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Rivera Sun
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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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Slovakia held a huge protest on the anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution (talk about symbolic). And the US is seeing some wins, some setbacks, and some mighty resistance spreading from city to city. Find all this and much more in this week's Nonviolence News.
nonviolencenews.org/2025/11/22/s...
November 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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If you buy my books on Amazon, you might save a dollar ... but you'll lose your democracy. Buy your books from me & that dollar goes to someone who relentlessly supports democracy, people, peace, and planet. store.riverasun.com

#BoycottAmazon #shoplocal #SmallBusinessSaturday #indieauthor #resist
Red-headed author Rivera Sun holds a stack of her novels in the high desert of New Mexico. She wears a bright yellow jacket.
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Do you have a young reader in your life? Introduce them to Ari Ara's peace-waging adventures! Readers 8+ will enjoy these books. store.riverasun.com/collections/...

#books #novels #fiction #fantasy #peace #BookSky
A set of six colorful books with the red-headed heroine in the Ari Ara Series by Rivera Sun.
November 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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The greatest characters are the ones who rise up for change. That's why I write about them in my novels.
This quote is from The Dandelion Insurrection. Find it here: store.riverasun.com/collections/...

#books #novels #resist #resistance #socialjustice #fiction #booksky
A quote from the novel The Dandelion Insurrection by Rivera Sun appears on a gold banner over a sheet of handwritten paper. A dandelion graphic is on top. The quote says, "We have our bodies and our hearts and nothing else, but all across the world, that is what has pushed for change."
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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#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...
An orange line art drawing of a protester with a flag is superimposed on a purple-hued backdrop of Serbian demonstrators. The black and white Nonviolence News logo is at the bottom.
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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This photo of priest being arrested is what @DHSgov is referring to by 'violent rioters'.
November 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Somehow, #WAPO's 'democracy dies in darkness' slogan paired with their paywall is a perfect description of what's wrong with this country.
November 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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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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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
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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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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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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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Read my round-up of what's been happening in Nonviolence News this week: frog protesters, Gaza ceasefire, Paraguay roadblocks, ICE Free Zones, rent debt strike, fandom organizing, and much more.
nonviolencenews.org/2025/10/10/p...

#PortlandFrog #WarRavagedPortland #resist #ceasefire
Over a green-hued photo of Portland, OR, is an orange line art drawing a protester in a frog suit facing off with masked ICE agents. The black-and-white banner of Nonviolence News is placed on top.
October 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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We have right to envision - and build - a wildly different future than the present we currently inhabit. A good future, not a dystopia. It's an act of resistance.

This quote is from The Roots of Resistance, part of the Dandelion Trilogy: store.riverasun.com/collections/...

#antiprime #booksky
October 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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1000+ climate actions are just the start of the impressive actions happening around the world. Read more:
nonviolencenews.org/2025/09/27/m...

#boycottdisneyabc #generalstrike #climate #peace #migrantjustice #democracy
September 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Someone asked me if I was surprised at what's happening in the US right now. My answer? No. I literally wrote the book on it 12 years ago. The Dandelion Insurrection was fiction then.
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September 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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With over 120 stories of nonviolent action this week, Nonviolence News is a feast of inspiring examples of how people are standing up for change. #GlobalSumudFlotilla #WorkersOverBillionaires #EpsteinSurvivors #climate #peace #resistance #ICEOut
nonviolencenews.org/2025/09/05/s...
A yellow line depicts workers at a sit-in. It is superimposed on an orange-hued photograph of a protest line with the black and white banner of Nonviolence News in front. A figure of a police officer stands in the foreground.
September 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Want to talk to your kids about #LaborHistory on #LaborDay? Use this coloring page by Leah Cook to talk about how kids ended child labor in the United States. paceebene.org/coloring-pag...

#resist
A black and white line drawing shows an older woman, Mother Jones, marching with a group of children to end child labor in 1903.
August 31, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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This week, we take a look at the many forms of resistance in #FreeDC, the #CDC walkout, #LGBTQ+ #rainbowcrosswalks in Florida, and much, much more. #resist
nonviolencenews.org/2025/08/29/r...
August 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Loosely inspired by a real story of a billionaire who gave away his fortune, this novel looks at some crucial questions for our time. store.riverasun.com/products/bil...
August 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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The Dandelion Insurrection (and the two other novels in the series) are the stories of these times. Written as speculative fiction years ago, so much of it is eerily familiar today. store.riverasun.com/collections/...

#BookSky #ResistanceLit #novels #fiction #resist
August 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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One of the most subversive things I do is write peace-waging, antiwar fantasy. Because why let another generation grow up supporting war, violence and militarism? The best part? Kids LOVE these books. (So do their parents, btw) Check it out: store.riverasun.com/collections/...

#peace #booksky
August 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Weird to wake up each day and wonder: what page of this freakishly prescient speculative fiction novel are we on today? store.riverasun.com/collections/...

#writersresist #booksky #fiction #resist
A display of yellow covers of the novel The Dandelion Insurrection along with a quote: Reading this book is an act of resistance.
August 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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If there's a saving grace to these times ...

Novels like the Dandelion Trilogy were born for the moment, when resistance is required, and courage is essential. store.riverasun.com/collections/...

#books #ResistanceLit #resist
On a bright yellow background with a line art dandelion, a quote from The Roots of Resistance by Rivera Sun reads: '"Every human has the seed of rebellion hardwired into their heart."
August 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM