On March 22, the Palestine Liberation Group (PLG), the Sacramento Valley/Central California Office of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV/CC), local organizations and activists released [...] Continue Reading
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Bitwise: No One Belongs Here More Than You
A dozen or so stunned techies gathered early during the evening of May 29 last year at Root Access Hackerspace, a modest location in Fresno’s Tower District where they were surrounded by computers, 3D [...] Continue Reading
Social Justice Center Opens at Fresno City College
Students, professors and community activists gathered for the grand opening of the Social Justice Center (SJC) at Fresno City College on March 21. This new campus group envisions a world in which [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Youth on Hunger Strike for Gaza
Three young Fresnans—Ant, Adrian and Justice—began a hunger strike for Gaza on March 16. They are members of palirev.web on Instagram. Following is their hunger strike statement. This public hunger [...] Continue Reading
The New Israel
We were stunned when we learned that some had entered onto the home ground of settlers and killed hundreds of women and children, taking captives to serve as pawns in an ensuing battle. History again [...] Continue Reading
From The Editor
To Vote or Not to Vote? Primaries aren’t particularly attractive to voters, so a low turnout for the March 5 election was expected. However, only 30% of the registered voters bothered to vote in [...] Continue Reading
Letter to the Editor
For a Taxpayers Revolt Israel’s retaliation on Gaza for the horrific Hamas attack of Oct. 7 has devastated its civilian population and infrastructure. It has continued unabated for almost six [...] Continue Reading
Primary Candidates Challenged the Status Quo
Several progressive first-time candidates ran for elective office in the March 2024 primary. Candidates Bryce Herrera (Board of Supervisors District 2), EJ Hinojosa (Board of Supervisors District 3), [...] Continue Reading
War on the Poor and Neo-Fascism
To be homeless does not mean I don’t have feelings. To be homeless does not mean I can’t feel how others treat me. To be homeless does not make it okay to assume I am dirty. To be homeless [...] Continue Reading
Debrief of First-Time Progressive Candidates
The 2024 Primary Election did not go well for first-time progressive candidates. They lost every contest in which they appeared. Fresno progressives had the opportunity to vote for several strong, [...] Continue Reading
Aaron Bushnell, A Courageous American
On Feb. 25, 25-year-old Senior Airman Aaron James Bushnell, a cyber-defense operations specialist, set himself on fire outside the front gate of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. “Immediately [...] Continue Reading
Love Demands an Immediate and Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza
BY TIM KUTZMARK, ADELINE MARCHINI AND STEVE SACKS The minister, Board of Trustees and Social Justice Team of the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church of Fresno, in keeping with our church’s [...] Continue Reading