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  • Bob McCloskey

    Bob McCloskey is an activist and a reporter for the Community Alliance newspaper. Contact him at bobmccloskey06@gmail.com.

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ICE: A Chronicle of Violence and Death

“She Was an Amazing Human Being” The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis has led to outrage and anger across the United States and around the [...] Continue Reading

Fresnans Speak Out on Venezuela

Through mid-January, there were three actions in Fresno protesting the U.S. attack on Venezuela: one at the intersection of Blackstone and Nees avenues on Jan. 3, one at the Federal Building on Jan. [...] Continue Reading

Fighting for Justice in Fresno

Major Lawsuit Filed Against the City of Fresno On Dec. 10, civil rights attorney Kevin Little filed a civil complaint lawsuit against the City of Fresno and several police officers on behalf of two [...] Continue Reading

The Authoritarian Graveyard

Say Their Names Say the names of some of those that have died in ICE custody this year: Ismael Ayala Uribe, Chao Feng Ge, Isidro Perez, Marie Ange Blaise, Maksym Chemyak, Brayan Rayo-Garzon and [...] Continue Reading

Disappearing the Poor of Fresno

Effort in Sacramento to Stop Fresno SB 634, introduced by State Senator Sasha Pérez (D–Alhambra), was recently signed into law. As introduced in the Senate, SB 634 would have prohibited the [...] Continue Reading

Disappearing the Poor of Fresno

Effort in Sacramento to Stop Fresno SB 634, introduced by State Senator Sasha Pérez (D–Alhambra), was recently signed into law. As introduced in the Senate, SB 634 would have prohibited the [...] Continue Reading

Protests Are Growing

More Than 7 Million Protest on No Kings Day According to the Oct. 18 No Kings Day organizers, in one of the largest single day nationwide demonstrations in U.S. history, nearly 7 million people [...] Continue Reading

Great Delano Grape Strike Revisited

“I remember, as a child, three or four years old, going to funerals of men in Pixley, Arvin, Ducor, Visalia, throughout the Central Valley. These men had died alone, by themselves. I remember burying [...] Continue Reading