“There has been persecution against my family before and after the attack against my brother, so that was something premeditated; we understand that it is a state crime,” said Sidssy Uribe Vázquez, [...] Continue Reading
Archives for July 2021
UFW Foundation Demonstration in Fresno
A demonstration sponsored by the United Farm Workers Foundation took place on June 30 at the Robert E. Coyle Federal Building in Fresno. Around 40 protesters were there to pressure Senator Alex [...] Continue Reading
Labor Rights Caravan Reaches Out to Farmworkers
The Labor Rights Caravan reached the small town of Huron on June 26. Volunteers set up pavilions in the parking lot of a Mexican bakery, the Panadería de Dios. In the 100-degree heat, they met a [...] Continue Reading
Giant Sequoias Killed by the Thousands in Castle Fire
By Vic Bedoian The 2020 SQF Complex Fire in the southern Sierras scorched more than 176,000 acres in the Giant Sequoia National Monument and the adjacent Sequoia National Park. Now, a report [...] Continue Reading
School Board Excludes Spanish Speakers
By Kevin Hall Politics trumped best practices in the recent push by Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) Trustee Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas to name a new school after philanthropists Murray and [...] Continue Reading
Bad and Good News
Welcome to the July edition. It’s amazing how fast time goes by. July isn’t just the middle of the year, it is also the beginning of summer, which officially started June 20. And we are not facing a [...] Continue Reading
Concerns About Dyer’s Budget
I recently listened to a Fresno City Council meeting concerning the proposed budget. It appears [Fresno Mayor] Jerry Dyer (and others presenting his proposals) is in total charge of what he wants [...] Continue Reading
LTE: Concerns About Dyer’s Budget
I recently listened to a Fresno City Council meeting concerning the proposed budget. It appears [Fresno Mayor] Jerry Dyer (and others presenting his proposals) is in total charge of what he wants [...] Continue Reading
Great News from the Community Alliance
By Mike Rhodes This month, the Community Alliance has great news to share with you. We now have the resources to dramatically increase our circulation, reach farmworkers with an expanded [...] Continue Reading
A Historic Day in Fresno
By Eduardo Stanley June 11 was a historic day in Fresno: For the first time, the LGBTQ+ flag was raised at City Hall while hundreds of emotional attendees from all over the Valley [...] Continue Reading
Tower Theatre Sale: Pressing the City to Take Action
The demonstrations against the conversion of Fresno’s historic Tower Theatre to a church continue, marking more than 24 weeks of protests. Organizers with the Save the Tower Theatre Demonstration [...] Continue Reading
Colombia: ¿crimen de Estado?
“Ha habido seguimientos de civiles en contra de mi familia antes y después del atentado contra mi hermano, entonces eso fue algo premeditado, entendemos que es un crimen de Estado”, sentenció Sidssy [...] Continue Reading