As we celebrate African-American History Month 2022, let us thank the Black filmmakers who are making films that tell African-American history from different viewpoints. We now have Black directors, [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture
Rings Like Silver, Shines Like Gold
Rings Like Silver Shines Like Gold: The Lives of Gene and Ellie Bluestein by Evo Bluestein and edited by Julilana Harris, Independently published (www.evobluestein.com), Fresno, 2021, $24.95 [...] Continue Reading
In the Dark of the Valley
In the Dark of the Valley exemplifies how an actual grassroots movement and campaign can be given life and develop. It is a compelling account of the all-too-familiar smashup between mistreated [...] Continue Reading
I Am a Little Froggie Sitting in a Pot
By Richard D. Iyall I am a little froggie sitting in a pot. I’m doing nothing wrong, so why’s it so hot? I wear a mask over most of my face. I took the jab. It’s such a disgrace. The [...] Continue Reading
Jane Addams Commemoration at Fresno State
Near the Jane Addams statue in the Peace Garden at Fresno State on Sept. 14, there was a commemoration of Addams’ life. Addams was born on Sept. 6, 1860. In 1889, she founded Hull House, a “settlement [...] Continue Reading
Robert E. Lee Statue: Art or Propaganda?
By Malik Simba In an ironic twist, on Sept. 8, 2021, a Black construction company dismantled the enormous statue of Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., the capital of the Old [...] Continue Reading
25 Years of the Community Alliance Celebrated
More than 120 people came together in the magical garden of Pat Wolk and helped us celebrate 25 years of printing the Community Alliance newspaper. Lance Canales and the Flood welcomed guests with his [...] Continue Reading
Festival de la Chilena Set for Sept. 18
By Sandra Martinez-Cortes Residents in Madera, and throughout the Central Valley, are looking forward to a night of dance, delicious traditional Oaxacan cuisine, and rich culture as the Festival de [...] Continue Reading
Native American Day
By Richard Iyall In 1939, California Governor Culbert Olson declared Oct. 1 of that year to be Indian Day. That made this state the first to designate a day to honor the indigenous people who were [...] Continue Reading
Cuban Music and the Cultural War
By Peter Maiden During the Cold War, culture was weaponized. The Bolshoi Ballet built legitimacy for the Soviet Union. The CIA countered by covertly running supposedly independent magazines and [...] Continue Reading
La Música Cubana y La Guerra Cultural
Por Peter Maiden Durante la Guerra Fría (1945-1990, el término se refiere a las tensiones entre Estados Unidos y sus aliados contra la entonces Unión Soviética), la cultura se militarizó. La fama [...] Continue Reading
Celebrate With Us
The staff and volunteers of the Community Alliance newspaper invite you to join us as we celebrate a quarter century of alternative/independent journalism in Fresno. There will be music, food and [...] Continue Reading