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…
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Sri Lankans Persevere, Mexican Surfers Fight Wave Extinction, Guatemalans Protect Weavings, Hungarian Teachers Protest
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun As tricky as it is to mobilize a nonviolent movement, maintaining the movement’s capacity to follow-through is perhaps even trickier. Around the globe, campaigns are facing challenges in making sure their demands are upheld after they “win”. Sri Lankans (pictured above) ousted their previous president, but they’re facing a new…
Colombia’s Nonviolent Youth Guard, Brazilian Black Women’s March, Sierra Leone Doctors’ Strike
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Last week, we reported that Panama’s cost-of-living protesters had won a 30% reduction in essential goods. Now, they’ve secured even more victories, including an increase in the public education budget and price caps on medicine. They’re not the only group celebrating. In Oakland, California, residents finally won a 6-year battle…
Cuba’s Massive May Day March, Sri Lanka’s National Strike & Anti-War Activists Everywhere
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun On May 1st, the international date honoring workers, marches and strikes launched around the world. Many countries’ laborers used the moment to call for peace in Ukraine, recognizing the longstanding connection between labor justice and anti-war organizing. Cuba held an impressively enormous day of action, mobilizing half its population in…
Mexico’s Water Caravan, Mongolia’s Empty Stomach Uprising & Puerto Rico’s Beach Party Protests
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun If you were wondering where this week’s Nonviolence News has been … the answer is Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and finally Maine. I’ve been on the road this week, moving to Maine, which delayed the release of the new edition. But never fear! Between dodging…
Glue Girl, South African Miners, Portuguese Climate Caravan, Tunisia Protests Power Grab, Pakistan’s Protective Accompaniment
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun It seems like uprisings are everywhere. We’ve scoured the news to collect these stories for you – and we found a whopping 78 this week! South African gold miners are on strike … and platinum miners are planning to go on strike in solidarity with them. Sri Lankans continue to…
Rollerblade Climate Protests, Kayakers Block Oil Tanker, Ukrainian Protesters Push Back Soldiers
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun There are signs of hope. You just need to know where to look for them. (Hint: right here at Nonviolence News!) This week, hundreds of thousands of school children went on strike, marching out of classrooms in 750 cities and towns to demand climate action. Students in Kenya (above) even…
Palestinian Strike, Sri Lanka Tea Growers Resistance, Doctors in Peru
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News has incredible stories from around the world. Palestinians won a significant labor strike, including an apology for racism from the employers. Sri Lankan tea plantation workers are on strike to protect their rights and their jobs; the owner wants to ditch tea and move into tourism….