Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun There are some issues that all nonviolent activists and social movements should work together on to defend the right to organize for change: freeing political prisoners is one of them. (Protecting and expanding the right to protest, assemble, unionize, and free speech are a few others, in case you were…
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#EvictTheLords Light Projection, Coal Protests In Australia, Tunisia Rallies & Youth In Resistance
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Why are politicians so fixated on driving humanity into apocalypse? Australian’s government campaigned on climate action, but then approved three new coal mines that will lock-in carbon emissions until 2066 – long past the deadline for stopping the climate crisis. The only good news about this is that Australians protested…
Hondurans Resist Coup, Campaign Nonviolence’s 5,209+ Actions & Black Dancers Strike
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Today, September 21, marks the International Day of Peace. Around the world, millions of people will join city governments and community groups in rallies, vigils, and celebrations for peace. Yet, with ongoing wars in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and many other places, many activists are honoring the…
100K March In France, Brazil’s X Ban, Summer of Heat On Wall Street & Culture Vitamins
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Nonviolence isn’t a football match, where we line up on two sides and charge in. At its best, nonviolence encourages us to engage the fullest sense of our humanity in navigating a conflict toward a resolution that gives all parties a way forward. And to achieve even a glimmer of…
Israel’s General Strike, Upgrade Democracy & Indonesia Student Protests
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun How much injustice, harm, and destruction takes place in our world because democracy remains an aspiration rather than an actuality? Democracy and nonviolence go hand-in-hand. From Gandhi’s independence movement (which he called Indian Self-Rule) to the Philippines People Power Movement to keep the dictator from stealing the election, nonviolent action…
Pink Vest Safety Teams, Stroller Lock-Downs, Singing Protests & a Historic Win
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News is just full of fascinating stories: Cornell University workers just won a historic contract that includes up-to a 25.4% increase in wages, a cost-of-living adjustment, elimination of a two-tiered wage system, and much more. Australians can now ignore their bosses on the weekends, thanks to a…
South Africans Mourn Coal Mines, France’s Water Village, UK Imam Counters Hate With Empathy
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun One of the powers of nonviolence action is its ability to embody the full range of human emotion. Beyond the expression of justifiable outrage, activists can express worry, fear, compassion, vision, sorrow, hope, and even humor. In South Africa, climate activists mourned the plans to build two new coal mines…
Madrid’s Tree-Huggers, Israeli Objectors & Indian Women Take Back The Night
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The International Court of Justice has issued an advisory opinion that nations, businesses, and others have a duty to boycott, divest, and sanction (BDS) Israel over its illegal occupation and apartheid state. They say that BDS is “not just legal, but obligatory”. This has already prompted the Church of England…
Bangladesh Wins, UK Rises Against Hate & Nigerians Protest Bad Governance
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week, we celebrate the remarkable success of Bangladesh’s student-led movement to get their prime minister to resign. Facing discriminatory policies, economic hardship, and political corruption, the weeks-long mass protests finally forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee the country. The movement proposed Dr. Muhammad Yunus, a Noble Prize winner,…
Africa’s Powerful Movements, Baloch Women Rise Up & Gibraltar Activists Halt Military Fuel
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Nonviolence News shares stories from around the world. However, much of our readership resides in the United States. We’ve made a conscious choice to uplift nonviolence as a global field and offer our readers the opportunity to learn from their fellow human beings worldwide. They’re doing some remarkable things with…