly Lawn Contest & #ThisYou?
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Argentina’s streets were filled with protests against high prices – the country’s inflation rate is one of the highest in the world. In Haiti and South Africa, people are also protesting high cost-of-living. Meanwhile, a strike by powerloom workers in Pakistan secured a minimum wage increase and social security. Oakland…
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…
Sri Lankan President Resigns, Protests Of Survival & Resistance Tips From A WWII Spy Manual
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…
Sugar the Horse, Anti-Racist Light Projections & South Korea’s Truckers Strike
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…
Mexico’s Water Caravan, Mongolia’s Empty Stomach Uprising & Puerto Rico’s Beach Party Protests
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun If you were wondering where this week’s Nonviolence News has been … the answer is Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and finally Maine. I’ve been on the road this week, moving to Maine, which delayed the release of the new edition. But never fear! Between dodging…
Women’s Day, Don’t Say Gay, Ecobarrios, Migrant Workers & Beach Battles
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
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…
Sit-In Baby, 1-Hr School Bus Strike & Student Walkouts
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun A young boy was born into the struggle – literally. His parents had launched a sit-in strike in India, demanding land rights that the government had denied, when his mother went into labor. She refused to leave and gave birth to him right there on the frontline of the sit-in….
Deliveristas Victorious, Serbian Mine Halted, Australians Oppose Genocide
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News contains stories both hopeful and alarming. Los Deliveristas Unidos celebrated a historic victory as new (and hard-won) labor protections for delivery workers went into effect this week in New York City. Mass protests and road blocks forced Serbian officials to scrap the Rio Tinto mine. Sudan…