Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Justice. Heart. Soul. Humanity. Respect. Dignity. When society forgets its responsibility toward these values, movements rise up to hold them accountable. When I looked at the stories in this week’s Nonviolence News, I see thousands of human beings using protests, strikes, boycotts, and more to lift the moral standard of…
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Special Report: 50 Wins For Pandemic-Response & Economic Justice
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This year, the pandemic’s economic impact swiftly became inseparable from the issues of economic justice, housing justice, prison justice, food justice, and healthcare. This special report is part of a series looking at the many success stories in Nonviolence News in 2020. It is a keen reminder of the old…
Not My President. No Es Mi Presidente.
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Dictators, despots, power-grabbers, presidents-for-life . . . autocrats around the world are being challenged by nonviolent movements. This week’s edition shares the many tales of presidents and protests. In Peru, mass protests forced the interim president to resign after a shady parliamentary coup shoved the previous president out of power….
Got Dictators? Never Fear, Nonviolence Is Here
Editor’s Note: The United States is going through some growing pains. (Understatement of the year.) With secret police snatching protesters off the street, journalists being arrested for doing their jobs, and the Portland mayor being simultaneously tear gassed by federal agents and booed by his constituency (for doing the same thing to the protesters the…
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…
Meat Boycotts, Sidewalk Mural Protests, & Kites For Climate Justice
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Never doubt the creativity and determination of your fellow human beings. Canada banned assault weapons in the wake of a mass shooting. Walmart workers launched their own contact tracing program to help protect people during the pandemic. The Lebanese mass protest movement is back in action with enormous car protests…
Gandhi’s 150th & Banksy Strikes Again
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun A recent report proved that creative action is far more effective than conventional petitions and speeches. When it comes to creativity, street artist Banksy is a master. Banksy’s recent art installation in a downtown storefront features a “Tony the Tiger” Rug (Frosted Flakes) as the centerpiece of a capitalist dystopia lifestyle…