Clarification My letter in the August edition responding to our editor’s July editorial seems to have been open to misinterpretation. I’ve been asked if my partial disagreement with his commentary [...] Continue Reading
Activism
The Situation Is Critical
By Jonathan Noe Luevanos Felix The Fresno Police Department (FPD) is an organized institution that stands for professionalism. The department is funded by taxpayer money to train competent [...] Continue Reading
Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation
By the October 22 Fresno Committee The 19th National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation in Fresno will occur on Oct. 22 at 5:30 p.m. at the [...] Continue Reading
Fireplace Burning: Clearing the Air, October 2014
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (Air District) is contemplating a change this summer to its fireplace rule, which is also known as District Rule 4901. The change [...] Continue Reading
Collaboration and Contradictions: Can Progressive Groups Work Together?
By Richard Stone On Aug. 21, a meeting was co-hosted by the Fresno Partnership and Fresno Metro Ministry to explore possibilities of wider collaboration. An expansive array of groups was [...] Continue Reading
Gandhi: An Apostle of Peace and Nonviolence
By Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor “Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.” —Albert Einstein Mahatma Gandhi, the great spiritual, [...] Continue Reading
The Children of Conflict: The Ignored History of the Migrant Refugee Crisis
By Matt Ford (Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Aug. 25 in CounterPunch. It is reprinted here with the author’s permission.) On July 25, Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina, [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – October 2014
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday, Oct. 9, 7 p.m., at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness Ave. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK Oct. 1, the first [...] Continue Reading
Poetry Corner – October 2014
Edited by Richard Stone This month’s selections are by Wayne Warkentin, longtime peace activist, a board member of Peace Fresno for five years, an environmentalist (Sierra Club, Earth First! [...] Continue Reading
Latin American Film Festival
By the Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies The Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies (CLAS) has announced the second annual Latin American Film Festival. The mission of the [...] Continue Reading
Water is Everybody’s Business
By Stan Santos (Author’s note: This article is based on research done in July 2014 and presented in the Spanish language section of the August Community Alliance.) In September 2013, a nonprofit [...] Continue Reading