It’s been two generations since I cruised Blackstone Avenue, went to Torquer’s Club dances at the Rainbow Ballroom, made out with a girl in a summer dress parked out in the fig orchards and then [...] Continue Reading
Activism
Abortion Bans an Indicator of Misogyny
We have returned to the situation of 50 years ago, when abortion was available only in some regions of some states. As an abortion counselor in southern Illinois in the 1970s, the author raised money [...] Continue Reading
Abortion Bans an Indicator of Misogyny
We have returned to the situation of 50 years ago, when abortion was available only in some regions of some states. As an abortion counselor in southern Illinois in the 1970s, the author raised money [...] Continue Reading
Lanare: Free of a Major Dump Site!
Have you ever heard of Lanare? If you have not, you are not alone. Most people ignore that Lanare is a small unincorporated community 24 miles southwest of the city of Fresno. Despite its small [...] Continue Reading
Draft Resistance Leader David Harris Dies
David Harris died on Feb. 6 after battling lung cancer. Harris was a national leader of the draft resistance movement who had strong ties to Fresno. He graduated from Fresno High and returned with his [...] Continue Reading
Protest in Fresno Against the War in Ukraine
Peace Fresno and the local Libertarian Party sponsored a rally at Blackstone and Nees avenues on Feb. 18 against the war in Ukraine. The demonstrators called for cutting off all military aid to [...] Continue Reading
Community Unites Against Hate
Speakers at the Jan. 25 Stop the Hate Town Hall identified the path to ending the violence against marginalized communities: Report all incidents of hate crimes, increase solidarity between impacted [...] Continue Reading
Strong Peace Movement Needed to End War in Ukraine
By Peace Fresno Board Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words are as true now as they were on April 4, 1967, at the Riverside Church in New York City when he said that “the greatest purveyor of [...] Continue Reading
Community Unites Against Hate
Speakers at the Jan. 25 Stop the Hate Town Hall identified the path to ending the violence against marginalized communities: Report all incidents of hate crimes, increase solidarity between impacted [...] Continue Reading
Peace Activist Medea Benjamin Visits Fresno
In early December, internationally known peace activist Medea Benjamin visited Fresno State on her book tour to deliver an informative and timely talk focused on peace titled “Ukraine War and the [...] Continue Reading
Recordando a Fred Ross Jr., Organizador Social y Defensor de la Justicia Social
Fred Ross Jr. siempre quiso que lo conocieran simplemente como organizador. Empezó de joven con su trabajo organizativo en los campos de California al lado de César Chávez, y ha inspirado a [...] Continue Reading
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