Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun March 8 marked International Women’s Day with protests around the world. Across Argentina, women went on strike over cuts to food assistance amidst a hunger crisis caused by their president’s economic policies. In India, mothers and wives turned out in force to support ongoing farmer protests. More than 180,000 women…
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Congolese Soccer Players Call For Peace, Kenyan Women March Against Femicide, 300K Strike In Finland
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week, as 78,000 children were forced to flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and as thousands of eyes turned toward the Africa World Cup, the Congolese soccer team engaged in a dramatic protest. With one hand, they covered their mouths; with the other, they made the…
#IStandWithBalochMarch, Slovakia Protests Corruption, Argentina’s General Strike
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun In this week’s Nonviolence News, I especially enjoyed the excellent overview of the campaign organized by women from Balochistan (pictured), Pakistan, that has been trying to stop forced disappearances by holding sit-ins, rallies, protests, and a march for justice. You’ll also find an article about the hundreds of thousands of…
Tractor Protests & Train Strikes in Germany, Pakistan’s Women-led Movements & Serbia’s Disputed Elections
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun There’s a lot going on in Nonviolence News this week: Myanmar’s allies in the US are pushing to stop jet fuel and weapons sales to the military junta, Serbia and Guatemala are struggling over disputed elections, and First Nations activists broke into Trans Mountain Pipeline offices in Canada to stop…
Special Report 2023 – 66 Success Stories For Safer Communities, Teens, Women, LGBTQ+, and Beyond
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Let’s close out 2023 by realizing some of the progress that has been made. It’s been a doozy of a year with horrific wars, existential movements rising up, perilous protest conditions, and catastrophic climate disasters. People are organizing because they must. It is essential to survival. Be sure to check…
Global Protests For Gaza, Icelandic Women Strike & Kids Hold Roblox Protests
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun As the death toll in Gaza passes 7,000 – including 3,000 children – actions to stop the genocide of Palestinians are escalating worldwide. Hundreds of thousands of people are demonstrating across Indonesia, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Morocco, Lebanon, Indonesia, Malaysia, Chile and beyond. Mass actions have taken place throughout Europe (including…
75K NYC March, Campaign Nonviolence, First Nations Voice To Australia Parliament
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun All eyes turned toward the 75,000 person climate march in New York City this weekend, but equally impressive were the direct actions and civil disobedience that accompanied it. On Wall Street, 1,000 activists were arrested. At the Federal Reserve Bank, 149 more arrests occurred. Blockades of other major fossil fuel…
Turkish Forest Defenders, Japan’s Darting Boy & Texas’ Thirst Strike
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Turkey’s Akbelen Forest has been razed relentless by loggers, but women and community members are mobilizing to halt deforestation. They face arrests, tear gas, and intimidation, but they won’t back down in their protection of this dwindling ecosystem. It’s the kind of courage and determination that we all need to…
Tenants Act, Tiny Russian Peace Protesters, Pilots Strike Wins, Israel In the Streets
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Sometimes, you hear a demand so impactful in its strategy that you can’t help but cheer the campaign on. In the United States, tenants are demanding that President Biden implement rent control on all government-backed housing projects. This move could impact up to 1/3 of all renters in the United…
Heat Wave Triggers Strike Wave – When Social Issues Collide
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun In Nonviolence News this week, you can see the burning ties between environmental justice and labor rights. Last week, we shared a report about the first-ever strike among Amazon drivers who, in the middle of a brutal heatwave, protested their equally brutal and punishing schedule. Now, 340,000 UPS drivers are…