Political Rock Song Tops Charts, Eco-Blockade Shuts Down Oil Site & Fast Fashion’s Slow Down

Editor's Note From Rivera Sun

This week, we’re trying something a little different. Go visit the full round-up on the website and let me know if you like it better, worse, and the same as the other format. I’m hoping our round-up is pleasant to read as you sip your coffee (or gulp your tea) and offers digestible tidbits that entice you to follow the link to the deeper read in the original source article.

I’ve also sprinkled some editor’s commentary throughout, drawing links to stories we’ve covered in past editions of Nonviolence News. For example, you’ll see follow-up articles to the story about Brazil’s Twitter/X ban and also on the mass protests after a female doctor was murdered in India. I’ve also tried to draw connections between protesters who may not even know about each other, like the UK climate activists who disrupted a carbon capture conference dinner and the Black organizers in the US who are pointing out that carbon capture means more deadly emissions for their neighborhoods. Or the story about how the 100% organic conversion in Sikkim, India, provides a model that would have spared Sri Lanka their 2021 economic crisis and subsequent nonviolent movement to oust their corrupt government. In addition to this, I’ve tried to highlight some pertinent details not mentioned in the articles, like the fact that fast fashion’s refuse landfill in Chile can be seen from outer space – which gives you a sense of how important it is that Spain recently started a trial program with the fashion industry to recycle and reuse fashion waste.

Find all these stories and more in Nonviolence News>>

Be sure to check out the stories in this week’s Nonviolence News about the tenants union in Chicago (pictured above) who are challenging former president Obama’s gentrification of their neighborhood, the 2-day strike in Peru against violent extortion of bus workers, the UK climate activists who are using a blockade to uphold a court order to shut down an oil drilling site, how women in Turkey are decrying high murder rates and gender-based violence, and the rock ‘n roll protest song that’s topping the charts as it denounces the Argentine president’s harassment of the musician. There’s a lot to savor, so start reading!

In solidarity,
Rivera Sun