Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Sometimes, you hear a demand so impactful in its strategy that you can’t help but cheer the campaign on. In the United States, tenants are demanding that President Biden implement rent control on all government-backed housing projects. This move could impact up to 1/3 of all renters in the United…
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France Turns Purple, Kenya Builds Tree Museum, Sumatra’s Tusk Force
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun These week’s Nonviolence News reveals a world in transformation. North and south, east and west, people are pushing for innumerable changes. In Kenya, a tree museum is preserving endangered species from across Africa. In Rome, thousands of people demonstrated for peace. In France, women and allies in cities across the…
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,…
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…
Women Take Action For Earth, 50K Mexicans Against Femicide, 80K French Climate Protesters
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…
8K Russians Arrested For Protesting War, Mothers & Fathers March in Sudan, Ukrainians Resist Invasion
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…
Hummingbird Allies, Grandmother Trees & Sámi Forest Defenders
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Happy May Day! Today, workers around the world mark the long-standing importance of the global labor movement with strikes, protests, walkouts and more. We’ll have a full round-up of those stories next week. This week, Nonviolence News contains some extraordinary tales of tree-sits, forest defenders, and water protectors from Fairy…
Judges On Strike, Tunnel Diggers & Tree Sitters, Fast Food Strikes & More
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The Nonviolence News Conversation is next Friday and we have soooooo much to talk about. In this week’s round-up alone, we could explore the Haitian judges strike (have you ever heard of all the judges in a country going on strike?!), Fight for $15’s nationwide fast food strike, Myanmar’s bold…
Taxi Drivers Blockade Brooklyn Bridge, Inuit Blockade Iron Mine
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun It’s a (nonviolent) action-packed edition of Nonviolence News. Teachers in Columbus, OH, are on a “sick-out” strike to keep their community healthy. Taxi drivers shut down the Brooklyn Bridge over the debt burdens of their licensing fees. Haitians launched a 48-hr general strike against austerity and corrupt political leaders. In…
Against All Odds, We Rise & Resist
From Qatar to Honduras, People Take Action.Nonviolence News: Aug 10th, 2019 Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun: In Nonviolence News this week, you’ll find some powerful stories. Thirteen victories, large and small, show how change is being made step-by-step. Georgians, Russians, Hondurans, migrant workers in Qatar, and Irish and British airport workers are all striving for…