Rivera Sun
@riverasun.bsky.social
I am an activist and author of social justice fiction, including The Dandelion Insurrection and the award-winning Ari Ara Series. I am the editor of Nonviolence News and a trainer in strategy for nonviolent action. www.riverasun.com
The best way to stop repression (of all kinds) is to make it backfire so hard, they never want to do it again.
Defiance Dispatch@defiancedispatch.bsky.social · 22h agoIsn’t it funny that repelling the Voting Rights Act is backfiring on Republicans? They tried so hard to suppress the vote. They’re going to keep trying, and they’re going to keep losing. They don’t know what’s coming. GET OUT AND VOTE EARLY! Credit @wanderingstreeteats
What are nonviolent solutions? Come find out! Hint: restorative justice, renewable energy, violence prevention teams, living wages, and so much more. We'll be talking about all of them at the #NonviolentSolutions Summit. paceebene.org/nonviolent-s...
No Kings 4 drew millions to organize and vote across the nation. In DC a dozens of groups led by Third Act-DMV walked across Memorial Bridge to the Lincoln Memorial. Jim Acosta, former CNN reporter railed against Trump’s grift and attacks on the press. #NK4 #NoKings dcmediagroup.us/2026/10/17/n...
No Kings Four Turns Up Heat To Get Out The 2026 Midterm Vote - DCMediaGroup
Washington DC—Just under 3 weeks until the country was to vote in its midterms, millions rallied around the country for the fourth ‘No Kings’ event. Their aim was to inspire citizens to vote in favor ...
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Donald Trump wants to sabotage the midterms. Today, millions of Americans will make it clear that’s not happening. Find your local No Kings event and join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
The great Bette Midler puts some new lyrics into the #woodyguthrie anthem "All You Fascists Bound to Lose".
TizzyWoman@tizzywoman.bsky.social · 4d ago🎶 All you Facists bound to lose 🎵 No kings, no thrones, no crowns; just voters with zero interest in being managed by a man with a crown complex. Vote early & show up ready to defend the plain, radical idea that power belongs to the people. #NoKingsDay
The kids are not alright … and they’re doing something about it. Around the world, young people are involved in major protests for better education, housing, and voting rights, including in India, France, Brazil, Spain, Chile, Albania, and Belgium. nonviolencenews.org/2026/10/17/o...
"…Illegal and unjust orders only work if people comply with them.” @eileenflanagan.bsky.social @wagingnonviolence.org wagingnonviolence.org/2026/09/how-...
How to combat fear at the polls this November
As we approach midterm elections shadowed by threats of violence, there are freely available trainings for people who want to protect the vote.
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“Election Defense Scenarios is a field guide for protecting democracy. This resource walks readers through eighteen detailed scenarios…giving organizers, poll workers, community leaders, & everyday citizens the knowledge they need before a crisis hits.” freedomtrainers.net/scenarios/
Every $ allocated to the Pentagon is a dollar unavailable for other public priorities. TOMORROW, join David Vine, David Swanson, Hanna Homestead, John Reuwer & Sunjeev Bery for a webinar examining U.S. military spending, its consequences, and ways to reduce it! actionnetwork.org/events/webin...
Protests are erupting all over the world – for democracy, housing, education. Here’s what’s happening in Nonviolence News this week: nonviolencenews.org/2026/10/09/o... Thanks to @riverasun.bsky.social a
Shame on them. Trump et al need to go. Starting with Republicans in the Senate and House in November, and then #ImpeachConvictRemove
Defiance Dispatch@defiancedispatch.bsky.social · last wk.Just a bunch of weak mean terrified of losing in the midterms so they resort to going after their political opposition as way to show strength. Watch this go nowhere in the legal system because it’s not based in facts or reality. The lows they need to stoop to because they're weak and they're LOSING
The 2026 #NobelPeacePrize goes to Navi Pillay, whose work has confronted war and impunity and defended the rule of law. After years of prizes drifting from peace, this is a major improvement. Peace requires justice & recognition of those working against war: worldbeyondwar.org/nobel-peace-...
