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…
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Giant Murals, Banner Blockades, Street Dances, and More
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun The pandemic has shape-shifted activism, but it hasn’t stopped it. In our opening image (above), these activists blocked four streets in downtown San Francisco while they painted a giant mural (side image – and notice how small the people are!) of a hot air balloon that was visible from the skyrise…
Spotting King’s Legacy In Today’s News
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun This week’s news is long and juicy. Get a cup of coffee and indulge in a little extra time to read the headlines. They are wildly creative and surprisingly varied. It’s also a meaningful way to engage with nonviolence on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. I spot the impact…
250 Million People Strike In India
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Wow! Check out the Successes & Victories section. Amazing! And that’s not all: this week, up to 250 million Indians went on strike in what might be the largest strike in world history. The most interesting article I’ve read about actions in India was on the women of Shaheen Bagh who have been…
War & Peace: 2020 Launches Into Action
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun The year 2020 launched into nonviolent action with a bang. Chileans rang in the New Year with mass protests. Fridays for the Future and the Student Climate Strikes walked out on the first Friday of the year. After President Trump ordered a drone strike assassination of the Iranian General Soleimani, hundreds of…
Actions in Bolivia, Iraq, Lebanon, Algeria, Zimbabwe, and so many more!
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun It was a huge week in global protest movements. There was so much going on, in fact, that it took an extra day this week simply to read up on the global protests. I wanted to dig beneath headlines and slants to gain a clearer picture of what was happening….
Cookie Protests, Soprano Defies Chile’s Silence Curfew, and 10 Victories!
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun This week’s news is marked by music! From an operatic soprano breaking Chile’s silence curfew to the Chilean orchestra joining the mass protests to perform, “The People United Shall Never Be Defeated”, to the US-Mexico cross-border sing-a-long, music is capturing hearts and minds as it lifts peoples courage and determination to…
Mass Protests Erupt Around the World. What Are People Striving For?
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News is full of success stories . . . and stories to learn from. Lebanon’s “rave as revolution” protests have forced ministers to resign, major reforms to be passed, looted funds to be returned, and more. Meanwhile, in Chile, protests were met with violent repression and the…
Art Conquers All: Haiti’s Artists Rally the People To Hold Creative March
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Did you hear about the protests in Baghdad, Iraq? What about the ones in Catalan or Ecuador? (Find these stories below.) There’s so much going on in the world! As citizens, we should be heartened by these stories. People like us are refusing to put up with injustice. What’s my…
People and Planet Are Worth More Than Gold
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News is packed with stories about people redefining what’s important in our world. A fleet of cruise ships has been coming to the rescue in the Bahamas, eschewing luxury trips for helping people. The Seminole Tribe has been airlifting drinking water to Bahamas for nearly a week. It seems…