Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun In Iran, where women are not allowed to dance in public, a group of girls were hunted down by the morality police for making a viral dance video. In protest, other women made videos of themselves doing the same dance. The uprising continues. Meanwhile, millions of women across Latin America…
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A Tale of Two Georgias, Int’l Women’s Day, Lifeboat Blockade & Dumpster House
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun From the nation of Georgia to the US state of Georgia, citizens are mobilizing against two things that squelch movements: anti-dissent laws and police repression. Mass protests in Georgia (the nation) thwarted a bill that would stifle dissent and limit freedom of the press. The proposed law prompted an outpouring…
Sri Lankan Shut-Down, Aussie Tree-Sit, Sami Wind Farm Sit-In, Pashtuns Protest Police
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week, US activists are mobilizing actions to stop Cop City, a planned tactical urban warfare training center for police that has already led to one protester’s death. Across the globe, Pashtuns held a massive demonstration in protest of police harassment and militarization. The increasing militarization of police, and high…
Tunisia Takes Streets, Portuguese Teachers Protest, Germany Marches For Peace
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun It’s a busy week in Nonviolence News. The stories are varied and diverse, though they share a common theme of people getting fed up with constant injustice. Tunisia’s unions took action against the rising cost-of-living. They’re not alone: Moldova erupted with protests against high fuel prices, the United Kingdom’s strikes…
Britain Shuts Down, France Strikes, First Nations Protest Australia’s Invasion Day
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun A whopping 2.8 million people are on strike in France against proposed raises to the retirement age. That’s over 3.5% of the population – the number identified by civil resistance researchers Erica Chenoweth and Maria J Stephan as the threshold to success. Will the French win their goals? Stay tuned….
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…
France’s General Strike, Pakistan’s Peace March, Protest At Miss Kyrgyzstan Contest
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Millions of French citizens are marching, protesting, and participating in a general strike to keep the government from undercutting the pension plan, raising the retirement age from 62 to 65. For those of us watching from the United States, it’s impressive to see people in the streets over something we…
Peru In Upheaval, Tunisia’s Transport Strike, Painted Crosswalks Save Lives
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Protests are rocking Peru again. It’s a tumultuous saga of political corruption, a de-facto coup attempt, and democracy in turmoil. (To be honest, I’m still trying to wrap my head around what’s going on, who’s in the streets this week, and which demands are coming from whom.) One thing I…
Peru Resists Coup, China’s Blank Paper Protests, Killer Robot Cops Blocked
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Enjoy the last regular Nonviolence News round-up for 2022. It’s a real feast of stories – creative, courageous, and extraordinary. Next week, we’ll be sharing the perennially fascinating, exciting end-of-the-year reports. Between now and 2023, we’ll dig into the archives and past issues to highlight the hundreds of successes. We’ll…
Sudan Protests Military Rule, Morocco Marches & Okinawa’s Poison Foam
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Protests have erupted in Sudan, once again, after a new power deal was brokered against the will of the 5,000 Resistance Committees who earlier rejected a power-sharing deal with the military. Citizens have been consistent in demanding a full civilian government since they ousted a 30-year-long dictatorship in 2019. Meanwhile,…