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What Is Really Going on in Guatemala?

You don’t see the army on the streets, and there are no speeches being delivered by a military “junta” on “CNN en Español.” How could a coup be happening, if the current president, Alejandro [...] Continue Reading

Republican Jesus

It’s one of George Bernard Shaw’s better-known quotations: “England and America are two countries separated by the same language.” Given the divisions that have been festering in our own country [...] Continue Reading

Israeli Flag Raising in Fresno 

BY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE STAFF The raising of the Israeli flag on Oct. 12 at Eaton Plaza in downtown Fresno was met with protestors from Peace Fresno, grassroots community activists and [...] Continue Reading

Progressive, Local/Independent News

[más abajo en español] The October 2023 Issue of the Community Alliance is now online You can read the print version of the paper at the link below. This is a .pdf of the October 2023 Community [...] Continue Reading

All Guantanamo Belongs to Cuba

The name Guantanamo brings up only one image for most people in the United States—the U.S. “military prison/detention center” torture facility within the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay. It is still [...] Continue Reading

Rest in Power Camarada Ed Castro

Rest in Power Camarada Ed Castro BY GLORIA MENESES-SANDOVAL AND SALVADOR SANDOVAL Eduardo “Ed” Castro was loved by many for his simple ways. He was born in the Central Valley town of Reedley. He [...] Continue Reading

The Fall of Bitwise

On May 29, Bitwise Industries furloughed its 900 employees nationwide “effective immediately.” Why? The company ran out of cash and couldn’t pay its employees. As news about the company’s financial [...] Continue Reading

Progressive, Local/Independent News

The June 2023 Issue of the Community Alliance is now online You can read the print version of the paper at the link below. This is a .pdf of the June 2023 Community Alliance newspaper. There are [...] Continue Reading

May 2023 Final

You can read the print version of the paper below. This is a .pdf of the May 2023 Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier [...] Continue Reading

Across the Tracks

Photo Essay by David Bacon (Editor’s note: Photojournalist David Bacon visited Fresno in November 2022. He walked around downtown Fresno and captured some special moments he now shares with us. His [...] Continue Reading