By George B. Kauffman On Sept. 21, 2014, more than 400,000 people attended the People’s Climate March in New York City, two days before 120 world leaders, including President Barack Obama, but not [...] Continue Reading
National & International
10 Myths about Obama’s Latest War
By Reese Erlich Editor’s note: This article was originally posted on www.truthdig.com on Oct. 1, 2014. It is being reprinted with the author’s permission. Also, Mr. Erlich will be in Fresno on Jan. 7. [...] Continue Reading
The Smartphone Boycott of Bank of America
By Marc Keyser Matt Taibbi’s scathing report in Rolling Stone on the monumental corruption of the Bank of America is all the more disturbing because so little is being done to stop it. We the People [...] Continue Reading
Doubling Down on Dysfunction
By Michael D. Evans Nationwide There was little ambiguity in the outcome of Election 2014. Nationwide, it was a Republican year. Even the West Coast failed to stem the national sentiment as [...] Continue Reading
A Labor of Love: Election Protection in the San Joaquin Valley
By Hannah Brandt By November, the Valley’s scorching summer heat had finally given way to autumn’s leafy breezes. Wrapped in scarves and gloves, fortified with coffee, donuts and sandwiches from [...] Continue Reading
“I Just Want a Normal Life:” One Gaza Girl’s Dream
By Hannah Brandt I have adopted an arduous new summertime routine. It’s not the latest exercise regiment, a professional development class or a foray into learning another language. Every morning as [...] Continue Reading
Palestine Solidarity Mural
By Teresa Castillo Nestled in an uptown Oakland business district on 26th Street, a new public art project was unveiled on Aug. 10. The entire 157 feet long by 22 feet high side of a building came [...] Continue Reading
Peace Fresno and Palestine Freedom Project Forum
By Stan Santos On Sept. 6, Peace Fresno and the Palestine Freedom Project presented a forum with several speakers including Richard Becker, author of Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire. Richard [...] Continue Reading
The Children of Conflict: The Ignored History of the Migrant Refugee Crisis
By Matt Ford (Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Aug. 25 in CounterPunch. It is reprinted here with the author’s permission.) On July 25, Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina, [...] Continue Reading
Report from Cuba
By Leni Reeves We were a small determined group—the 2014 Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba. Our oldest was Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) member Judy Geer from Santa [...] Continue Reading
Water is Everybody’s Business
By Stan Santos (Author’s note: This article is based on research done in July 2014 and presented in the Spanish language section of the August Community Alliance.) In September 2013, a nonprofit [...] Continue Reading
Virak Ou: Fresno’s Adopted Son, Cambodia’s Hope
By Hannah Brandt Most Fresnans do not know that an internationally renowned human rights activist spent many years among us as a classmate, colleague, and neighbor. I certainly did not until I went [...] Continue Reading