30 people gathered in front of Combined Systems International in Jamestown, Pennsylvania on Monday to protest the manufacturing of teargas used by the Israeli Defense Forces to maintain an illegal occupation and suppress popular nonviolent dissent.
Dozens of students of the University of Puerto Rico and other activists were arrested today while participating in acts of civil disobedience at the main campus in Río Piedras against the imposition of a special tuition fee.
A University of Colorado student paid his college tuition with 14,309 dollar bills and some change to protest rising tuition costs.
Members of the World Starbucks Workers Union gathered at Union Square in New York City on Monday, where they sang, danced, chanted and held banners (Demand Union Made Lattes) outside stores before delivering letters to managers demanding input into schedules, better pay, better treatment and a monthly meeting with managers to air grievances.
Thank you for your interest in republishing this story. You are free to republish it as long as you follow these four requirements:
Credit Waging Nonviolence and link to the original. We prefer with a note at the top of the article. For example: This article was originally published on Waging Nonviolence.
Don’t sell our material or edit it, unless editing to reflect relative changes in time, location and editorial style.
Use photos or images only if you are certain they are in the creative commons or have received permission from us. To do so, email: contact@wagingnonviolence.org.
Include our Matomo tracking pixel by copy-and-pasting this HTML code into the article:
Copy and paste the following into your page to republish:
Movements can still find people on social media. But the real organizing has to happen somewhere else — and getting people there is the part we keep skipping.
Reflecting on decades of organizing — from Occupy to Mamdani’s campaign — Yotam Marom’s book “For Louder Days” offers a powerful guide to making hard choices.
Julie Xu, a tenant organizer in Chinatown, explains why a 20-year movement for a rent freeze pivoted — and built a coalition to elect Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Peace and justice organizations, as well as universities, publish their own independent content on Waging Nonviolence. This Community section offers just a sample of their latest stories. Visit their individual pages to see more.
Get Waging Nonviolence delivered to your inbox
Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get the latest in people-powered news and analysis.
Donate
Waging Nonviolence is a nonprofit organization and all donations are tax deductible.
To donate by check, cryptocurrency or other method, see our Ways to Give page.