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Panama Wins 30% Off On Essentials, Myanmar Citizens Outraged Over Executions, Indigenous Protest Pope Francis’ Apology

Posted on July 29, 2022July 29, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Let’s start with the good news. Remember those cost-of-living protests we talked about last week? Panama’s trade unions won big, pushing the government to mandate a 30% reduction on all essentials. It took a month-long national strike to achieve it, but it’s worth it. “Essentials” means food for children, transportation…

Finnish Activists Block War & Oil Train, Afghan Women Protest Burqa Law, Filipinos & Angolans Rise Up For Election Integrity

Posted on May 22, 2022May 22, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun For an impressive 10 days, Finnish environmental activists blockaded a train carrying imports of Russian oil to oppose both war and fossil fuels. It was a potent action. The visual symbolism of having to put our bodies on the line to stop a freight train load of crises couldn’t be…

XR Shuts Down London As Climate Heats Up

Posted on August 28, 2021August 28, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Extinction Rebellion is shaking up the United Kingdom this week. They shut down the City of London, calling attention to the fact that, if the financial district was a country, it would be the 9th worst climate polluter in the world. They poured buckets of red dye “blood” into squares,…

Love & Respect For Humanity: Myanmar Coup Resistance And Children vs. Tech Giants

Posted on February 5, 2021February 5, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun It’s impossible to read this week’s Nonviolence News and not feel a surge of love and respect for ordinary humans around the world. Low-income schoolchildren took on an Internet giant and won. Myanmar is rising up against (yet another) military coup. Japanese cosmetic customers are boycotting a racist company. Fifty…

When We Organize, We Win

Posted on July 10, 2020July 10, 2020

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…

War & Peace: 2020 Launches Into Action

Posted on January 5, 2020

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…

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