Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Cost-of-living protests continue to grab global headlines. In the United Kingdom, synchronized demonstrations launched the Enough Is Enough campaign, which has five reasonable demands (proper living-wage rises, decent homes for all, higher taxes on wealth and windfalls, and an end to poverty of food and heating). Many groups are part…
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Iran Erupts, Russians Refuse, Ukrainian Coal Miners Strike
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Massive protests have erupted in Iran after the death of a woman held in custody (and probably beaten) by morality police for refusing to comply with the nation’s stringent dress code for women. In Russia, 1,300 people have been arrested during protests against conscription and the war in Ukraine. Meanwhile,…
Pakistani Workers Want Safety, BLM Protests For UK Rapper, South Koreans Push For Fair Medicine
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…
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…
Families Sit-in To Stop School Closure, South Koreans Occupy Shipyards For Better Wages, Chileans Close Down Poisonous Plant
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun There’s a lot of good news in this week’s Nonviolence News. Youth and peace activists pushed Boeing to move its corporate headquarters out of Chicago. In 2021, Pillsbury family members decided to boycott their own brand over its manufacturing plant on stolen Palestinian land. The company finally pulled out, and…
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…