By Bill McKibben Reprinted from www.Tomdispatch.com. The history we grow up with shapes our sense of reality—it’s hard to shake. If you were young during the fight against Nazism, war seems a [...] Continue Reading
Activism
OUR Walmart: United for Respect at Walmart
By Georgette Carrillo Big box stores, once hailed for their one-stop shopping convenience, vast parking lots, 24-hour shopping convenience and retail taxes for local coffers, appear to be losing [...] Continue Reading
ACLU: Because Freedom Can’t Defend Itself
By Bill Simon It’s the time of year again for the Fresno Area Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to celebrate—the beginning of its seventh year as a chapter. On Sept. 9, from 5:30 [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air — September 2013: Fracking and Air Quality
By Tom Frantz The biggest stationary sources of air pollution in the southern half of the Central Valley are directly related to oil production. Diesel trucks do not damage our lungs as much as this [...] Continue Reading
Lettuce Wars: Ten Years of Work and Struggle in the Fields of California
By Vickie M. Fouts Bruce Neuburger of the Bay Area has recently written a book, Lettuce Wars: Ten Years of Work and Struggle in the Fields of California. Neuburger is a former farmworker, longtime [...] Continue Reading
Peace Fresno Membership Drive and Annual Elections Meeting
By Beverly Fitzpatrick September is a busy month for Peace Fresno, as it has been since 2001. Today, Peace Fresno continues to speak out against war and oppose injustice. Soon in your mailbox you [...] Continue Reading
Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Calendar – September 2013
Compiled by Fresno Metro Ministry ISJC Mission Statement: To network and collaborate as we work to serve and promote systemic change for the common good; to educate and inspire one another to [...] Continue Reading
The Prison Press — Within Spartan Cells: Security Housing Unit Anguish
By Boston Woodard It should be noted that all prisoners involved with the mass hunger strike in California’s security housing units (SHUs) are not the irretrievable miscreants (“gang members”), as [...] Continue Reading
Farm Workers, Troy and the Tamale Lady
By Leonard Adame All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.– George Orwell So what is hard work? Typing all day? Naah. Most offices are air conditioned. Selling in a mall? [...] Continue Reading
Bill McKibben to Speak in Fresno
By Angela Price Bill McKibben is certainly not a person you’d expect to find handcuffed and behind bars, but that’s where he found himself in the summer of 2011 after leading the largest civil [...] Continue Reading
Documenting the Data Wars: Fresno Filmworks Presents WikiLeaks Documentary
By Andrew Veihmeyer In a digital world where exposing sensitive details is often commonplace and instant, what happens when decades worth of data is revealed in one of the largest breaches of [...] Continue Reading
Hot Water for City Council
By Lloyd G. Carter In what promises to be a contentious event, the Fresno City Council has scheduled an Aug. 15 public hearing (in the City Council Chamber at 5 p.m.) on a proposal to double [...] Continue Reading