By Richard Gomez Peace and nonviolence isn’t just praying and hoping for justice but includes the time when we must roll up our sleeves, get out in the streets and make demands to our duly elected [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture
Justice for Our Lives
By Oree Originol Justice for Our Lives is a series of designs portraying people from marginalized communities who have lost their lives due to state violence and hate crimes. These images call [...] Continue Reading
How to Make Wheat Paste
By Abigail Janzen Wheat paste is a simple nontoxic adhesive that has been used through the ages. An alternative to the liquid adhesives you might get at the store (e.g., Elmer’s, Gorilla Glue), wheat [...] Continue Reading
Organized Religion and the American Empire
By Norman Lambert In David E. Roy’s article, “The Story of How Jesus Was in Opposition to the Empire” (Community Alliance, December 2014), the point seems to be that Jesus was the original “freedom [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: The Terrorism Trap
A Review by Alex Vavoulis In 2002, after the tragic event of Sept. 11, the renowned author Michael Parenti wrote The Terrorism Trap: September 11 and Beyond. It should be required reading for anyone [...] Continue Reading
Native American Identity, Culture and Education
By Ernesto Saavedra & Jennifer Vargas Before highways, government buildings and shopping centers littered the San Joaquin Valley, the Yokut and Mono tribes populated the Valley and surrounding [...] Continue Reading
LGBT 2014 in Review
By Kaylia Metcalfe (Author’s note: This article was finished and submitted on Nov. 15; some things might have changed since then.) This year was, in many ways, a banner year for LGBT rights and [...] Continue Reading
Beyond the Chicano Status Quo
By Jonathan Luevano Felix What is Chicano? What does it mean to be a Mexican-American person in Central California? Once we realize the existential condition, then the social-political cultural [...] Continue Reading
Crepe Paper Poinsettias
By Abby Janzen Entertaining friends and family this holiday season? Mine can expect to participate in making handmade gifts with me—you’ve been warned! I usually have some type of project laying out [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – December 2014
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday, Jan. 8, 7 p.m., at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. There is no meeting in December. WOMEN [...] Continue Reading
Human Rights Day Commemoration in Fresno
By Sudarshan Kapoor “We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind. This declaration may well become the international Magna Carta [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Religion is Not an Oxymoron – December 2012: The Story of How Jesus Was in Opposition to the Empire—Just in Time for Christmas!
By David E. Roy The season is upon us! Of course, this really is the season for merchants, this being the old, quaint name for the hyper-skilled marketers of today. I’ve suggested previously that we [...] Continue Reading