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Activism
Progressive, Local/Independent News
[más abajo en español] The August 2024 Issue of the Community Alliance is now online You can read the print version of the paper at the link below. This is a .pdf of the August 2024 Community [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Briefs
Lay of the Land Central Valley Matters directly funds several grassroots groups that are active in the Central Valley’s Congressional District 22. All the groups have been vetted for their work in [...] Continue Reading
Never Stop Protesting!
As of June 19, more than 37,000 people had been killed in the Gaza Strip since the attack by Hamas and the Israeli invasion in October 2023, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. An article [...] Continue Reading
Climate Profits Prophet
It’s difficult to imagine bringing a child into today’s world, someone destined to live beyond the year 2100; the extreme weather-related risks between now and 2050 worry me enough already. But that’s [...] Continue Reading
Hands Off the Uhuru 3!
Jesse Nevel of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement was the interviewee on the June 12 episode of the Fresno Center for Nonviolence–sponsored Stir It Up on KFCF 88.1 FM. He discussed just the movement itself [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade
This is a short video clip from the Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade today. We think this was the biggest Pride Parade and Festival ever in Fresno. Crowd estimated at about 20,000, 120+ floats and it took [...] Continue Reading
“Outside Agitators” and “Super Citizens”
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is an activist, grassroots, social justice organization founded to stop wars. Current campus protests against the war on Palestinians are [...] Continue Reading
Sit-in at Fresno State to Stop Genocide in Gaza
Students at Fresno State held a sit-in on campus to focus attention on the genocide taking place in Gaza and to call for an immediate end to the war. More than 150 students, faculty and community [...] 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
That Giving to the Whole Spirit
We see you. Yes, we do! We see you on your college campuses risking your lives to protest the atrocities in Gaza, the genocide of the Palestinian people, and the outrageous and unjust U.S. support to [...] Continue Reading
Wokeful Peaceness and Other Inconsistencies
Much has been written in the pages of the Community Alliance newspaper about the Israeli assault on Gaza. Much more has been said in public to protest the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians by the [...] Continue Reading