Life can still win. Every week free inspiration for saving the world. Highlights>> Climate Doulas, Chicago Under ICE Siege, Green Corridors For Peace, Serbia Protests Corruption Check it out>> nonviolencenews.org/2025/11/14/c... It will inspire you and make you happy.

Can We Pull Off An Economic Blackout From Nov 25-Dec 2? paceebene.org/blog/rise-an...

Gaza’s winter is a weapon. 260,000 families—1.5 million people—remain without shelter. Israel has blocked tents, blankets, and winter kits since Oct. 10. Exposure, starvation, and despair are being used as tools of war. buff.ly/6LIJTfT

A novel for our times. #democracy #climate #inequality #billionairepower #nonviolentresistance #resist Find Winds of Change here: store.riverasun.com/collections/... #booksky

#FreeDC has a handy letter/phone call to Congress members with a long list of all the awful policies like chokeholds, criminalizing youth, high speed police chases, criminalizing homelessness, and more. DC residents need all of our help to stop the onslaught. freedcproject.org/congress #resist

#COP30, Serbia's protests against Jared Kushner corruption, Chicago's resistance to ICE, green corridors and peace work in DRC, and much, much more in this week's Nonviolence News. nonviolencenews.org/2025/11/14/c...

One of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite people.

It all comes down to....Where do you stand on violence? Ending Poverty In Kerala, Praying Down ICE, & Building a Nonviolent World Much more in this weeks Nonviolence News HERE>> nonviolencenews.org/2025/11/08/e... Thanks to @riverasun.bsky.social

Want to help build a world without war? Our free Organizing 101 training gives you the tools to start or strengthen a WBW chapter, on your time, at your pace. Includes 1:1 support.

Every dictator topples. Every tyrant falls. Here’s how it happens. Serbia. Liberia. Chile. Pakistan. South Korea. Bangladesh. Philippines. Webinar on Nov 6: paceebene.org/events/2025/... #resist

“Despite enduring countless blows, Gen Z continues to fight for justice in whichever ways it can. While their actions may not always be what other generations expect—or even notice—young people’s impact on politics and activism is ever-present.” wagingnonviolence.org/2025/09/bust...

#NoWar2025 is a global conference exploring how we abolish war, borders, prisons, and policing. Join us online Oct 24–26 to build a future rooted in collective liberation! Register: worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2025

Some determined readers in Colorado wanted the Ari Ara Series to be put on the shelves at the public library. Learn their surprisingly simple secret to getting it done. Then do it! mailchi.mp/riverasun/bo...

“During moments of the whirlwind, large numbers of bystanders who may have seen themselves as in agreement with a movement’s goals but were previously disengaged decide to get involved.” @wagingnonviolence.org @markengler.bsky.social wagingnonviolence.org/2025/04/coul...

paulstreet.substack.com/p/fossil-fas... "We have just learned, for example, that the gigantic Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica has been eroding from warm water below..."

“Whether or not you believe that large marches will thwart Trump’s authoritarian aims, protests that turn violent could certainly help him consolidate power.” @wagingnonviolence.org @eileenflanagan.bsky.social‬ wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/time...

WIN for one of America's most imperiled marsh birds🎉: A federal court today sided with the Center and @healthygulf.bsky.social by striking down the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s refusal to designate critical habitat for the eastern black rail in Gulf Coast states. Learn more: biodiv.us/3TEdDpT

Happy May Day! dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2024/05/01/t...

A Thousand Ways To Kiss The Earth by @riverasun.bsky.social A Rumi poem says: “Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” It's echoing in my heart this week as I take action in lots of different ways. mailchi.mp/riverasun/ea...

Some good posters from @codepink.bsky.social www.codepink.org/codepinkpost...

With the Insurrection Act looming, now is the time to learn how it might unfold and the strategic ways to respond — including the power of ridicule, writes @daniel-hunter.bsky.social.

