By Dan Yaseen Following Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers and Rethink Afghanistan, Robert Greenwald has produced [...] Continue Reading
Activism
Return of the Poetry Corner
Edited by Richard Stone Our poet this month is Alfonso Hernandez of Three Rivers. He writes, “The inspiration came from the violent situation in Mexico where many people are killed every day either [...] Continue Reading
The Prison Press: Power Players Visit San Quentin
By Boston Woodard On a quiet night in San Quentin, you can hear the sounds of rehabilitation in progress coming from the small arts room on the upper yard. And, from time to time, you will meet [...] Continue Reading
Prisoners and Shadows Draining Like Slow Water: On the Film Cesar Chavez
By Leonard Adame I’d never heard of Cesar Chavez when I was 15 and driving bobtails stacked with cherry tomatoes from Dinuba to Orange Cove. I was happy the little truck had a radio and often [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – May 2014
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday May 8, 7 PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK May 7, first Wednesday of each [...] Continue Reading
Immigration Reform Movement Reaches Critical Juncture
By Stan Santos The movement for a permanent solution to the crisis confronting more than 11 million undocumented persons living in the United States has reached a critical point in its historic [...] Continue Reading
Court Ruling a Blow to Agribusiness Mogul’s Kern Water Bank
By Vic Bedoian In a ruling on March 5, a Sacramento Superior Court judge struck a blow against the operation of the Kern Water Bank. It is the most significant decision to date concerning the [...] Continue Reading
Fresno State Student Coalition Debates ASI Regarding “Students of Color”
By Lizbeth De La Cruz The Chicano Youth Conference (CYC) has been held for 40 years at Fresno State. The original purpose was to improve enrollment of Latino youths in the university, which was [...] Continue Reading
The Drone Memorial
View from “The Drone Memorial” project, as captured by Community Alliance photographer Richard Iyall. Under way since March 16 and led by artist Joseph DeLappe, the participatory memorial [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – April 2014
Valley Air Inhumane I drove from Oakland to L.A. through the San Joaquin Valley in late June 2013 and on a recent weekend. I was shocked by the severe air pollution. I remember a trip over 10 years [...] Continue Reading
Earth Day 2014
By George B. Kauffman Earth Day, the world’s largest secular holiday and only event celebrated by more than a half billion people of all backgrounds, faiths and nationalities, is sponsored by many [...] Continue Reading
News from Peru
By Ingrid Carmean As a Peace Corps volunteer, I’ve been working in the Santa Cruz area of the town of Cerro Candela, Peru, helping the residents to obtain ready access to water. We have achieved step [...] Continue Reading