The Democracy Now! host is free but a documentary maker who was also arrested for committing journalism faces a potential 45 years in prison. By John Light | October 17, 2016 (Editor’s Note: This [...] Continue Reading
Activism
The Hidden War Revisited, part 1
By Richard Stone "The Hidden War" is the U.S.'s intensive campaign waged in Laos and Cambodia during the Viet Nam War era that was never sanctioned by Congress or acknowledged by the Johnson [...] Continue Reading
FTA Attempts Public Forum for Bargaining, FUSD Refuses It
By Hannah Brandt On Thursday, September 29, just days after the October edition of Community Alliance was published, I attended the public bargaining meeting for the Fresno Teachers Association. [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – November 2016
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday Nov 10 at 7 PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all. WOMEN IN BLACK Nov 2, (first Wednesday of each month) [...] Continue Reading
Review of the film No Màs Bebés
By Kathy Ayala Director: Renee Tajima-Pena Producer: Virginia Espino A film screening for No Màs Bebés premiered at Fresno State on October 13, 2016, shedding light on a heinous period of time in [...] Continue Reading
Walk Like a Slut
By Linda Kobashigawa & Amanda Tripp As if its name isn’t provocative enough, imagine hundreds of women and men dressed in as a little as possible carrying hand-written signs exclaiming that “rape [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Rallies in Solidarity with Standing Rock Against the Dakota Access Pipeline
By Hannah Brandt One of the largest demonstrations by indigenous peoples in recent U.S. history has been taking place in North Dakota over the last several weeks. The activists prefer to be called [...] Continue Reading
CLIMATE CHANGE & NEOSKEPTICISM
By George B. Kauffman Climate change is occurring right now. Glaciers are retreating, and sea ice is thinning. Exponential growth of fossil fuel use has overwhelmed natural climate systems, tipping [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Will Carbon Capture and Sequestration Save the Planet?
By Tom Frantz In the fight against global warming, there is a pressing need to take carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the air and put it into the ground. Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emission rates alone [...] Continue Reading
Despite growers’ cries California farmworkers win overtime pay
By Eduardo Stanley California made history again September 12, 2016, when governor Jerry Brown signed a bill entitling farmworkers to receive overtime pay, like the state’s other workers, after eight [...] Continue Reading
Proposed Resolution Condemning Islamophobia in the City of Fresno
Authors: The Central Valley Islamic Council Co-sponsors: The Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno, Faith in Community, Pastor Chris Breedlove, Community UCC, Pastor DJ Criner, Saint Rest Baptist Church, [...] Continue Reading
The Anti-TPP Climate Fight Has Just Begun
By Cherylyn Smith Introduction: Demonstrators broke ground on Monday, July 11th in downtown Fresno, in the fight to defeat the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). The educational, yet spirited, rally [...] Continue Reading