Edited by Richard Stone The Poetry Corner returns with two contributions from our Visalian friend, Bill Warner. Those of you similarly incited to poetry (having foresworn violence), your submissions [...] Continue Reading
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City of Fresno Destroys Downtown Homeless Encampments
By Mike Rhodes The City of Fresno followed through on their threats to destroy homeless encampments in the downtown area last month by bringing in bulldozers, garbage trucks and sanitation workers [...] Continue Reading
Wilde, Williams, Guiraudi or Hermeneutics, Style and Bareback Sex
By Alfonso C. Hernandez In a seminar on Marcel Proust at the University of Paris, Sorbonne, one of the participants asked if the reason why Proust was able to write his masterpiece, Remembrance of [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – October 2013
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday October 10, 7PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK October 2, first Wednesday of [...] Continue Reading
It’s Complicated: Unintended Consequences
By George B. Kauffman “You have to think about the unintended consequences of either the decisions you make or the ones you do not.”—Madeleine K. Albright In the social sciences, unintended [...] Continue Reading
Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Calendar – October 2013
Weekly Events Tuesdays, October 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 • 6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m. Fresno River Zen Group meeting. Zen Center of Fresno, 922 N. Van Ness Ave. Fresno River Zen is guided by Rev. [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Voice: A Call for Nonprofit Action
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji There are several types of nonprofits—a term assigned to organizations that are exempt from federal income taxes. In general usage, the term refers to entities classified as [...] Continue Reading
Jesus, Columbus and My Blond Teacher
By Leonard Adame Jesus was always a bearded blond White guy who wore a flowing robe and held up his hand with his index and thumb touching each other. He looked peaceful even to my fourth-grade mind. [...] Continue Reading
Did Latino Machismo Help Elect Andy Vidak?
By Valeria Pedroza There are two things I will always remember about the summer of 2013: First is the heat two degrees shy of hell, and second is the experiences I had as a canvasser. In February, [...] Continue Reading
An Injustice Anywhere Is a Threat to Justice Everywhere
By Dr. Jean Kennedy Is the system working 50 years after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech? Well, let’s see. Today, taxpayers pay more than $70 billion per year to warehouse more [...] Continue Reading
¡¡Reforma Migratoria Ahora!!
Por Leoncio Vásquez Santos Fresno, California—El 22 de Septiembre fue la última marcha convocado por la Coalición Primero de Mayo por los Derechos de los Inmigrantes para seguir con el dedo en el [...] Continue Reading