Por Eduardo Stanley Unas 200 personas participaron del rally y posterior marcha para celebrar el 1ro. de mayo, Día Internacional de los Trabajadores, el sábado 1ro. de mayo frente al ayuntamiento [...] Continue Reading
Archives for May 2021
A Dull May 1 Celebration
By Eduardo Stanley About 200 people participated in the May 1 Day event, which took place on May 1 in front of the Fresno City Hall. The majority of the participants were activists or members of [...] Continue Reading
La revuelta colombiana
Juan Trujillo Limones La noche del 5 de mayo, el joven Lucas Villa Vázquez recibió ocho impactos de bala cuando se encontraba con otros compañeros en el viaducto en la ciudad colombiana de Pereira. [...] Continue Reading
Colombian Government Chooses Force over Dialogue as Protests Continue
By Joshua Collins Deisy Paricio lights candles at a remembrance ceremony in the neighborhood of Soledad for those who have died during 10 bloody days of protest in Colombia. “We’re here to denounce [...] Continue Reading
After the Guilty Verdict in George Floyd Killing, What’s Next?
By Community Alliance Staff On April 20, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of all three charges in the death of George Floyd back in May 2020. Chauvin, a White [...] Continue Reading
Public Funds to Shelter the Unhoused: Crossroads on the Money Trail
We, the community, are at a crossroads. Do we accept a continued failed effort to “shelter the homeless”? Do we continue to pour millions of dollars into the current system of temporary housing, law [...] Continue Reading
Toxic Tsunami Headed for Fresno
By Kevin Hall Increased diesel exhaust in people’s lungs has a secure future in Fresno. Despite being the focal point of groundbreaking studies by Stanford and UC Berkeley concluded more than a [...] Continue Reading
Police Tolerance of Proud Boy Intimidation Threatens Free Speech Rights
(Editor’s note: The following is a statement sent to the media by the Save the Tower Theatre demonstration organizers. They demonstrate the sale of the iconic theater to a conservative church each [...] Continue Reading
Tower District Community Increases Pressure on Theater Owner
By Vic Bedoian and Peter Maiden At a media briefing on April 21, the owners of independent businesses reemphasized their demand to terminate the sale of the Tower Theatre to the ultra-conservative, [...] Continue Reading
News About the Community Alliance
The current issue of the Community Alliance newspaper contains a wide variety of stories that I am convinced are of interest to our audience. Besides the print version, our online version gets updated [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – May 2021
E-Note Biden is going big. He should also go big when it comes to the arts and our cultural infrastructure. The arts too often are a side order; it’s linked to economic recovery in order to [...] Continue Reading
Vigil for Slain Street Vendor
By Peter Maiden A vigil was held for Lorenzo Perez in Pilibos Soccer Park in southeast Fresno on March 28, drawing 250 people. Perez, a pushcart vendor, was shot to death exactly a week earlier on [...] Continue Reading