Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Around the world, the use of nonviolence is growing in sophistication and strategy. Going far beyond protests, there are over 300+ methods of nonviolent struggle. This week, El Salvador added a new tactic: the inverse caravan. Hitting global headlines around the huge migrant caravans trying to move through Mexico to…
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Rainforest Tree Seeks Asylum, Indian Autoworkers Protest, Thai Taxi Drivers Build Rooftop Gardens On Vehicles, 5K Cops Shifted Out Of School Policing
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Well, here’s one I’ve never heard before: A tree in Brazil has requested asylum at the Norwegian embassy. Threatened by the destruction of the rainforest, it – like many other species – is endangered. The Indigenous activists who brought the tree to the embassy say it needs protection. Indeed, the…
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…
Workers On Strike, Peace Activists Paint Tank Tracks, and More
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun In this week’s Nonviolence News, the Warrior Met coal workers are still on strike, rightfully demanding some of the $1.1 billion in profits that was taken from their wage cuts and unpaid labor. Healthcare workers in India fought back against invasive surveillance technology and halted apps that tracked their footsteps….
Reflective Reindeer, Hungary’s Rainbow, and Iran’s Water Protests
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Examples of creative nonviolence are why I spend hours searching for Nonviolence News stories each week. Take this report from Finland, for example. 4,000 reindeer die each year in car collisions in Finland. Finally, reindeer protection groups came up with a surprising solution: paint antlers with reflective paint. When cars…
Ditching the King, Tricking the NRA, & Transforming McD’s Into a “Fast” Food Bank
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The world’s last absolute monarch is being run out of Swaziland by pro-democracy protesters. Seventy thousand health and social workers in India won a pay raise after going on strike. US climate activists blockaded all ten doors to the White House. Kenyans are resisting a major development project and organizing…
Dead Mermaids Protest, Utility Bill Strike, Google LASD Gangs Banner Drops
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun A mermaid is a myth, but like all myths, it brings our attention to the story we need to hear right now. Our oceans and planet are in danger. Humanity cannot survive without them. This theatrical climate action (pictured above) of dead mermaids washing up on the shore near the…
Making Strides, Weathering Setbacks: From Colombia to Catalonia
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun It’s a week of reflecting on the rise and fall of global movements. Some are making headway, like Colombia’s national strike. Others have nearly vanished, like Hong Kong’s mass protests. In Spain, the Catalonian independence movement’s secession attempt took a hard hit with the imprisonment of its leaders for sedition…
Venice Flotilla Protests Cruise Ships, Pipeline Resistance Rises Up
Editor’s Note by Rivera Sun When we’ve had enough of destruction and injustice, nonviolence gives us tools to push back. With strikes, boycotts, protests, and more, people like us are standing up to powerful regimes, systems, and institutions. Around the world, courageous people are getting in the way of everything from bulldozers to cruise ships…
India’s Farmers Persist, Brazil Marches, Saiga Antelope Rebounds, and Ugandans Resist Big Oil
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week in Nonviolence News, protests in India marked the six month anniversary of their immense, record-breaking farmer protests. The organizer of a vigil commemorating Tiananmen Square has been arrested and gatherings banned. Brazilians in 200 cities marched for Bolsonaro’s impeachment. Colombia continues to rise up despite repression. In Canada,…