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Rivera Sun
@riverasun.bsky.social
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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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riverasun.bsky.social
A novel for our times. #democracy #climate #inequality #billionairepower #nonviolentresistance #resist

Find Winds of Change here: store.riverasun.com/collections/...

#booksky
November 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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adhdwonderwoman.bsky.social
I support workers.
I support unions.

Starbucks is on strike.
I will not cross the picket line or buy there.

I stand with Starbucks workers.
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
riverasun.bsky.social
My alumni magazine (Bennington College) did a very nice write-up of how honored I am to be included in the #AmericansWhoTellTheTruth portrait series. www.bennington.edu/news-and-fea...

#artactivism #socialjustice #resist #portraits #artsky
November 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
riverasun.bsky.social
Or at least fact checked videos put out afterward by major press agencies. Stop each time she lies, tell the truth, continue for 2 secs and then do it again.
cliff229.bsky.social Canadian Liberal @cliff229.bsky.social · 2d
Karoline Leavitt does almost daily press briefings. There should be equal and opposite briefings from Democrat spokespeople to counter her lies. God knows there would be plenty of material to counter.
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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world-beyond-war.bsky.social
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
Winter in Gaza - World BEYOND War
The most urgent task, to end genocide, requires truthful coverage about Israel’s war crimes. #WorldBEYONDWar
worldbeyondwar.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
riverasun.bsky.social
My novels are being added to Peace Museum collections (in both the US and Canada). It's an honor. We need more literature for peace! Congrats to the @canadianpeacemuseum.ca for all your important work.

Explore my books here:
store.riverasun.com/collections/...

#peace #resist #booksky
canadianpeacemuseum.ca Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 2d
Our peace library just leveled up. With massive thanks to Tom Hastings and @riverasun.bsky.social for this donation!
Books: the Dandelion Trilogy, and the Ari Ara Series
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
riverasun.bsky.social
This holiday season, I hope we serenade Trump with "You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch."

You're a rotter, Mr. Grinch,
You're the king of sinful sots,
Your heart’s a dead tomato splotched with moldy purple spots, Mr. Grinch.

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#NoKings #resist
"You're a Mean One, Mr Grinch" ~ Dr Seuss
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November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
🚨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
riverasun.bsky.social
Shame on Sen. King. Mainers like me are furious at him.
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
riverasun.bsky.social
And now comes the part where Republicans gloat about
'winning' by threatening to starve millions in order to double healthcare prices. #Disgusting
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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nonviolence3.com
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
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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darielgarner.bsky.social
medicare4all.org
Home Page - Medicare For All
MEDICARE FOR ALL Astronomical health care costs and lack of coverage continue to drive individuals, families, and businesses past their breaking point while insurance companies continue to soak-up bil...
medicare4all.org
November 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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darielgarner.bsky.social
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
November 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
riverasun.bsky.social
One of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite people.
nonviolence3.com Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 5d
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.”
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
riverasun.bsky.social
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
November 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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mskohut.bsky.social
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.
November 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
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.
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
riverasun.bsky.social
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.
November 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
riverasun.bsky.social
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...
Line art of protesters chanting is superimposed on a blue-hued photo of young protesters in Morocco.
November 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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fightforaunion.bsky.social
Shout it from the rooftops.
October 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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nonviolence3.com
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...
October 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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darielgarner.bsky.social
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.
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
riverasun.bsky.social
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
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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.

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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