WOW. What a show of support for Jane Doe. Students protested at their universities in cities across the country in solidarity with her, and against sexual violence in the past week. The kids are gonna be alright. Credit: @feminist.gen @jacobo.birkbeck @frsotwincities @xave325 @nycpsl
Who wants American chestnuts instead of #datacenters? I do! The land is connected with Mark Twain's family, too. gjep.substack.com/p/urgent-act...
URGENT ACTION ALERT: Save Historic American Chestnut Grove
UPDATE: 8 October - Re: American Chestnut Grove to be bulldozed for new Anthropic Data Center
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The violent madness of Border Patrol (and so much of our society) is infuriating. Beside NOT building a wall, they could have simply moved it over 20 feet. insideclimatenews.org/news/0510202...
Final ‘Grandmother’ Cottonwood Toppled, Protesters Arrested in Arizona - Inside Climate News
Armed Border Patrol agents raided a protest camp in Lochiel, in southeast Arizona, making way for contractors to cut down the last standing cottonwood tree Monday morning for a double border wall, aft...
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#AbolishICE If they can't respect the constitutional rights of citizens, they have no right to operate in the US. Plus, racism. (Which is largely why/how they're detaining citizens who 'look like' undocumented immigrants.)
Defiance Dispatch@defiancedispatch.bsky.social · 2w agoProPublica verified 506 cases of U.S. citizens detained by federal immigration agents between January 2025 and September 2026. The government doesn't track this. So reporters did. Swipe for everything they found.
Removing voters from the voter rolls isn't just a US problem. In India, 130 million people got kicked off. They're protesting; we should be, too. Thousands protest in India’s Bengaluru as ‘Cockroach’ movement demands election chief resign. apnews.com/article/indi...
Thousands protest in India's Bengaluru as 'Cockroach' movement demands election chief resign
Thousands of supporters of India’s youth “Cockroach” movement and student groups are protesting in southern Bengaluru city.
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This is the energy we need to confront ICE and hold them accountable to the laws they break and the crimes they commit against humanity, let them know we will not forget they chose to side with fascism. We cannot allow them to get away with whatever they want! Credit @alluring
Some atrocities only become “breaking news” when powerful governments decide they matter. In Myanmar, families are currently gathering bodies after an airstrike killed at least 50 people near a market. The victims are just as dead without prime-time coverage. www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Myanmar airstrike toll hits 50 as families gather dead
Families searched for bodies on Tuesday around a charred market in western Myanmar after a military airstrike killed 50 people, one of the deadliest recent bombardments in the civil war.
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Cornell Protests, UnplugAI, France’s High School Blockades & Spain’s Housing Encampment. People causing change all over the world. We can too! Thanks to editor @riverasun.bsky.social HERE>> nonviolencenews.org/2026/10/03/o...
Buffalo Puppets, Stolen Neighbors Quilt, Kennedy Center Protest & Free Press Resists Resisting everywhere! Thanks to our editor @riverasun.bsky.social nonviolencenews.org/2026/09/26/s...
Puppets, quilts, Free Press resistance ... there's a lot going on in Nonviolence News this week. There's also a lot going on in my life, so the format is short 'n sweet. As always, there's a link to all 87 stories of #nonviolence in action that we found this week. nonviolencenews.org/2026/09/26/s...
This is true, that's what makes it both funny and sad.
Arrest this #warcriminal. (Remember, there is a warrant out for his arrest from the #ICC.)
Miaganga@miaganga.bsky.social · 4w agoSHACKLE HIM
Recent media actions are making me think a certain chapter in Winds of Change. Faced with a narcissistic politician, the people decide to ignore him en masse, stifling his hate speech, and deplatforming him from the media cycle. They win, of course. Books here: store.riverasun.com/collections/...
9/21/26 101 freeway in Encino A free press is the cornerstone of democracy. Silencing it is fascism. PERIOD.
On Sunday, Sept. 20, an ICE agent shot and wounded 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in North Austin while he was working a DoorDash delivery. Within hours, hundreds of protesters were at the scene. Here's what happened and what we still don't know.