Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Nonviolence News offers us all ways to learn from our fellow humans around the world who are standing up for justice. From Myanmar to El Salvador to Iran, you’ll find stories in this week’s issue that will open your eyes, inspire you into action, and give you skillful – and…
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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…
Save the Whales, Solidarity Strikes, Women Against Violence, and the World Leaders In Nonviolent Struggle
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Nonviolence News is packed with awesome stories this week. Iraq ousted its prime minister. Black Friday protests swept the globe, many targeting Amazon’s inhumane worker policies. And tens of thousands of women took to the streets in dramatic and evocative protests against the global epidemic of violence toward women. The…