Africa’s Powerful Movements, Baloch Women Rise Up & Gibraltar Activists Halt Military Fuel

Editor's Note From Rivera Sun

Nonviolence News shares stories from around the world. However, much of our readership resides in the United States. We’ve made a conscious choice to uplift nonviolence as a global field and offer our readers the opportunity to learn from their fellow human beings worldwide. They’re doing some remarkable things with nonviolent action. And we can all learn from them.

In this week’s Nonviolence News, you’ll find a fascinating new study that examines the power of African mass movements. Regular news has reported on the wars, coups, and violent conflicts of the continent, but this study shows that nonviolent struggle has also been a powerful political force. “In the twenty-first century, African countries have hosted more mass movements than any other region in the world. In the last decade, one in every three nonviolent revolutionary campaigns has taken place in Africa. The region also has the highest short-term success rate for people power … the evidence suggests that African social movements are uniquely effective.”

Other stories you’ll want to learn from include how Kenya reversed a settlement program to revive a forest, how South Africa launched a disability inclusion program in sports, how an online counseling program is safely supporting queer Nigerians, and how Congolese women are defying structural barriers to land ownership. Also, check out the reports about the women in Balochistan (pictured above) who have grown into one of the most potent political forces in their area of Pakistan. They want the safe recovery of missing persons, an end to human rights violations, and a halt to underdevelopment and resource exploitation of the region.

In more Nonviolence News, activists from Morocco, Gibraltar and Spain are thwarting an oil tanker from delivering military-grade fuel to Israel. Climate activists continue to turn up the heat on Wall Street and at airports around the world. A National Day of Mourning was held after the police shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman in the United States. Australian women held “No More” rallies in 20 cities to end violence against women.

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What else can you learn about in this week’s news? Black Cooperatives, making political violence backfire, how Depression-era senior citizens in the US built a movement for social security, how to build a climate memorial, and how to avoid or heal from activist burnout.

In solidarity,
Rivera Sun