Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun A picture is worth a thousand words, they say. As I studied the image of the Stop EACOP rally against a large oil pipeline in Uganda, I noticed something odd. What appeared to be rows of supporters demonstrating from the balconies of the buildings – a clever tactic that could…
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Uruguay Saltwater Protests, Orange Cones Vs. Driverless Cars & the Friendship From Hell
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun If you zoom out to a distant vantage point of human history, you can see the arc of the universe bending toward a certain kind of justice. If we secure a future for humanity, historians will look back on these times and identify them as an era in which ordinary…
Mexico Objects To Tourist Train, Sri Lankan Tea Pickers Strike, & Trevi Fountain Turned Black
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News contains many successes worth celebrating. Oakland teachers have returned to work after voting on a contract that includes living wages, equitable wages, and expanded special education services. In the wake of tragedy, Serbians have handed over an impressive number of guns to try to prevent future…
Mourning, Outrage, Protests: End Police Terror, Stop Militarized Repression
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Protesters across the United States are once again in the streets, demanding an end to police terror. The demonstrations have erupted in response to the police’s brutal and fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, TN. They also come on the heels of the murder of Tortuguita, a protester who…
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…
101 Victories For Earth – Special Report On 2021
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun At a time when it feels like all hope is lost, here are 101 Victories For Earth that show another part of the story. You can’t help but be heartened by this impressive list. It’s important to notice that movements are wracking up small and large changes. It adds up…
South African Engineers Strike, Garden Blockade Targets Coal Plant, Brazil Demands Impeachment
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The repercussions of the pandemic lockdowns are still echoing in shockwaves through the global labor movement. Workers flexed their power during the early stages of the pandemic, walking out en masse for stronger health and safety protocols, going on strike for hazard pay, calling-in-sick to stop hasty reopenings, and much…
Climate Kids Take The Streets, Farmers Block Roads & Who Shut Down The Golden Gate Bridge?
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The student climate strike movement, Fridays For The Future, is back with 1,400 rallies in 80 countries. Over a million people participated, with close to 800,000 protesters in Berlin, alone. Other campaigns also mobilized this week, including direct actions to halt the Mountain Valley Pipeline and Line 3 Pipeline. A…
Afghan Women’s March, Twitch Boycott, Window Washers Strike
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Thanks for your patience with this Nonviolence News round-up. Over Labor Day Weekend, I rested, honoring the millions of workers who went on strike, organized boycotts and mutual aid networks, and struggled for the 40-hr workweek, the concept of the weekend, and Bread and Roses, too. But, now we’re back…
XR Shuts Down London As Climate Heats Up
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Extinction Rebellion is shaking up the United Kingdom this week. They shut down the City of London, calling attention to the fact that, if the financial district was a country, it would be the 9th worst climate polluter in the world. They poured buckets of red dye “blood” into squares,…