The US president did not emerge from a world at peace with itself. Nick Dearden shares ideas for tackling Trump 2.0. @globaljusticenow.bsky.social @nickdearden.bsky.social newint.org/democracy/20...

The shift – from fearful strategizing for personal safety into coordinated, bold intention of causing trouble before being fired – has promising potential. We're already seeing some wins. nonviolencenews.org/2025/01/31/f...

Please be sure to check on those around you. A lot of people are going through things right now or about to. It's imperative that we help those in need because through community we'll get through this. United in solidarity we win ❤️ Let others know you'll stand by them & have their backs.

Don't want to work for a drunk religious fanatic sadist with nukes? Quit the U.S. military.

I love this daily quote series and recommend it.

"We are now experiencing the coming to the surface of a triple prong sickness that has been lurking within our body politic from its very beginning. That is the sickness of racism, excessive materialism and militarism." dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2021/01/18/m...

"“...“Why are there 40 million poor people in America?” ...you’re raising a question about the economic system, about a broader distribution of wealth. When you ask that question, you begin to question the capitalistic economy.”" dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2023/01/16/t...

"In his “Beyond Vietnam” speech delivered at New York’s Riverside Church on April 4, 1967 — a year to the day before he was murdered — King called the United States “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.”" dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2023/01/15/b...

"Glen Ford: Black upper class took advantage of legal victories won by MLK and the Civil Rights Movement and then helped to undermine the movement." dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2022/01/17/g...

"In 1952, Coretta Scott...that he read Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward. Bellamy’s depiction of a future socialist utopia had a powerful effect on King and helped shape his thinking on economic issues and his later condemnation of capitalist exploitation." prisonculture.substack.com/p/coretta-sc...

It's #MLKDay! "The great problem and the great challenge facing mankind today is to get rid of war" - Martin Luther King Jr. at the Hungry Club Forum in 1967 https://buff.ly/3Xf1zvs #MLKDay2025 #MLK

After 49 years of incarceration, 80-year-old Leonard Peltier has been granted clemency. He will be released from jail and complete his sentence in home confinement. We celebrate that Leonard can finally go home to his family and community, but maintain the demand for his long-overdue full pardon.

The Why War Books Never Answer the Question The growing genre of war abolition books out-number, out-think, and — for anyone who reads them — probably out-persuade the bizarre recent genre of war-is-good-for-you books, which I take to include Christopher Coker’s Why War, Margaret MacMillan’s War:…

Panthers need to make a comeback. Pool money and link with people to form mutual aid networks, especially for food. IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF AMERICA HAD A GOVERNMENT!

I'm going to have edit my novel to say "if we want any kind of democracy, it'll take a revolution to get it." And I recommend nonviolent revolutions. They're more likely to succeed. store.riverasun.com/collections/... #democracy #nonviolentrevolution #resist #books

Top 10 Creative Actions To Inspire You in 2025. #1 German Sports Fans Protest With Remote Control Cars With Flares Here's the other 9 (and a few more sprinkled through for good measure). nonviolencenews.org/2025/01/03/t... #resist #resistance #nonviolence #socialchange #protest

Each week, I collect dozens of stories of #nonviolence in action around the world. This week's favorite? #PirateCare: a set of civil disobedience tactics providing medical, social, economic, and other forms of support marginalized groups and individuals. nonviolencenews.org/2025/01/10/p...

And let's ALSO share things like @riverasun.bsky.social's Nonviolence News: South Korea Rises, Algeria's Feminist Radio & Turkish Women March: mailchi.mp/nonviolencen... @glacierlily.bsky.social @mimisungoddess.bsky.social ...

It should be illegal to make things with known carcinogens in them. (Or as byproducts of the process). wagingnonviolence.org/2024/12/hist...

It’s Time to De-Normalize Murder By David Swanson Remarks at December 13 Online U.S.-Iran Town Hall I was asked to talk about Gaza and Syria, and so I shall, but I also want to talk about de-normalizing murder. There have been human societies in which murder was unthinkable, where the most typical…