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
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🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Shame on Sen. King. Mainers like me are furious at him.
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Shame on Sen. King. Mainers like me are furious at him.
And now comes the part where Republicans gloat about
'winning' by threatening to starve millions in order to double healthcare prices. #Disgusting
'winning' by threatening to starve millions in order to double healthcare prices. #Disgusting
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
And now comes the part where Republicans gloat about
'winning' by threatening to starve millions in order to double healthcare prices. #Disgusting
'winning' by threatening to starve millions in order to double healthcare prices. #Disgusting
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The Long March Against Fascism
Durham, NC
November 2, 2025
Organized by @ed4d.bsky.social
“Democracy won’t die on our watch!”
More videos on my YouTube channel - youtube.com/@fragments8667
Durham, NC
November 2, 2025
Organized by @ed4d.bsky.social
“Democracy won’t die on our watch!”
More videos on my YouTube channel - youtube.com/@fragments8667
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Long March Against Fascism
Durham, NC
November 2, 2025
Organized by @ed4d.bsky.social
“Democracy won’t die on our watch!”
More videos on my YouTube channel - youtube.com/@fragments8667
Durham, NC
November 2, 2025
Organized by @ed4d.bsky.social
“Democracy won’t die on our watch!”
More videos on my YouTube channel - youtube.com/@fragments8667
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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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
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
November 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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
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
One of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite people.
Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, was born on this day in 1897.
“Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.”
“Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.”
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
One of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite people.
Kerala State ended extreme poverty. Meanwhile, Trump refuses to fund #SNAP. The contrast is shocking.
Find out what else is happening in Nonviolence News this week:
nonviolencenews.org/2025/11/08/e...
#poverty #nonviolence #resist
Find out what else is happening in Nonviolence News this week:
nonviolencenews.org/2025/11/08/e...
#poverty #nonviolence #resist
November 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Kerala State ended extreme poverty. Meanwhile, Trump refuses to fund #SNAP. The contrast is shocking.
Find out what else is happening in Nonviolence News this week:
nonviolencenews.org/2025/11/08/e...
#poverty #nonviolence #resist
Find out what else is happening in Nonviolence News this week:
nonviolencenews.org/2025/11/08/e...
#poverty #nonviolence #resist
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Everyone deserves to be fed
Everyone deserves a home
Everyone deserves a job
Everyone deserves health insurance
Everyone deserves time off
Everyone deserves to retire
Everyone deserves elder care
Everyone deserves to be TAKEN CARE OF.
THAT is NOT a handout. That is our tax dollars at work for US.
Everyone deserves a home
Everyone deserves a job
Everyone deserves health insurance
Everyone deserves time off
Everyone deserves to retire
Everyone deserves elder care
Everyone deserves to be TAKEN CARE OF.
THAT is NOT a handout. That is our tax dollars at work for US.
November 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Everyone deserves to be fed
Everyone deserves a home
Everyone deserves a job
Everyone deserves health insurance
Everyone deserves time off
Everyone deserves to retire
Everyone deserves elder care
Everyone deserves to be TAKEN CARE OF.
THAT is NOT a handout. That is our tax dollars at work for US.
Everyone deserves a home
Everyone deserves a job
Everyone deserves health insurance
Everyone deserves time off
Everyone deserves to retire
Everyone deserves elder care
Everyone deserves to be TAKEN CARE OF.
THAT is NOT a handout. That is our tax dollars at work for US.
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The USDA is the fail safe for SNAP.
They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.
They’re refusing.
Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.
Starvation as a policy choice.
They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.
They’re refusing.
Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.
Starvation as a policy choice.
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The USDA is the fail safe for SNAP.
They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.
They’re refusing.
Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.
Starvation as a policy choice.
They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.
They’re refusing.
Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.
Starvation as a policy choice.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
Name a reason in reply. (There are so many.)
Today's reason: willfully starving citizens to force a budget bill that will strip those same citizens of healthcare.
Name a reason in reply. (There are so many.)
Today's reason: willfully starving citizens to force a budget bill that will strip those same citizens of healthcare.
November 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
Name a reason in reply. (There are so many.)
Today's reason: willfully starving citizens to force a budget bill that will strip those same citizens of healthcare.
Name a reason in reply. (There are so many.)
Today's reason: willfully starving citizens to force a budget bill that will strip those same citizens of healthcare.
Authoritarianism. Inequality. Police Brutality. Democracy. These are the issue people around the world are protesting about. Including here in the US.
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nonviolencenews.org/2025/10/31/t...
November 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Authoritarianism. Inequality. Police Brutality. Democracy. These are the issue people around the world are protesting about. Including here in the US.
nonviolencenews.org/2025/10/31/t...
nonviolencenews.org/2025/10/31/t...
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Shout it from the rooftops.
October 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Shout it from the rooftops.
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Listen to this podcast episode about an inspiring campaign that forced PNC Bank to stop funding mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia.
Two key elements of their success:
1. Relentless focus on the objective
2. Disruptive (nonviolent) direct action
www.trainingforchange.org/craft-of-cam...
Two key elements of their success:
1. Relentless focus on the objective
2. Disruptive (nonviolent) direct action
www.trainingforchange.org/craft-of-cam...
October 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Listen to this podcast episode about an inspiring campaign that forced PNC Bank to stop funding mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia.
Two key elements of their success:
1. Relentless focus on the objective
2. Disruptive (nonviolent) direct action
www.trainingforchange.org/craft-of-cam...
