Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The United Kingdom is asking whose lives matter after the police killed an unarmed Black rapper. When protest organizers were urged to cancel the demonstrations due to the queen’s death, they refused. They felt the greater insensitivity was asking them to cancel a protest over a Black man’s murder for…
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Sip-ins for Starbucks Unions, Indonesia Protests Fuel Prices & the Underwater Boulder Wall
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun In this week’s Nonviolence News, thousands of Indonesians are protesting high fuel prices. Puerto Ricans are flooding the streets in objection to power outages from the partially privatized electric utility. XR UK superglued themselves to the floor of parliament for climate action. Iranian women’s rights activists are facing renewed attacks…
Pakistani Powerloom Workers Win, Argentina Marches, Sweden’s Ugly Lawn Contest & #ThisYou?
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Argentina’s streets were filled with protests against high prices – the country’s inflation rate is one of the highest in the world. In Haiti and South Africa, people are also protesting high cost-of-living. Meanwhile, a strike by powerloom workers in Pakistan secured a minimum wage increase and social security. Oakland…
Thailand’s Radical Grandmas, #EnoughIsEnough & China’s Mortgage Boycott
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The United Kingdom is about to erupt in protests. An economic justice campaign called #EnoughIsEnough launched with a bold video decrying poverty wages, cost of living, and concentrated wealth. Over 100,000 people crashed the website trying to get on the email list. It’s a sign of the times. People around…
Panama Wins 30% Off On Essentials, Myanmar Citizens Outraged Over Executions, Indigenous Protest Pope Francis’ Apology
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Let’s start with the good news. Remember those cost-of-living protests we talked about last week? Panama’s trade unions won big, pushing the government to mandate a 30% reduction on all essentials. It took a month-long national strike to achieve it, but it’s worth it. “Essentials” means food for children, transportation…
Sri Lankan President Resigns, Protests Of Survival & Resistance Tips From A WWII Spy Manual
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun “Protests of Survival” – that’s what some editors are calling the many economic protests erupting around the world. I like that term; it’s descriptive of what people are feeling as they try to oust corrupt presidents, stop banks from freezing their funds, oppose high fuel prices, and more. Also dubbed…
Goddess Returned, #Landback Wins, Pipelines Blocked & Solidarity Circling the Globe
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Let’s start with some good news: a landmark case has ruled that Kenya must pay reparations to displaced Indigenous Okiek people. Also, a new report looks at how the Pacific Northwest has defeated 70% of the fossil fuel projects it has confronted since 2012. Germany is returning a goddess statue…
Tunisia’s General Strike, Anonymous Wired Ukraine Sirens To Sound Alarms In Russia, Airports & Trains Shut Down By Strikes
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Across Europe, airports and train routes are being disrupted by strikes, including the UK’s largest rail strike in decades. After the South Korean truckers strike won important concessions, it seems like Argentine truckers may be taking a page out of their playbook, shutting down roads to protest diesel shortages and…
Sugar the Horse, Anti-Racist Light Projections & South Korea’s Truckers Strike
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun South Korean truckers have won important concessions from the government after bringing exports to a grinding halt for over a week. The strike sent shockwaves through global industry, especially since it threatened the critical microchip supply. Disrupting business-as-usual can be a vital part of waging struggle. It makes sure you…
Argentine Women March Against Femicide, Chicago Students Resist School Cops, Paris Tree-Sitters Protect Eiffel Tower Trees
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Around the world, it’s clear that people are tired of having their rights – and even their very identities – denied and excluded. Thailand held its first-ever Pride Parade, bringing both LGBTQ+ and their allies out into the streets for a much-needed statement of visibility, acceptance, and support. Thousands of…