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  • Mike Rhodes was a founder of the Community Alliance newspaper. He has also been the editor and executive director over the past 28 years. He wrote this article while on Hospice because of his diagnosis of Stage 4 lung cancer and urges you not to mourn, but to organize, when he dies. Contact him at mikerhodes@comcast.net.

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WILPF – April 2014

WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday, April 10, 7 p.m., at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK April 2, first [...] Continue Reading

Preparing for War with Russia

By Bruce Gagnon I’ve been writing for many years about U.S.-NATO efforts to militarily surround Russia. The oil-i-garchy wants to get ahold of the natural gas (the world’s largest supply) that sits [...] Continue Reading

What Do They Have to Hide?

By Leonard Adame Why did the Fresno Housing Authority at its Board Meeting on Jan. 22, 2014, prevent a Community Alliance representative from recording the meeting? I was at this meeting when [...] Continue Reading

Law and Order, Fresno Style

By Vic Bedoian “It is still the duty of the State and of the court, its instrument, quite as much to protect the innocent as to punish the guilty. Honest administration of justice is the end [...] Continue Reading

From the Editor – March 2014

By Mike Rhodes In May 2011, when a Fresno police officer shot Angelo Fernandez in the back, it grabbed my attention. Even in a city where numerous young men (mostly Latinos and African-Americans) are [...] Continue Reading