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Peruvians Blockade Mine, 200 Walkouts Against Mass Shootings, South Africans Stop Amazon Offices

Posted on May 28, 2022May 28, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas – which comes on the heels of the recent racially-motivated massacre in Buffalo, NY – has propelled students and allies into the streets. Walkouts and protests were held in over 200 locations calling for gun control and an immediate response to…

Albanians Protest Price Hikes, Tenants Form 10K-Strong Union, Sex Workers Walkout

Posted on May 14, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun One thing Nonviolence News offers is the bird’s eye view on emerging trends. For example, last week, we reported that Sri Lanka is in the middle of a national strike against a collapsed economy and that Mongolians took action over “empty bellies and empty promises”. This week, Albanians are protesting…

Mexico’s Water Caravan, Mongolia’s Empty Stomach Uprising & Puerto Rico’s Beach Party Protests

Posted on April 28, 2022April 28, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun If you were wondering where this week’s Nonviolence News has been … the answer is Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and finally Maine. I’ve been on the road this week, moving to Maine, which delayed the release of the new edition. But never fear! Between dodging…

Women’s Day, Don’t Say Gay, Ecobarrios, Migrant Workers & Beach Battles

Posted on March 12, 2022March 12, 2022

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News is wide-ranging, stretching from stories of how virtual reality is making imaginative space for social justice to how Black-owned farms in the US have to fight to hold onto their land. The breadth of organizing is staggering and eye-opening. Puerto Ricans are mobilizing to stop rich…

Reflective Reindeer, Hungary’s Rainbow, and Iran’s Water Protests

Posted on July 24, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Examples of creative nonviolence are why I spend hours searching for Nonviolence News stories each week. Take this report from Finland, for example. 4,000 reindeer die each year in car collisions in Finland. Finally, reindeer protection groups came up with a surprising solution: paint antlers with reflective paint. When cars…

Venice Flotilla Protests Cruise Ships, Pipeline Resistance Rises Up

Posted on June 10, 2021June 14, 2021

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…

Hummingbird Allies, Grandmother Trees & Sámi Forest Defenders

Posted on May 1, 2021May 1, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Happy May Day! Today, workers around the world mark the long-standing importance of the global labor movement with strikes, protests, walkouts and more. We’ll have a full round-up of those stories next week. This week, Nonviolence News contains some extraordinary tales of tree-sits, forest defenders, and water protectors from Fairy…

Syria’s Rebel Librarians, Yemen’s Women Solve Water Conflict, and Interrupting Anti-Asian Hate

Posted on March 20, 2021March 20, 2021

Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Violence is an epidemic. Nonviolence offers many remedies. From community safety teams replacing militarized police to Active Bystander training to intervene in Anti-Asian (and other) harassment, the tools and practices of nonviolence give us ways to work personally and politically to dismantle the many dangerous and deadly forms that violence…

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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