Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929. The United States commemorates his life and legacy with a federal holiday. Over the weekend, people across the nation are holding marches, rallies, teach-ins, talks for racial justice and nonviolence. Dr. King is part of a long lineage of…
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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…
From Protests To People-Powered, Nonviolent Solutions
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Nonviolence is more than just protest. It includes solutions as well as objections to business-as-usual. It can be personal as well as political. From the tens of thousands of people in Lebanon demanding an end to the violence of economic austerity (pictured above) to peace activists in the United States…
1,000 Strikes … And Those Pesky Media Spins
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Media can be a problem. A big one. Extinction Rebellion just blockaded newspapers over their failure to report on the climate crisis. Meanwhile, a new report dispels the media narrative about the “violent” Black Lives Matter protests. The report finds that in 93% of the thousands of protests involving nearly…
Action Is the Antidote To Despair – And It’s Working!
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Today is a good day for some uplifting news. Therefore, I direct your attention to the 12 success stories. Worker strikes are winning some change. People continue to step up to take care of one another. Anonymous took down child porn dark web sites. The KXL pipeline was handed a…
Movements On The Rebound; Nonviolence Shows Resiliency Amidst Pandemic
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun After a week in shock, themovements are on the rebound. Nonviolence is reviving in many forms. Mutual aid networks (a form of nonviolent constructive program) are erupting across the globe. Strikes are winning worker protections and fair pay for bus drivers, hospital workers, and others. Movements are shifting gears and…
Wildcat Strikes & Take-Away Tips: We Learn People-Power From Each Other
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Who are the world’s leading experts in people-powered change? People, of course. The brave humans on the front lines of waging struggle, building solutions, challenging injustice, and organizing their communities are learning on their feet, in the streets. We can learn a lot from watching one another. This week, I…
Cookie Protests, Soprano Defies Chile’s Silence Curfew, and 10 Victories!
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun This week’s news is marked by music! From an operatic soprano breaking Chile’s silence curfew to the Chilean orchestra joining the mass protests to perform, “The People United Shall Never Be Defeated”, to the US-Mexico cross-border sing-a-long, music is capturing hearts and minds as it lifts peoples courage and determination to…
6 Million People Strike for the Planet!
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun The climate strikes stole the show for a second straight week. You’ll find the Climate Action section is full of my top picks on stories from the massive actions worldwide. The photo above is in Turin, Italy. This photo to the right is Montreal, Canada, which boasted the largest turn-out (that…
From Single Protesters to Global Solidarity
How the power of one multiplies into people power.Nonviolence News: Aug 3rd, 2019 Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun: In this week’s Nonviolence News, you’ll find stories of people taking action at every scope and size. When the courage of one becomes the actions of hundreds, thousands, and millions of us, our efforts add up into significant change….