Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun It’s an interesting week for farmers. After a year of record-breaking protests, the farmers in India won the repeal of the farm laws. More than 250 million people joined the demonstrations, marches, and strikes. Meanwhile, 10,000 John Deere Tractor manufacturers succeeded in gaining wage increases, better pension benefits, and bonuses….
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COP26: Giant Pikachu Protesters, Loch Ness Monster Arrested, Hot Air Bands
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The COP26 protests are loud, colorful, and over-the-top, but they’re not as ridiculous as political leaders continuing to bury their heads in the sand over climate change. This week, as the COP26 climate summit gathers world leaders and thousands of global climate activists in Glasgow, Scotland, protesters are pulling out…
Sudan Rises Against Coup, Dads On Duty Stops Fights, Migrants Take Action For Justice
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun In 2019, Sudan successfully kicked its 30-year-long dictatorship out of power, forming a shared citizen and military transitional government until democratic elections could be held. Now, Sudanese citizens are back in the streets, mobilizing to end a military coup that tried to seize power this week. Does this mean the…
When We Organize, We Win
Editor’s Note: This week, three major fossil fuel pipelines were stalled, stopped, and shut down: the KXL, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, and the Dakota Access Pipeline. This is a testimony to the millions of people who stood up at Standing Rock, in Nebraska, and along the many thousands of miles impacted by these pipelines. It…
The Power of Relentless Persistence
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun This week’s news is full of the power of relentless persistence. You’ll find many stories of people who continue to rise up despite the odds, keep going despite obstacles, and simply won’t give up on justice. For example, the Immokalee Workers (pictured above) have been organizing for nearly a decade –…
War & Peace: 2020 Launches Into Action
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun The year 2020 launched into nonviolent action with a bang. Chileans rang in the New Year with mass protests. Fridays for the Future and the Student Climate Strikes walked out on the first Friday of the year. After President Trump ordered a drone strike assassination of the Iranian General Soleimani, hundreds of…
Being Water In A World On Fire
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun: In a world on fire, we are the water putting out the flames of war, hatred, violence, racism, sexism, and other injustices. The fires in the Amazon – set off by clear cutting for cattle and palm oil plantations – have sparked a global outpouring of protest at Brazilian embassies…
Puerto Rico Ousts Governor
Puerto Rico Ousts Governor & US Activists Stop A Migrant Child Detention CenterPlus: Syrian seed bank saves the future of wheat.Nonviolence News: July 27th, 2019 Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun: Highlights of Nonviolence News this week: Puerto Rico successfully forced their governor to resign. Meanwhile, in Oklahoma, USA, migrant justice activists scored a major victory: stopping Fort Sill…
From Algeria to Ecuador, Sudan to Pakistan
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun: In this week’s Nonviolence News, you’ll find stories from around the world. People on every continent are rising up for human rights, political freedoms, and environmental protection. Many of them are using nonviolent action in the global quest for rights and justice. Here are some of there recent stories: Indigenous Hawai’ians blockade the construction…
Nonviolence News: Inspiring Action
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun: In this week’s Nonviolence News, you’ll find ten heartening victories! The migrant rescue ship captain in Italy was released this week when a judge ruled that she was not breaking the law. On the heels of that announcement, a second migrant rescue ship challenged the Italian right-wing interior minister by docking a second…