And so many other bad government policies? It doesn’t have to be this way. A strong majority of residents in Fresno support a wide range of progressive issues. And a plurality of registered voters in [...] Continue Reading
Economy
Progressive News Briefs
Mayor’s Privatization Scheme Defeated Fresno’s commercial solid waste workers won an important victory when City Council members voted 4-3 to stop a privatization effort led by Mayor Ashley [...] Continue Reading
Surviving the Village: An Organizer’s Tale
Hi, my name is LoriAnne Tennison. Very few of you readers know me, although a few of you may have heard or read about me. But I think that it is possible in the not-too-distant future that many of you [...] Continue Reading
What about the Homeless in Merced?
As you might guess, the homeless in Merced have as many problems today as they have had every day of their lives, as they try to get by without proper shelter, support and help from a city that would [...] Continue Reading
Why Is Downtown Modesto Dead: Homeless, Development and Resistance
In the early 2000s, the place to be for young people was downtown Modesto. People came to hang out, meet new people and be with friends. Go to downtown Modesto now, and you’ll find a very different [...] Continue Reading
The 18th Annual Cesar E. Chavez Celebration
“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not [...] Continue Reading
Opinion and Analysis from the Grassroots
Return to the Dark Ages By Ruth Gadebusch The assault on women continues. Worse yet, it has intensified in the current political climate. The party that once expressed great belief in keeping [...] Continue Reading
Martin Luther King Day in Fresno 2011
An Antiwar Speech, a Strange Pronouncement by the Police Chief, and more. . . [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
There are days when I feel like I’m living in a parallel universe. For example, take the 2011 Martin Luther King, Jr., Day march in downtown Fresno, which I attended. The contradictions that held that [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Help for the Community Alliance from Inside the Prison Industrial Complex I am writing in regard to your request for help, so that you can continue printing the Community Alliance. Enclosed you will [...] Continue Reading
Progressive News Briefs
Fresno Homeless Czar Harasses the Homeless Probably the cleanest homeless encampment in downtown Fresno is on F Street (between Ventura and Santa Clara). The people at that encampment were targeted [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Food Not Bombs 2011 Celebration and Fund-Raiser
Historically, February 25 has seen many milestones. The Beatles first single, “Please, Please Me,” was released on this day in 1963. The Beatles also began recording Abbey Road on that date in 1969. [...] Continue Reading