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…
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Meat Boycotts, Sidewalk Mural Protests, & Kites For Climate Justice
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Never doubt the creativity and determination of your fellow human beings. Canada banned assault weapons in the wake of a mass shooting. Walmart workers launched their own contact tracing program to help protect people during the pandemic. The Lebanese mass protest movement is back in action with enormous car protests…
“Rosie The Riveter” Remake Honors Frontline Heroes
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Creativity, laughter, tears, horror, and hope: it’s all here. Weaving through these stories are the acts of nonviolence – large and small – done by people like you and me to help care for people and planet. Car motorcade protests are increasing. Worker strikes for health and safety are sweeping the…
Car Protests, Solidarity Tables, and Strikes … Oh My!
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun To say nonviolence is on the rebound this week is an understatement. With protests banned in most parts of the world due to the COVID-19 crisis, we’re seeing an eruption of other types of action . . . actions that are often far more powerful than public protests. “Essential” workers…
Women On the Rise Worldwide
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun This week’s Nonviolence News includes an entire section of stories from around the world about the brave women refusing to remain silent while their rights and lives are on the line. On March 8th, International Women’s Day brought millions of women into the streets. From Mexico to Kyrgyzstan, women standing up for…
Pots-and-Pans Protests Raise a Racket for Justice
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Nonviolence comes in thousands of shapes and sizes. It’s a force, a field of potential, a method of making change, even a way of life. While this week’s headline celebrates the Latin America-wide cacerolazo (pots-and-pans protest), I’m also uplifting a few stories that show the wide-ranging potential of nonviolence, from small acts…
Actions in Bolivia, Iraq, Lebanon, Algeria, Zimbabwe, and so many more!
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun It was a huge week in global protest movements. There was so much going on, in fact, that it took an extra day this week simply to read up on the global protests. I wanted to dig beneath headlines and slants to gain a clearer picture of what was happening….
Berliners Send “Build-a-Wall” Trump a 2.7 Ton Chunk of the Berlin Wall
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun The Nonviolence News “Great Reporting of the Week” Award goes to an AP news article on Little Rock, Arkansas teachers struggling to win back recognition of their union by the state. The AP reporter managed to mention and define 3 types of nonviolent action that are specific, little-known, and very…
XR’s Nurse-Ins and Civil Disco-bedience
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Thanks for your patience with Nonviolence News this week. I was on my way back from World Beyond War’s #NoWar2019 conference and caught a nasty bug on the airplane. Besides having to stay in bed all day yesterday, it was an eye-opening trip. Ireland has banned fracking, raises all its…
Turning the Titanic: Belfast Shipyard Workers Want to Build Windmills
Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun: Each week, I read hundreds of articles and survey close to a thousand headlines in search of the stories I feature in Nonviolence News. Finding these reports bolsters my heart. In New Zealand, 10,000 weapons have been turned in through a buy-back program after the Christchurch massacre. In Brazil, Indigenous women…