Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun In Iran, where women are not allowed to dance in public, a group of girls were hunted down by the morality police for making a viral dance video. In protest, other women made videos of themselves doing the same dance. The uprising continues. Meanwhile, millions of women across Latin America…
Tag: Women's Day
A Tale of Two Georgias, Int’l Women’s Day, Lifeboat Blockade & Dumpster House
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun From the nation of Georgia to the US state of Georgia, citizens are mobilizing against two things that squelch movements: anti-dissent laws and police repression. Mass protests in Georgia (the nation) thwarted a bill that would stifle dissent and limit freedom of the press. The proposed law prompted an outpouring…
Women’s Day, Don’t Say Gay, Ecobarrios, Migrant Workers & Beach Battles
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…