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Women Take Action For Earth, 50K Mexicans Against Femicide, 80K French Climate Protesters

Posted on March 19, 2022March 19, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun What a week! You’ll be amazed by the profuse abundance of stories in Nonviolence News. Argentine climate activists (above) are celebrating the suspension of off-shore oil exploration. 50,000 Mexican women protested femicide on Women’s Day. In Kenya, women marched on the police station after a female driver was assaulted. Chile’s…

Women’s Day, Don’t Say Gay, Ecobarrios, Migrant Workers & Beach Battles

Posted on March 12, 2022March 12, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News is wide-ranging, stretching from stories of how virtual reality is making imaginative space for social justice to how Black-owned farms in the US have to fight to hold onto their land. The breadth of organizing is staggering and eye-opening. Puerto Ricans are mobilizing to stop rich…

8K Russians Arrested For Protesting War, Mothers & Fathers March in Sudan, Ukrainians Resist Invasion

Posted on March 5, 2022March 5, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun With all eyes on Ukraine, antiwar protests have risen up around the globe. More than 8,000 Russians have been arrested for protesting the invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, amidst the armed struggle happening on the ground in Ukraine, civilians are using nonviolent action to move soldiers out of the area, protect…

Peace In Ukraine, Resisting Invasion, Stopping Atlanta’s Cop City

Posted on February 26, 2022February 26, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Like many of you, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia is on my mind. I’ve been getting a lot of requests for “nonviolent strategies” that could be (or are being) used in Ukraine. I’m keeping my eyes and ears open, but I think a key struggle to lift up at…

Puerto Rico’s March of Indignation, Algerian Hunger Strike, and Mexican Indigenous Resist Bottling Factory

Posted on February 19, 2022February 19, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The right to protest lies at the heart of stories from around the globe this week. Londoners are marching to #KillTheBill that limits the right to protest. In Algeria, political prisoners are on hunger strike to oppose the escalating repression of activists. In Thailand, activists who used sit-in blockades of…

Argentines Resist Debt, Swaziland Opposes Monarchy, India’s Muslim Schoolgirls Rise Up

Posted on February 10, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Thousands of Argentines marched against the latest swindling and crippling debt burdens from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Swaziland anti-monarchists threatened to make the country “ungovernable” and secured the release of student organizers. Kazakhstan is seeing a second wave of strikes ripple through the industrial sector after civil unrest last…

Deliveristas Victorious, Serbian Mine Halted, Australians Oppose Genocide

Posted on January 29, 2022January 29, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News contains stories both hopeful and alarming. Los Deliveristas Unidos celebrated a historic victory as new (and hard-won) labor protections for delivery workers went into effect this week in New York City. Mass protests and road blocks forced Serbian officials to scrap the Rio Tinto mine. Sudan…

Serbia’s Climate March, South Korea’s Grandparents & Global Migrant and Refugee Protests

Posted on January 22, 2022January 22, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun In this week’s Nonviolence News, the 3,000 Columbia University teachers ended their historic strike and won several significant gains in their new contract. Meanwhile, 8,000 grocery store workers are on strike across the United States, namely because they can’t afford to buy groceries on their wages. Pakistani women organized a…

95 Thrilling Wins Towards A Better World – Special Report on 2021

Posted on January 18, 2022January 18, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun From US pro-democracy activists thwarting a coup attempt by Trump supporters to Chileans impeaching their president and rewriting the constitution, it’s been quite a year. Aside from the 48 Wins For Workers & Wages, 80 Gains For Racial Justice, and 101 Victories For the Earth, here is another impressive collection…

Doctors & Nurses Take Action In Myanmar, Sudan, and Beyond

Posted on January 14, 2022

Editor’s Note By Rivera Sun As if a global pandemic weren’t enough, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers have been rising up against injustice for a broad range of issues across the globe. In Myanmar, they continue to resist the military coup. In Sudan, they’re demanding that the hospitals be spared from attacks by security…

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