“There has been persecution against my family before and after the attack against my brother, so that was something premeditated; we understand that it is a state crime,” said Sidssy Uribe Vázquez, [...] Continue Reading
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Car Caravan in Solidarity with Cuba
On June 20, several activists organized a car caravan in north Fresno to protest the U.S. blockade of Cuba. They did so in anticipation of the UN General Assembly vote on the topic, which took place [...] Continue Reading
Farmworkers Work Hard: How Do They Age?
Immigrants are the main labor force in the U.S. agricultural industry. Without immigrants we wouldn’t have vegetables and fruits on our tables. And even beyond the fields, immigrants perform jobs that [...] Continue Reading
Creeping Fascism: A Winery and a Newspaper
Fresno Bee readers will have learned recently (see “Sumner Peck Ranch reopens…,” Fresno Bee, May 28, 2021, page 1) that the former correctional officers who are proprietors of Fresno’s Solitary [...] Continue Reading
Valley Applauds Biden’s Armenian Genocide Declaration
President Joe Biden’s official declaration and recognition of the genocide of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire 106 years ago was greeted with relief and happiness by Fresno’s Armenians and the [...] Continue Reading
Protests in Solidarity with Palestine
Hundreds of people came together on May 15 and May 18 at the corner of Blackstone and Nees avenues in north Fresno, at River Park Shopping Center, to protest the conflict between Israelis and [...] Continue Reading
Experts Advocate for Global Vaccine Production
While new daily U.S. infection rates and deaths from Covid-19 drop, much of the world still suffers alarming outbreaks of contagion. Advocates for universal vaccination argue that the country cannot [...] Continue Reading
Colombian Government Chooses Force over Dialogue as Protests Continue
By Joshua Collins Deisy Paricio lights candles at a remembrance ceremony in the neighborhood of Soledad for those who have died during 10 bloody days of protest in Colombia. “We’re here to denounce [...] Continue Reading
After the Guilty Verdict in George Floyd Killing, What’s Next?
By Community Alliance Staff On April 20, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of all three charges in the death of George Floyd back in May 2020. Chauvin, a White [...] Continue Reading
Toxic Tsunami Headed for Fresno
By Kevin Hall Increased diesel exhaust in people’s lungs has a secure future in Fresno. Despite being the focal point of groundbreaking studies by Stanford and UC Berkeley concluded more than a [...] Continue Reading
Police Tolerance of Proud Boy Intimidation Threatens Free Speech Rights
(Editor’s note: The following is a statement sent to the media by the Save the Tower Theatre demonstration organizers. They demonstrate the sale of the iconic theater to a conservative church each [...] Continue Reading
Tower District Community Increases Pressure on Theater Owner
By Vic Bedoian and Peter Maiden At a media briefing on April 21, the owners of independent businesses reemphasized their demand to terminate the sale of the Tower Theatre to the ultra-conservative, [...] Continue Reading