Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week in Nonviolence News, India’s Farmer Protests gained a suspension of the farm laws they’ve been protesting against en masse. They vow to continue the struggle until all demands are permanently met. Meanwhile, Mongolians forced their negligent prime minister to resign over failure to deal with the pandemic. A…
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Bat Signals, Trump’s 20K Lies, Pancakes Against Fascism, and Dancing In The Streets
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Ever wonder what 20,000 lies look like? Artists in New York put Trump’s 20,000 false and misleading statements up across a 100-ft wall, helpfully color-categorized by topic. It’s a visual reminder that this is a president who lies through his teeth – just like he has since Election Night, claiming…
#AnswerUsElonMusk – Climate Justice Means Justice For Everyone, Not Just Some
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun There seems to be a misperception that the climate justice movement has subsided. It hasn’t. The flashier mass demonstrations – which were largely symbolic – have diminished under the pandemic restrictions, but the blockades, boycotts, and direct action campaigns have gotten smarter and stronger. Indigenous Peoples across Russia (above) are…
#ProudBoys & Poor People, Reclaiming & Resisting
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News is full of stories of how ordinary people are reclaiming their dignity, pride, and rights. Around the world, people are resisting violence and injustice. They’re taking action with creativity, heart, and soul. Take #ProudBoys, for example. This week, gay men rose up across social media to…
3,500 Climate Strikes, Underground Protests, & 150K Poor People Flooding Phones
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun It’s been a big week. 3,500 climate actions happened in 150 countries. Amid continuing pandemic restrictions and concerns, children sent their shoes to stand in protest in their place. In addition, another 4,000 actions and events took place for a culture of peace and active nonviolence, free from war, poverty,…
Women = Half The World. They Won’t Surrender To Sexism.
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Women’s rights are human rights. Half of the world’s population lives in an on-going state of inequality. In this week’s Nonviolence News, you’ll find articles about women’s rights campaigns in Nigeria, Iran, Panama, India, and the United States. In the photo, above, Panama’s women protest in the streets over the…
1,000 Strikes … And Those Pesky Media Spins
Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun Media can be a problem. A big one. Extinction Rebellion just blockaded newspapers over their failure to report on the climate crisis. Meanwhile, a new report dispels the media narrative about the “violent” Black Lives Matter protests. The report finds that in 93% of the thousands of protests involving nearly…
Honduras’ Giant Murals, Miami’s Mangrove Swamps, and Defiant Postal Workers
Editor’s Note Follow the money is a popular activist slogan. In this week’s Nonviolence News, you’ll find that people take that advice literally – and creatively. To protest corruption, Hondurans have painted dozens of giant murals on highways asking “Where’s the money?” (¿Donde está el dinero?) Meanwhile, cities around the world are countering the pandemic…
Skywriting & Street Murals: Get Creative To Get The Message Out
Editor’s Note It’s been quite a week. Alternatives to militarized police are making headlines left and right. Virtual game players have been staging digital Black Lives Matter protests. A group with a biplane is skywriting the word “MapX” above migrant detention centers to reveal their locations across the United States. In the United Kingdom, citizens…
Giant Murals, Banner Blockades, Street Dances, and More
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun The pandemic has shape-shifted activism, but it hasn’t stopped it. In our opening image (above), these activists blocked four streets in downtown San Francisco while they painted a giant mural (side image – and notice how small the people are!) of a hot air balloon that was visible from the skyrise…