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Families Sit-in To Stop School Closure, South Koreans Occupy Shipyards For Better Wages, Chileans Close Down Poisonous Plant

Posted on July 22, 2022July 22, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun There’s a lot of good news in this week’s Nonviolence News. Youth and peace activists pushed Boeing to move its corporate headquarters out of Chicago. In 2021, Pillsbury family members decided to boycott their own brand over its manufacturing plant on stolen Palestinian land. The company finally pulled out, and…

Glue Girl, South African Miners, Portuguese Climate Caravan, Tunisia Protests Power Grab, Pakistan’s Protective Accompaniment

Posted on April 16, 2022April 16, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun It seems like uprisings are everywhere. We’ve scoured the news to collect these stories for you – and we found a whopping 78 this week! South African gold miners are on strike … and platinum miners are planning to go on strike in solidarity with them. Sri Lankans continue to…

Venice Flotilla Protests Cruise Ships, Pipeline Resistance Rises Up

Posted on June 10, 2021June 14, 2021

Editor’s Note by Rivera Sun When we’ve had enough of destruction and injustice, nonviolence gives us tools to push back. With strikes, boycotts, protests, and more, people like us are standing up to powerful regimes, systems, and institutions. Around the world, courageous people are getting in the way of everything from bulldozers to cruise ships…

Women Have Had Enough. Global Protests & Feminist Revolts

Posted on March 13, 2021March 13, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun There’s that famous quote (often misattributed to Gandhi, it comes from Churchill): First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you … then you win. The “Injustice League” is at the fighting stage. Sexism, racism, classism, dictators, coupists, oppressors, earth destroyers are being pushed to the ropes…

Tackling Giants: Halting Coups, Big Oil, and Amazon

Posted on March 6, 2021March 6, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun It’s been a week of David and Goliath struggles with “little guys” around the world standing up to horrible regimes and destructive corporations. Haiti and Myanmar’s resistance to coups has been gaining international attention, but major struggles are also happening in Algeria (against austerity), First Nations in Canada (against fossil…

Broken Down Cars, Onion Drops, & Tying Shoelaces: Myanmar’s Creative Resistance

Posted on February 27, 2021February 27, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Myanmar’s anti-coup campaign is spectacular in its persistence, size, scope, and ingenuity. Banned from protesting, citizens have started blocking roads by “accidentally” dropping bags of onions and rice, or pausing to tie their shoelaces in crosswalks. People’s cars are mysteriously breaking down all over the country, backing up traffic for…

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…

Taxi Drivers Blockade Brooklyn Bridge, Inuit Blockade Iron Mine

Posted on February 13, 2021February 13, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun It’s a (nonviolent) action-packed edition of Nonviolence News. Teachers in Columbus, OH, are on a “sick-out” strike to keep their community healthy. Taxi drivers shut down the Brooklyn Bridge over the debt burdens of their licensing fees. Haitians launched a 48-hr general strike against austerity and corrupt political leaders. In…

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