[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
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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
Court Orders Reconsideration of Cancer-Causing Pesticide Regulation
In early March, the Alameda County Superior Court ruled that a proposed regulation fails to protect farmworkers who labor near fumigated fields from harmful levels of exposure to the cancer-causing [...] 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
Prodigal/Radical Son Returns to the Big Farm Town
It’s been two generations since I cruised Blackstone Avenue, went to Torquer’s Club dances at the Rainbow Ballroom, made out with a girl in a summer dress parked out in the fig orchards and then [...] Continue Reading
Progressive, Local/Independent News
The April 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 April 2023 Community Alliance newspaper. There are [...] Continue Reading
The March 2023 Issue of the Community Alliance
You can read the print version of the paper below. This is a .pdf of the March 2023 Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for [...] Continue Reading
A Government That Contributes to Peace Isn’t Terrorist
The vice-president of Colombia, Francia Márquez Mina, came to Cuba for the 31st Havana International Book Fair, which this year celebrates Colombia as the guest country of honor. In May 2022, [...] Continue Reading