A new “out, loud and proud” movement has begun in the Central Valley to assist in combating the feelings of isolation and fear so common among the LGBTQ youth. The not-for-profit Rainbow Delegation [...] Continue Reading
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From the Editor
Having a newspaper to communicate the stories about what is going on in this community is an essential foundation if we are going to make changes that bring about peace, social and economic justice. [...] Continue Reading
Progressive News Briefs
Valley Vineyard Targets Indigenous Workers “Stupid Indians.” “Indians are of no use.” “Indians don’t understand anything or how to do anything.” According to the United Farm Workers (UFW) union, [...] Continue Reading
Electric Cars: The Future Is Rolling into Fresno
Plug-in all-electric cars are now affordable, and they may be a great deal if you are in the market for a new car. These automobiles are not the golf carts or the $100,000+ roadsters that were the [...] Continue Reading
Living the Dream, Let Freedom Ring for LOVE: Let Our Violence End
The 2010–2011 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Unity Committee (MLKUC) is reaching out to find a way to fund another year of celebration and commemoration around King’s birthday, as it is in jeopardy [...] Continue Reading
Know Your Rights!
1. Always be calm and cool; a bad attitude guarantees a bad outcome. 2. Remain silent; what you don’t say can’t hurt you. 3. You have the right to refuse searches; saying no to searches can’t be [...] Continue Reading
Support the DREAM Act Rally in Fresno
Hundreds of students and community activists held a rally on November 19 at Fresno State University in support of the DREAM Act. The rally was prompted by media reports that the Associated Student [...] Continue Reading
Smiling Seriously: Creative Genius at Work
[Editor: This article was originally printed in the October 2004 Community Alliance newspaper.] If you are a progressive political activist in Fresno, you have seen him with his video camera at your [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
The City of Fresno has abandoned the homeless who live in tents on the sidewalks near the Poverello House. Trash was allowed to pile so high last month (see photo) that it began attracting rats and [...] Continue Reading
Progressive News Briefs
The Art of Dumpster Diving Explored By Richard Stone The video Dive (to be shown November 10 at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence at noon and 7 p.m.) turns attention to another stupidity of corporate [...] Continue Reading
Carlos Alvarez: Socialist Candidate for Governor
Last month, I had the opportunity to talk with Carlos Alvarez, the Peace and Freedom Party candidate for governor. He was in Fresno the same day Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman held their debate at Fresno [...] Continue Reading
Craig Scharton: Fresno’s Downtown Development Czar Talks to the Community Alliance
We printed an interview with three members of Southwest Fresno H.E.A.T. in last month’s issue of the Community Alliance newspaper. In that interview, the organizers raised concerns about high density [...] Continue Reading