Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun After blockading the roads around Paris with their tractors, French farmers won offers of major concessions from the government, including promises of cash and easing of regulations. Two major farmer unions called off their protests, though other groups may continue to push for more demands. Across Europe, farmer protests continue…
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#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…
Guatemala Triumphant, Northern Ireland’s Huge Strike & Can AI Work For Peace?
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Here’s something to celebrate: Guatemala just inaugurated their new president, Bernardo Arevalo, thanks to Indigenous-led protests that pushed back attempts to discredit the election results and delay Arevalo from being sworn in. It’s a reminder of the power citizens have to make sure that fair and legitimate democratic processes are…
Guatemala’s 3-Month Sit-In, Eiffel Tower Strike, 200K NYC Students Boycott Exams
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun For 100 days, Indigenous Guatemalans have held a continuous sit-in in front of the attorney general’s office. “We are tired of crooks,” said one activist. They want the attorney general to resign (or be fired) due to her repeated attempts to nullify the election of President ArĂ©valo in the recent…
Green Canal In Venice, 8 Bridges Blocked For Ceasefire & Russian Anti-War Art Museum
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The infamous Grand Canal of Venice, Italy, turned a brilliant green color with non-harming dye as part of a climate protest calling for immediate action on the climate crisis. Activists suspended from bridges, marched in the streets, and decried the failure of COP28. The dye is used to trace water…
Pinocchio Protests, French Police Set Tear Gas Fire & Warm-Ups To Stop Fuel Poverty
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Sometimes, the stories I run across are just absurd. Occasionally, its a good kind of absurdity that rises to the level of political satire, like the story about a mock funeral held to ‘bury the Monroe Doctrine’ on the 200th anniversary of its manipulative history. But there’s another kind of…
Panama Dances In Streets, Kayaks Block Australian Ports, 1500 Shut Down Manhattan Bridge For Gaza, EU Bans Microplastics
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun In the media storm that erupts around one issue, we sometimes lose sight of other significant struggles. Nonviolence News strives to bring those stories back into focus – and sometimes, this offers us a chance to celebrate with our fellow human beings’ victories. This week, Panamanians danced in the streets,…
Bridge Shut Downs For Gaza, Red Cup Rebellion, Bangladesh Garment Workers
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun There are so many empowering and interesting Nonviolence News stories this week. Up to 9,000 Starbucks workers walked out of 200 stores on one of the coffee company’s busiest days, protesting the management’s refusal to meet with over 360 unionized stores. Teachers in Portland, OR, remain on strike across the…
Warm Up Protests, Slow Marches, Bangladesh Garment Workers Strike & 2 Million Indonesians Protest For Palestine
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun The global movement for a ceasefire in Gaza escalated its tactics this week. Not only have the protests grown in size (2 million in Jakarta, Indonesia; 300,000 in DC), but they’re shifting from demonstrations to direct actions. Defense industry companies such as Boeing, Raytheon, Blackrock, and Colt were hit with…
Moroccan Earthquake Aid, Palestinian General Strike, Panama Copper Mine Protests
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun It’s a powerful week in Nonviolence News. In addition to growing protests and direct actions for a ceasefire in Gaza (see next paragraph), numerous other major actions took place. In Morocco, people displaced by a recent earthquake have been holding protests over lack of emergency aid and the worsening housing…