Edited by Richard Stone Matt Ford composed this month’s poem while traveling in South America. He writes that “a Community Alliance ended up in my hands [sent by] a friend. It brought back beautiful [...] Continue Reading
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The Crockford Files – Oct. 2012
By John Crockford Free Books Online The Online Books Page (http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/), which lists more than one million free books on the Web, is a service of the University of [...] Continue Reading
The Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Faith Calendar – Oct. 2012
Compiled by Susan Orovitz Tuesday, October 2–Saturday, November 10 Isaac Bashevis Singer and His Artists. The Jewish Federation of Central California and Temple Beth Israel invite you to attend a [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Religion…Is Not an Oxymoron, Oct. 2012: “Incommensurable”? Really, Now, Do You Have to Say This Out Loud?
By David E. Roy For those who like to keep track of anniversaries (take note all who are not romantic), this year is the 50th anniversary of Thomas Kuhn’s groundbreaking book, The Structure of [...] Continue Reading
Columbus and the Crouching Beggar at the Donut Shop
By Leonard Adame The young Asian man in the picture, soiled, hungry, shaking a Styrofoam cup at me so that I’d drop some change in it, crouched at the donut shop’s doorway. He hadn’t bathed or [...] Continue Reading
Keeping It Real with Dallas Rivera: Don’t Count Him Out
By Jean Kennedy I am 3,000 miles away from the KFCF studio, and Dallas Rivera, my engineer, finds a way to get our show, Keeping It Real (KIR), on the air every Tuesday at 9 p.m. Pacific time [...] Continue Reading
Tribal Spirit
By Sister Occupy In July, the other Sister Occupy traveled with me from Merced to Fresno to attend the marvelous (and tragic) annual picnic that celebrates the lives and honors the passing of those [...] Continue Reading
Can We Predict the Global Future? Part 2
By Alexey V. Byalko and George B. Kauffman (Click here to read Part 1, published in the September 2012 Community Alliance.) The Future Climate The greenhouse effect was first proposed in the 19th [...] Continue Reading
Hacia el Voto de Noviembre 2012
Por Jesús Chucho Mendoza El 6 de noviembre ya está a la vuelta de la esquina y se nos echa encima un torrencial de propaganda política. Como constituyentes de esta democracia habrá mucha tarea por [...] Continue Reading
The Power of Protest
By Kaylia Metcalfe “One two three four, we won’t take it anymore!” "Gay Straight, Black White, Same Issues Same Fight!” Over the years, I have attended many rallies, public display protests, [...] Continue Reading
Michael D. Evans reporting from the 2012 Democratic National Convention
Community Alliance at National Convention The Community Alliance will have a reporter onsite at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., the first week of September. Michael Evans, who [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – September 2012
Will This Be the Death of Occupy Fresno? This for those who follow the Occupy movement and encampment in Fresno. In the beginning, our numbers at times were approximately 300. Our GAs [General [...] Continue Reading