Albert Einstein once said that “insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” The longstanding and ongoing criminalization of poor people, people with [...] Continue Reading
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Hate Speech and Crimes
Genocide and mass atrocities are commonly preceded and accompanied by “dangerous speech”—hate speech that has the potential to influence people to accept, condone or commit violence against targeted [...] Continue Reading
Fresnans Pay $6.4 Million a Year to Fund War Crimes
On May 16, the Fresno Brown Berets held a press conference and demonstration in front of Fresno City Hall. They released the following statement: Statement on Brown Beret and Allies Action during [...] Continue Reading
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$24 Billion Spent and Even More Unhoused People
On April 9, California released an audit of the State’s homelessness funding, including an evaluation of the efforts undertaken by the State to monitor the cost-effectiveness of such spending. The [...] Continue Reading
Gaza Catastrophe Exposes the System
Say their names: These are the names and ages of only five of the more than 14,000 children killed by U.S. bombs and missiles since Oct. 7 (names published by Al Jazeera News) in Israel’s war on [...] Continue Reading
Activists Call on Costa to Meet with Palestinian and Muslim Leaders
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
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
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
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
Where Have All the Public Dollars Gone?
California spent $17.5 billion trying to combat homelessness from 2018 to 2022, reported Nick Watt of CNN, on July 11, 2023. His article, “California has spent billions to fight homelessness. The [...] Continue Reading
Killing the Truth in Gaza
“If the genocide in Gaza is not halted, it will presage a new world order. A world where the old rules, more honored in the breach than the observance, no longer matter. It will be a world where [...] Continue Reading
Dire Circumstances for the Unhoused
Last winter in an e-mail to this reporter, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer said that “some people may not believe it, but I really do care about homeless people.” In January 2023, Fresno City Council Member [...] Continue Reading