By Tom Frantz The New Year is a time for hope. In terms of air quality, it is a good time to reflect on the path to clean air that the Central Valley could follow if the political will existed among [...] Continue Reading
Activism
The Crockford Files: A Tech Collective for the Fresno Progressive Community?
By John Crockford Though there seems to be a sufficient pool of tech people working and living in this area, I’ve recently learned that a handful of local progressive organizations have had some [...] Continue Reading
30 Years in Fresno: Celebrating the 85th Birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor This year, Fresno will observe the 85th birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., starting on Jan. 17 with a garlanding ceremony at noon at Fresno County Courthouse [...] Continue Reading
Does Walmart Have No Shame?
By Georgette Carrillo Walmart, America’s super discount store, had a rollercoaster year in 2013. If you’re a Walmart investor, you can’t complain given that it had excellent profits largely to due [...] Continue Reading
The Bitter Reality for Farmworkers
By David Bacon (Editor’s note: Reprinted from New America Media, Nov. 27, 2013. Reference http://newamericamedia.org/2013/11/the-bitter-reality-for-farm-workers.php.) As families prepare to [...] Continue Reading
What Is the Central Labor Council? – Jan. 2014
By Stan Santos (Editor’s note: This month, the Community Alliance newspaper welcomes our union brothers and sisters and begins carrying a regular labor column written by local union members, focusing [...] Continue Reading
The Great WILPF Community Peace Craft Faire Is 47 Years Old
By Ellie Bluestein Our history starts in 1915, when 1,200 women from many cultures came together during the First World War to study, make known and eliminate the causes of war. They created our [...] Continue Reading
The Justice Factory
By Vic Bedoian This year marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark judicial decision regarding the right of everyone to a fair, speedy and effective day in court regardless of their economic [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – December 2013
Once Upon a Time Ruth Gadebusch’s November column regarding the tearing down of the Fulton Mall so that cars can be driven on it once again was right on the mark. She hit every important point [...] Continue Reading
National Recognition for Local Activist: Nancy Hatcher Wins Prestigious Social Work Award
By Richard Stone Nancy Hatcher is known to many of us for her seemingly innumerable involvements in peace and social justice activities. Sometimes it’s prison work, like gathering and assembling [...] Continue Reading
POPS (The Club): Pain of the Prison System – The Prison Press – December 2013
By Boston Woodard Of those in for nonviolent crimes, America has the largest prison population in the world, with 2.5 million men and women in prison and more than seven million on some sort of [...] Continue Reading