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…
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#LandBack & Sacred Object Returns: Indigenous Resistance Gains Traction
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Indigenous climbers representing 10 nations scaled a grain silo in Kansas to demand #Landback (above). While four were arrested, the action comes amidst news of the US Department of the Interior finally returning 18,000 acres of the National Bison Range to the Salish and Kootenai Tribes. The move follows a…
Heating Up: Women’s Rights, Indigenous Resistance, and Workers Struggles
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week, a BIPOC-led struggle in Tennessee succeeded in getting the Byhalia Pipeline cancelled. First Nations drummers helped save a man’s life. Peace teams replaced police at a street festival in Minneapolis. In large and small ways, nonviolence is showing up for a better world. You’ll also hear “a tale…
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…
Demand The Impossible: Brave People Thwart Hijacker, Hug School Shooter, Stop Civil Wars
Editor’s Note by Rivera Sun We’re always told that nonviolence won’t work. We’re supposed to believe that more – and greater – violence is the only option. The strange thing is: that doesn’t always hold true. This week’s Nonviolence News contains remarkable stories that upend that kind of thinking. In Idaho (US), a sixth grade…
Ceasefire, Animal Rights, Forest Defenders & #LandBack
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun After hundreds of solidarity rallies around the world, a Palestinian general strike, widespread boycotts, dock workers refusing to load weapons ships, and more, Israel finally agreed to a tenuous ceasefire. The end of its attacks on Gaza is not enough, however. It is merely a necessary step that should be…
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…
Justice For Black Lives, Turkey’s Students, Kyrgyzstan’s Women
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Justice. Heart. Soul. Humanity. Respect. Dignity. When society forgets its responsibility toward these values, movements rise up to hold them accountable. When I looked at the stories in this week’s Nonviolence News, I see thousands of human beings using protests, strikes, boycotts, and more to lift the moral standard of…
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…