Two key elements of their success:
1. Relentless focus on the objective
2. Disruptive (nonviolent) direct action
www.trainingforchange.org/craft-of-cam...
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We Rise. They Fall. Here's How It Happens.
Liberia. Serbia. Chile. Philippines. And More.
The fascists always lose.
Free (or donate) webinar by @riverasun.bsky.social
Details>> mailchi.mp/riverasun/we...
We've done it before. We'll do it again.
Liberia. Serbia. Chile. Philippines. And More.
The fascists always lose.
Free (or donate) webinar by @riverasun.bsky.social
Details>> mailchi.mp/riverasun/we...
We've done it before. We'll do it again.
Every tyrant topples. Find out how.
Liberia. Serbia. Chile. Philippines. People around the world have kicked dictators and autocrats out of power using nonviolent action. Wouldn't you like to know how? Join me on Nov 6.
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October 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We Rise. They Fall. Here's How It Happens.
Liberia. Serbia. Chile. Philippines. And More.
The fascists always lose.
Free (or donate) webinar by @riverasun.bsky.social
Details>> mailchi.mp/riverasun/we...
We've done it before. We'll do it again.
Liberia. Serbia. Chile. Philippines. And More.
The fascists always lose.
Free (or donate) webinar by @riverasun.bsky.social
Details>> mailchi.mp/riverasun/we...
We've done it before. We'll do it again.
You know who is, technically, an #illegalalien? #Superman What did the Clarks do about his lack of a birth certificate? How did he apply for a drivers license? In today's world, #ICE would definitely try to deport him. 70% of all immigrants arrested by ICE have no criminal records. #AbolishICE
October 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
You know who is, technically, an #illegalalien? #Superman What did the Clarks do about his lack of a birth certificate? How did he apply for a drivers license? In today's world, #ICE would definitely try to deport him. 70% of all immigrants arrested by ICE have no criminal records. #AbolishICE
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Free Zoom event.
Author/Activist @riverasun.bsky.social is the founding editor of the prize-winning Nonviolence News, 16 books, 100's of articles, and speaks and trains internationally on writing, peace, justice, and nonviolent resistance.
Thanks to:
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Author/Activist @riverasun.bsky.social is the founding editor of the prize-winning Nonviolence News, 16 books, 100's of articles, and speaks and trains internationally on writing, peace, justice, and nonviolent resistance.
Thanks to:
scarboroughlibrary.libcal.com/event/15097577
Rivera Sun, author and peace activist
Award-winning author Rivera Sun is a visionary writer whose work aims to awaken and empower readers of all ages. For nearly a decade, her popular Dandelion Trilogy has sold...
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October 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Free Zoom event.
Author/Activist @riverasun.bsky.social is the founding editor of the prize-winning Nonviolence News, 16 books, 100's of articles, and speaks and trains internationally on writing, peace, justice, and nonviolent resistance.
Thanks to:
scarboroughlibrary.libcal.com/event/15097577
Author/Activist @riverasun.bsky.social is the founding editor of the prize-winning Nonviolence News, 16 books, 100's of articles, and speaks and trains internationally on writing, peace, justice, and nonviolent resistance.
Thanks to:
scarboroughlibrary.libcal.com/event/15097577
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I'm currently participating in an online course called "Writing Peace" through @world-beyond-war.bsky.social 🙏 facilitated by amazing @riverasun.bsky.social 🙏 Hoping to share some of my writings from the course on my blog in the next few weeks. From our course 🕊️ wagingnonviolence.org/2020/01/why-...
Why we need to move closer to King's understanding of nonviolence
Nonviolence is not simply the absence of violence, but about taking a proactive stand against violence and injustice, and working to repair the harm.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I'm currently participating in an online course called "Writing Peace" through @world-beyond-war.bsky.social 🙏 facilitated by amazing @riverasun.bsky.social 🙏 Hoping to share some of my writings from the course on my blog in the next few weeks. From our course 🕊️ wagingnonviolence.org/2020/01/why-...
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"The nonviolence of the No Kings Protests was maintained by discipline and preparedness...These were demonstrations for democracy - and people defended the Freedom of Speech even for people they vehemently disagreed with."
Read more at our blog:
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Read more at our blog:
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October 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"The nonviolence of the No Kings Protests was maintained by discipline and preparedness...These were demonstrations for democracy - and people defended the Freedom of Speech even for people they vehemently disagreed with."
Read more at our blog:
paceebene.org/blog/2025/10...
Read more at our blog:
paceebene.org/blog/2025/10...
If they don't want it to be seen, we need to make it go viral.
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If they don't want it to be seen, we need to make it go viral.
This is the literal representation of what he's doing to our country. And, btw, this is illegal - Trump has not done any of the required permitting processes to #DestroyTheWhiteHouse
October 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This is the literal representation of what he's doing to our country. And, btw, this is illegal - Trump has not done any of the required permitting processes to #DestroyTheWhiteHouse
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It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
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omg I love this
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@revmagdalen.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
omg I love this
@revmagdalen.bsky.social
@revmagdalen.bsky.social
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Thou shalt not support a man who bulldozes the White House to build himself a golden ballroom whilst the government is shut down because he doesn’t want the financial records tying him to Jeffrey Epstein to come out.
October 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Thou shalt not support a man who bulldozes the White House to build himself a golden ballroom whilst the government is shut down because he doesn’t want the financial records tying him to Jeffrey Epstein to come out.