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Safety, Dignity, Living Wages, a Healthy Planet – Is This Too Much To Ask?

Posted on July 7, 2023July 7, 2023

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Looking around the globe in this week’s Nonviolence News, it’s evident that people are gripped in “struggles of survival”. The demands are sensible, reasonable: people want safety from brutal repression, they want wages that pay the bills, and they want a planet they can live on that won’t poison them…

Germans vs. Coal Mine, Handknit Protest, Cutting Rich People’s Power (Literally) & X-Country Skiing To Defend a Forest

Posted on February 18, 2023February 18, 2023

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun A picture can capture the impossible odds that nonviolent activists often face. Lützerath was a small German village threatened by a dirty deal that allowed a coal mine to expand, ultimately destroying the whole village. It’s a sobering allegory for the entire climate crisis. At Lützerath, 40,000 people mobilized to…

Peruvians Blockade Mine, 200 Walkouts Against Mass Shootings, South Africans Stop Amazon Offices

Posted on May 28, 2022May 28, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas – which comes on the heels of the recent racially-motivated massacre in Buffalo, NY – has propelled students and allies into the streets. Walkouts and protests were held in over 200 locations calling for gun control and an immediate response to…

Judges On Strike, Tunnel Diggers & Tree Sitters, Fast Food Strikes & More

Posted on February 20, 2021February 20, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The Nonviolence News Conversation is next Friday and we have soooooo much to talk about. In this week’s round-up alone, we could explore the Haitian judges strike (have you ever heard of all the judges in a country going on strike?!), Fight for $15’s nationwide fast food strike, Myanmar’s bold…

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