Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News edition delivers a high volume of reflective, insightful, and thought-provoking pieces along with current events. You’ll find articles on the history of the prison books movement in the United States, who is beating back book bans, ways Southeast Asians are organizing to get around digital repression,…
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7K Textile Workers Strike In Egypt, Jewish-Led Ceasefire Actions In USA, Nigerians Protest Hardship
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Have you noticed the uptick in global protests and strikes? It’s hard to miss. Mass actions are happening more frequently around the world as people rise up against economic hardship, tyrants and military coups, corruption, the climate crisis, racism, war, and more. This is a pivotal time in human history…
Congolese Soccer Players Call For Peace, Kenyan Women March Against Femicide, 300K Strike In Finland
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week, as 78,000 children were forced to flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and as thousands of eyes turned toward the Africa World Cup, the Congolese soccer team engaged in a dramatic protest. With one hand, they covered their mouths; with the other, they made the…
Unions Call For Ceasefire, French Tractor Blockades & Machu Picchu Protests
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun After blockading the roads around Paris with their tractors, French farmers won offers of major concessions from the government, including promises of cash and easing of regulations. Two major farmer unions called off their protests, though other groups may continue to push for more demands. Across Europe, farmer protests continue…
Guatemala Triumphant, Northern Ireland’s Huge Strike & Can AI Work For Peace?
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Here’s something to celebrate: Guatemala just inaugurated their new president, Bernardo Arevalo, thanks to Indigenous-led protests that pushed back attempts to discredit the election results and delay Arevalo from being sworn in. It’s a reminder of the power citizens have to make sure that fair and legitimate democratic processes are…
Special Report 2023 – 54 Advances In Racial Justice For Black, Indigenous, Migrants & More
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Our Nonviolence News Special Report series has looked at close to 200 successes in economic and environmental justice. Next we’re going to take a look back at the gains for racial justice that were made in 2023. Let’s start with a few favorites. I’m especially fond of DIY solutions like…
Green Canal In Venice, 8 Bridges Blocked For Ceasefire & Russian Anti-War Art Museum
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The infamous Grand Canal of Venice, Italy, turned a brilliant green color with non-harming dye as part of a climate protest calling for immediate action on the climate crisis. Activists suspended from bridges, marched in the streets, and decried the failure of COP28. The dye is used to trace water…
Panama Dances In Streets, Kayaks Block Australian Ports, 1500 Shut Down Manhattan Bridge For Gaza, EU Bans Microplastics
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun In the media storm that erupts around one issue, we sometimes lose sight of other significant struggles. Nonviolence News strives to bring those stories back into focus – and sometimes, this offers us a chance to celebrate with our fellow human beings’ victories. This week, Panamanians danced in the streets,…
Kashmir’s Electric Bill Strike, Guatemala’s Roadblocks, Protests for Palestine, India’s Women March
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun In this week’s Nonviolence News, we share the protests around the world calling for a ceasefire, peace, humanitarian relief, an end to the violence, and for the context of apartheid to be included in the discourse about what’s happening. Palestinians who have been part of nonviolent resistance and peace work…
Colombians March, Floating Anti-Nuke Protest & Hotel Workers Make Strides
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun From Sept 25-27, thousands of Indigenous Colombians marched in Bogata, calling for an end to paramilitary violence in their regions. They also voiced support for social reforms to alleviate poverty, pointing out the systemic connection between economic hardship, drug cartels, and the violence. It’s a connection that many places worldwide…