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Moon Rights, Indian Farmers March, France Dumpster Fires & South Korean Workers Revolt

Posted on March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun How much work is too much? Two struggles from opposite sides of the world reveal a vast difference in work standards, especially for the old and young. In France, citizens outraged by the president’s unilateral attempt to raise the retirement age from 62 up to 64-70, blocked the streets and…

84 Wins For Workers – Special Report 2022

Posted on December 31, 2022December 31, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This has been a tremendous year for worker strikes, union organizing, and wildcat actions (nonviolent actions done without union support). On top of that, protests erupted around the world against high fuel prices and cost-of-living. This surge of activity heralded in an accompanying wave of victories. South Korean truckers won…

Peru Resists Coup, China’s Blank Paper Protests, Killer Robot Cops Blocked

Posted on December 17, 2022December 17, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Enjoy the last regular Nonviolence News round-up for 2022. It’s a real feast of stories – creative, courageous, and extraordinary. Next week, we’ll be sharing the perennially fascinating, exciting end-of-the-year reports. Between now and 2023, we’ll dig into the archives and past issues to highlight the hundreds of successes. We’ll…

One Million Bolivians March, Intermodal Workers Double Salaries, Scientists Issue Paper On Necessity of Climate Action

Posted on September 3, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Bolivia’s use of nonviolent struggle has already reached epic proportions – and they’re at it again. Recently, a million Bolivians marched in La Paz in support of their left-wing government. The action was meant to counter right-wing attempts to destabilize the government and oust the president. If this all seems…

Tunisian women in colorful scarves wave flags as they protest against austerity measures.

Tunisia’s General Strike, Anonymous Wired Ukraine Sirens To Sound Alarms In Russia, Airports & Trains Shut Down By Strikes

Posted on June 25, 2022June 25, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Across Europe, airports and train routes are being disrupted by strikes, including the UK’s largest rail strike in decades. After the South Korean truckers strike won important concessions, it seems like Argentine truckers may be taking a page out of their playbook, shutting down roads to protest diesel shortages and…

Puerto Rico’s March of Indignation, Algerian Hunger Strike, and Mexican Indigenous Resist Bottling Factory

Posted on February 19, 2022February 19, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The right to protest lies at the heart of stories from around the globe this week. Londoners are marching to #KillTheBill that limits the right to protest. In Algeria, political prisoners are on hunger strike to oppose the escalating repression of activists. In Thailand, activists who used sit-in blockades of…

Sit-In Baby, 1-Hr School Bus Strike & Student Walkouts

Posted on February 5, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun A young boy was born into the struggle – literally. His parents had launched a sit-in strike in India, demanding land rights that the government had denied, when his mother went into labor. She refused to leave and gave birth to him right there on the frontline of the sit-in….

Dead Mermaids Protest, Utility Bill Strike, Google LASD Gangs Banner Drops

Posted on June 24, 2021

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…

Tackling Giants: Halting Coups, Big Oil, and Amazon

Posted on March 6, 2021March 6, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun It’s been a week of David and Goliath struggles with “little guys” around the world standing up to horrible regimes and destructive corporations. Haiti and Myanmar’s resistance to coups has been gaining international attention, but major struggles are also happening in Algeria (against austerity), First Nations in Canada (against fossil…

Judges On Strike, Tunnel Diggers & Tree Sitters, Fast Food Strikes & More

Posted on February 20, 2021February 20, 2021

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…

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