ROBERT C. KOEHLER – When is the last time the U.S. government, or a fragment thereof, has truly been held accountable – not merely legally or politically, but morally accountable – for an act of violence, for its addiction to violence?
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Really – How is Our Resistance Doing?
DANIEL HUNTER – Each of us has a choice right now — do we get smaller, or bigger? More bold or less? I think we follow the folks in Ohio, in Minneapolis, in Georgia, in the streets and the jails and the capitol buildings and the Signal group chats. My encouragement: keep getting bigger.
May Day was even more important than you think
DANIEL HUNTER – May Day 2026 wasn’t perfect — but it was a real exercise of power. We learned where we stand, not in theory but in motion. The muscles are there — maybe stiff, maybe uneven — but real, alive and ready to grow for more escalation, more economic disruption, more clarification of the billionaire opponents who are threatening the existence of all of us. That matters. Now we just have to keep building on it.
A successful general strike requires trauma-informed mutual aid
SAHAJA SERPENT – To strike at scale and over the long-term, we need to build real trust so that we can lean on each other when the paychecks stop.
Subway Graffiti vs AI, Snow Plow Named Abolish ICE, Censorship Backfires & Brazil Reverses Dredging
RIVERA SUN – Beyond these stories, check out the rest of this week’s collection in the Nonviolence News Research Archive. There are some great pieces, including a modern resistance song playlist, two fascinating articles on solidarity infrastructure and community care systems, and three essays about fiction and social change.
Resistance Builds: ICE Out For Good, Iran Demonstrations and Italy’s National Strike
RIVERA SUN – Mass protests are powerful, often leading to the resignation of political leaders, but following up on a moment of breakthrough remains a challenge for many across the globe.
What Will It Take…
KATHY KELLY – After the onset of COVID-19, Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, had this message for the world: “The fury of the virus illustrates the folly of war. It is time to put armed conflict on lockdown….. Put aside mistrust and animosity. Silence the guns; stop the artillery; end the airstrikes. End the sickness of war and fight the disease that is ravaging our world. That is what our human family needs, now more than ever.â€