Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun The year 2020 launched into nonviolent action with a bang. Chileans rang in the New Year with mass protests. Fridays for the Future and the Student Climate Strikes walked out on the first Friday of the year. After President Trump ordered a drone strike assassination of the Iranian General Soleimani, hundreds of…
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Train Bridge Blockades & Duct-Taped Bananas
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Nonviolence News offers a weekly round-up of amazing stories . . . but it doesn’t stop there. Week after week, month after month, I’ve collected awe-inspiring stories. As I pause and look back over these six months, I see incredible statistics. Millions of people have participated in major campaigns and actions all…
Pots-and-Pans Protests Raise a Racket for Justice
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Nonviolence comes in thousands of shapes and sizes. It’s a force, a field of potential, a method of making change, even a way of life. While this week’s headline celebrates the Latin America-wide cacerolazo (pots-and-pans protest), I’m also uplifting a few stories that show the wide-ranging potential of nonviolence, from small acts…
Save the Whales, Solidarity Strikes, Women Against Violence, and the World Leaders In Nonviolent Struggle
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Nonviolence News is packed with awesome stories this week. Iraq ousted its prime minister. Black Friday protests swept the globe, many targeting Amazon’s inhumane worker policies. And tens of thousands of women took to the streets in dramatic and evocative protests against the global epidemic of violence toward women. The…
Bolivia Resists Coup; Protests Shake World
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Global protests continue to shake the world this week. Colombia and Georgia have joined the ever-growing list that includes Lebanon, Iraq, Haiti, Iran, Chile, Bolivia, and others. Nine victories for people and planet should give us reason to hope. Nearly 50 other stories should give us ideas for action, including everything…
Mass Protests Erupt Around the World. What Are People Striving For?
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…
Art Conquers All: Haiti’s Artists Rally the People To Hold Creative March
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Did you hear about the protests in Baghdad, Iraq? What about the ones in Catalan or Ecuador? (Find these stories below.) There’s so much going on in the world! As citizens, we should be heartened by these stories. People like us are refusing to put up with injustice. What’s my…
XR’s Nurse-Ins and Civil Disco-bedience
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Thanks for your patience with Nonviolence News this week. I was on my way back from World Beyond War’s #NoWar2019 conference and caught a nasty bug on the airplane. Besides having to stay in bed all day yesterday, it was an eye-opening trip. Ireland has banned fracking, raises all its…
Gandhi’s 150th & Banksy Strikes Again
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun A recent report proved that creative action is far more effective than conventional petitions and speeches. When it comes to creativity, street artist Banksy is a master. Banksy’s recent art installation in a downtown storefront features a “Tony the Tiger” Rug (Frosted Flakes) as the centerpiece of a capitalist dystopia lifestyle…
People and Planet Are Worth More Than Gold
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News is packed with stories about people redefining what’s important in our world. A fleet of cruise ships has been coming to the rescue in the Bahamas, eschewing luxury trips for helping people. The Seminole Tribe has been airlifting drinking water to Bahamas for nearly a week. It seems…