Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun For an impressive 10 days, Finnish environmental activists blockaded a train carrying imports of Russian oil to oppose both war and fossil fuels. It was a potent action. The visual symbolism of having to put our bodies on the line to stop a freight train load of crises couldn’t be…
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Albanians Protest Price Hikes, Tenants Form 10K-Strong Union, Sex Workers Walkout
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun One thing Nonviolence News offers is the bird’s eye view on emerging trends. For example, last week, we reported that Sri Lanka is in the middle of a national strike against a collapsed economy and that Mongolians took action over “empty bellies and empty promises”. This week, Albanians are protesting…
Cuba’s Massive May Day March, Sri Lanka’s National Strike & Anti-War Activists Everywhere
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun On May 1st, the international date honoring workers, marches and strikes launched around the world. Many countries’ laborers used the moment to call for peace in Ukraine, recognizing the longstanding connection between labor justice and anti-war organizing. Cuba held an impressively enormous day of action, mobilizing half its population in…
Mexico’s Water Caravan, Mongolia’s Empty Stomach Uprising & Puerto Rico’s Beach Party Protests
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun If you were wondering where this week’s Nonviolence News has been … the answer is Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and finally Maine. I’ve been on the road this week, moving to Maine, which delayed the release of the new edition. But never fear! Between dodging…
Glue Girl, South African Miners, Portuguese Climate Caravan, Tunisia Protests Power Grab, Pakistan’s Protective Accompaniment
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…
Scientist Rebellion, Flower Pickers Strike, Debt Collective Action, Student-Teacher Solidarity
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun I love smart campaigns. Strategy is powerful. A group of flower pickers in Washington State held a quickie strike just 2-days before a huge flower festival. Needless to say, the company conceded swiftly, meeting the workers demands. Timing is everything, they say. Another story that caught my eye this week…
Rollerblade Climate Protests, Kayakers Block Oil Tanker, Ukrainian Protesters Push Back Soldiers
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun There are signs of hope. You just need to know where to look for them. (Hint: right here at Nonviolence News!) This week, hundreds of thousands of school children went on strike, marching out of classrooms in 750 cities and towns to demand climate action. Students in Kenya (above) even…
Ferry Workers Protest, Teachers Strike, Climate Activists Lock Down To Soccer Goal Posts, Jamaicans & Native Americans Oppose Racism
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun In Nonviolence News this week, you’ll find stories about how a student occupation is offering solidarity with striking Minneapolis teachers. In the United Kingdom, ferry workers and their allies are protesting the firing of 800 workers – for the purposes of hiring lower wage workers in their place. Social welfare…
Women Take Action For Earth, 50K Mexicans Against Femicide, 80K French Climate Protesters
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun What a week! You’ll be amazed by the profuse abundance of stories in Nonviolence News. Argentine climate activists (above) are celebrating the suspension of off-shore oil exploration. 50,000 Mexican women protested femicide on Women’s Day. In Kenya, women marched on the police station after a female driver was assaulted. Chile’s…
Women’s Day, Don’t Say Gay, Ecobarrios, Migrant Workers & Beach Battles
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News is wide-ranging, stretching from stories of how virtual reality is making imaginative space for social justice to how Black-owned farms in the US have to fight to hold onto their land. The breadth of organizing is staggering and eye-opening. Puerto Ricans are mobilizing to stop rich…