Students at CSU-Fresno held a sit-in on campus to focus attention on the genocide taking place in Gaza and to call for an immediate end to the war. Over 150 students, faculty and community [...] Continue Reading
Israel and Palestine
Human Rights Violations in Palestine
Raza Against War (RAW) has launched a campaign in Fresno to seek application of the Leahy Law to suspected human rights violations in Palestine. The dual focus of this campaign are Rep. Jim Costa [...] Continue Reading
Gaza Catastrophe Exposes the System
Say their names: These are the names and ages of only five of the more than 14,000 children killed by U.S. bombs and missiles since Oct. 7 (names published by Al Jazeera News) in Israel’s war on [...] Continue Reading
Activists Call on Costa to Meet with Palestinian and Muslim Leaders
On March 22, the Palestine Liberation Group (PLG), the Sacramento Valley/Central California Office of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV/CC), local organizations and activists released [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Youth on Hunger Strike for Gaza
Three young Fresnans—Ant, Adrian and Justice—began a hunger strike for Gaza on March 16. They are members of palirev.web on Instagram. Following is their hunger strike statement. This public hunger [...] Continue Reading
The New Israel
We were stunned when we learned that some had entered onto the home ground of settlers and killed hundreds of women and children, taking captives to serve as pawns in an ensuing battle. History again [...] Continue Reading
Letter to the Editor
For a Taxpayers Revolt Israel’s retaliation on Gaza for the horrific Hamas attack of Oct. 7 has devastated its civilian population and infrastructure. It has continued unabated for almost six [...] Continue Reading
Aaron Bushnell, A Courageous American
On Feb. 25, 25-year-old Senior Airman Aaron James Bushnell, a cyber-defense operations specialist, set himself on fire outside the front gate of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. “Immediately [...] Continue Reading
Love Demands an Immediate and Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza
BY TIM KUTZMARK, ADELINE MARCHINI AND STEVE SACKS The minister, Board of Trustees and Social Justice Team of the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church of Fresno, in keeping with our church’s [...] Continue Reading
Madera Passes a Gaza Ceasefire Resolution
(Editor’s note: The following story is printed with permission of the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative.) The City of Madera is the first in the San Joaquin Valley to support a [...] Continue Reading
Killing the Truth in Gaza
“If the genocide in Gaza is not halted, it will presage a new world order. A world where the old rules, more honored in the breach than the observance, no longer matter. It will be a world where [...] Continue Reading
Madera Aprueba Resolución de Alto al Fuego en Gaza
(Nota del editor: la siguiente historia se imprime con permiso de Central Valley Journalism Collaborative). La ciudad de Madera es la primera en el Valle de San Joaquín que apoya un alto al fuego [...] Continue Reading