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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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So timely and relevant. Share this far and wide.

05.03.2026 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

05.03.2026 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Republican Senator assaults Marine veteran exercising constitutional rights and breaks his arm.

(If the media headlines don't say that, they're concealing the truth.)

05.03.2026 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
On a black background are the yellow, red, and black covers of the three novels in the Dandelion Trilogy, along with the opening quote of the first book, "In a time that looms around the corner of today ... "

On a black background are the yellow, red, and black covers of the three novels in the Dandelion Trilogy, along with the opening quote of the first book, "In a time that looms around the corner of today ... "

We've rounded the corner I wrote about in 2013. Here we are, living the Dandelion Insurrection. May we rise. Or rather, keep rising ... because #resistance is blooming like the dandelions.

Find the novels here: store.riverasun.com/collections/...

#BookSky #novels #SocialProtest #protest #resist

04.03.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

#ImpeachConvictRemove
Today's reason: #warcrime #sexcrimes #financialcrimes #abuseofoffice #unfit #unconstitutional #illegaltariffs
Take your pick.

04.03.2026 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This Day in Labor History: March 4, 1933. The newly inaugurated president Franklin Delano Roosevelt nominated Frances Perkins as Secretary of Labor. This first female cabinet member in American history was an amazing fighter for the working class and let's talk about her!!!!!

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After 5 days of hostilities between the United States, Israel, and Iran, reported casualties include nearly 800 people killed in Iran and 50 in Lebanon, with attacks affecting nuclear facilities, cities, diplomatic compounds, and energy infrastructure.

STOP THIS MADNESS! buff.ly/dRHDMd8

04.03.2026 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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555 dead in Iran as US–Israeli strikes expand. A girls’ school. Residential blocks. A hospital. Retaliatory attacks now hitting multiple Gulf states.

This trajectory endangers millions. Immediate ceasefire and sustained regional diplomacy are the only responsible path forward. buff.ly/lQF03Qx

02.03.2026 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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Webinar: Women in Conflict Zones The Women in Conflict Zones webinar on March 4 at 12pm ET will shed light on the profound impacts of war on women and discuss measures being taken to mitigate these effects.

Women disproportionately suffer in conflict, yet are too often excluded from negotiations. TOMORROW, hear from women resisting militarism and building peace in Africa, Latin America, & the Caribbean in our Women in Conflict Zones webinar. Don’t miss this!

03.03.2026 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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People are making the real news around the world. They are the change makers.
Be inspired.

HERE>> nonviolencenews.org/2026/02/27/f...

Every week Nonviolence News publishes a free summary of the news that will keep you going to change the world.

Thanks to editor @riverasun.bsky.social

03.03.2026 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. This is insane. #ImpeachConvictRemove

02.03.2026 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

More blood-boiling madness. Let me translate MAGA-speak for you: "We started a war. Now give us money so we can oppress you here at home. Or else: terrorism."

02.03.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty sure it should be 8 if we include the strikes on Colombian boats, too.

02.03.2026 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're living The Dandelion Insurrection - Reflections from Author Rivera Sun - Rivera Sun The Dandelion Insurrection is here. (And remember: the peopleΒ winΒ in the end.) β€œWhat’s it like to wake up and find your novel has come to life?” A reader asked me this recently and I answered. β€œStrang...

β€œWhat’s it like to wake up and find your novel has come to life?”

A reader asked me this recently and I answered. β€œStrange. Wild. Frightening. But remember: I also know the end of the story.”
from @riverasun.bsky.social

riverasun.com/were-living-...

01.03.2026 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

1.5 million people have #QuitGPT, owned by Trump megadonors. quitgpt.org

02.03.2026 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Impeach. Convict. Remove.

02.03.2026 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I agree about this. It's also not a 'war of choice' as some saying. It's an "illegal war of aggression".

02.03.2026 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
02.03.2026 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If we had functional democracy, the US would refuse to go to war in Iran. Just like it would not have meddled in Venezuela. And wouldn't invade Greenland or Canada.

02.03.2026 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In NYC, everyone knows, when the U.S. starts another war, people protest by marching to Times Square which has a U.S. Army recruiting station at the center.

This is today at "Stop War on Iran" march.

Video shot by @yyeeaahhhboiii2 via @scootercaster.com

28.02.2026 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1742    πŸ” 559    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 9
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14 years ago @riverasun.bsky.social wrote an award winning novel about the oligarchy coming out of the closet and the people rising to win back freedom.

Tens of thousands of copies are inspiring readers around the world.

It is hope in a time of grief, the good medicine you need.

riverasun.com

01.03.2026 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love that 85 million people went out of their way to listen to this censored interview. It made the censorship attempt backfire spectacularly. Read banned books and watch banned videos.

28.02.2026 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for the repost.

28.02.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Impeach. Convict. Remove.
Today's reason: illegal war of aggression. #Iran

28.02.2026 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A coral-red line art drawing of youth gathered in a cluster, chanting together, is superimposed on a blue-hued photo of the Talajos River in Brazil. The black and white banner of Nonviolence News is on top of the image.

A coral-red line art drawing of youth gathered in a cluster, chanting together, is superimposed on a blue-hued photo of the Talajos River in Brazil. The black and white banner of Nonviolence News is on top of the image.

A month-long, thousand-strong Indigenous blockade of Cargill's port facility in Brazil won an important victory. Find out about that and dozens of other stories of nonviolent action in this week's Nonviolence News.
nonviolencenews.org/2026/02/27/f...

#nonviolence #resistance #AbolishICE #AI #resist

28.02.2026 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
On a striking red, black, and gold background, a quote from the novel, The Dandelion Insurrection, reads, "Anywhere and everywhere the concrete of control paved over the goodness of the heart ... the Dandelion Insurrection sprang up in the cracks."

On a striking red, black, and gold background, a quote from the novel, The Dandelion Insurrection, reads, "Anywhere and everywhere the concrete of control paved over the goodness of the heart ... the Dandelion Insurrection sprang up in the cracks."

Indomitable hearts, arise!

The best thing about having written a prescient speculative fiction novel 13 years ago about a mass nonviolent movement in the United States is seeing the bold-hearted #resistance come true.

Find it here:
store.riverasun.com/collections/...

#BookSky #novels #resist

27.02.2026 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Stand up for science!

26.02.2026 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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10 Rules of Resistance for #ICEOut It’s time to kick ICE out of all our cities, everywhere.Β  This armed, violent, lawless agency has terrorized one city after another since the

ICE has not gone away. They never will until we make them stop.
Thanks to @riverasun.bsky.social

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26.02.2026 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And is still trying to overthrow (or at least ignore) the constitution.

25.02.2026 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing, isn't it? US voters still have some morals intact. They know genocide is bad and wrong. Why can't Dem leaders figure this out?

24.02.2026 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0