In the United States, this week has seen both authoritarian moves from the Trump/Vance Administration … and a heartening surge of resistance. In dramatic ways, people are shifting from the paralyzed dread to outraged defiance. And defiance is working.
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Flooding Snitch Lines, Blocking Wi-Fi To Fossil Fuel Insurers & Resisting the Politics of Hate
Remix of a protest against nuclear power plant, South Korea, 2015. Image by Daeyong Wee on Pixabay. Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The inauguration of Donald Trump to a second term as president of the United States unleashed a new chapter in resistance. The politics of hate was given the keys to some of the…
Mexico Disarmament, South Korea Wins, Romania in an Uproar & Hopes of a Ceasefire
Image: Remix of India Farmer Protests by Jaskaran (JK Photography), CC BY-SA 4.0 Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun South Koreans’ persistence has finally paid off: after weeks of protesting for the arrest of their suspended President Yoon Suk-yeol over his martial law and power grab, he has been apprehended and will face legal proceedings. This…
Pirate Care, Salting, Knit-Ins Against Debt & Old Book Protests
Image: Remix from demonstration in Indonesia by Sigit Setiawan on Pixabay. Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The horror of the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles is vivid this week as 10,000 structures burned in the second-largest city in the United States. Climate activists have been campaigning hard to make the connection to the climate crisis…
366+ Success Stories in 2024: Nonviolence News Special Report
In the sweep and bustle of the year’s struggles, it’s sometimes hard to see past the disaster headlines. Yet, remarkable progress was made by nonviolent movements worldwide. In this special report, Nonviolence News has gone into our archives and pulled out the gains, victories, and successful solutions that occurred in 2024. We counted 366+ stories –…
Hunger Strike For Higher Wages, Skateboarders For Teen Mental Health & 1 Million South Koreans Protest
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun For over a year, we’ve been sharing stories about the LA hotel workers’ rolling strike organized by Unite Here Local 11. This brave campaign tackled over 100 hotels and coordinated low-income, often undocumented hotel workers to strike at one hotel after another. They’ve already succeeded at 68 hotels and are…