By Sudarshan Kapoor “Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the [...] Continue Reading
National & International
The Crockford Files – Dec. 2012
By John Crockford Secure Communications When a Silent Circle subscriber (this is a fee-based service) makes a phone call, sends a text or video chats with another Silent Circle member, that [...] Continue Reading
The U.S. Election through the Eyes of the Brits
By Gerry Bill Manchester, U.K.—Observing the U.S. election from British soil was a new experience for me, and it turned out to be much more exciting to watch things from this side of the pond than I [...] Continue Reading
Does Peace Have a Chance?: Reporting on a Panel Discussion about Kashmir
By Richard Stone In a world that often seems dominated by rancor, an opportunity to have even-tempered discussion on a controversial issue is itself a cause of hope. So what to think when such an [...] Continue Reading
Students Support Campaign to Refuse Payment on Loans
By Montse Reyes In a time when education has become a contentious topic of political debate, the subject of rising tuition costs and student loan debt has found itself at the heart of the [...] Continue Reading
Travels to the Middle Kingdom—There and Back Again: Lessons for the US
By Gene Richards We Have to Articulate Ourselves Having been overseas for so long and having got used to living in a foreign country, I've seen the tremendous changes that have come to China, but [...] Continue Reading
Electoral Strategy from the Grassroots
By Mike Rhodes In September, we asked our readers to tell us their opinions about local, state and federal candidates and the state propositions. We want to share with you their progressive analysis [...] Continue Reading
Cuba Never Ceases to Amaze Me
By Gerry Bill Cuba does many of the things that other countries do, but somehow it manages to do them just a bit differently and, in many cases, a bit better. Even though this was my seventh trip [...] Continue Reading
Michael D. Evans reporting from the 2012 Democratic National Convention
Community Alliance at National Convention The Community Alliance will have a reporter onsite at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., the first week of September. Michael Evans, who [...] Continue Reading
Peace and Dignity Runners to Arrive in Fresno
By Hector Cerda August 2012 edition of the Community Alliance newspaper The Peace and Dignity Journeys runners will arrive in Fresno for the fourth time in 16 years on Aug. 14. They are on their [...] Continue Reading
The Pain in Spain Falls Mainly on the Plain (Folk)
By Amy Goodman As Spain’s prime minister announced deep austerity cuts in order to secure funds from the European Union to bail out Spain’s failing banks, the people of Spain have taken to the [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Our Voice from Inside the Prison Industrial Complex A lot has happened in the past several months that prevented me from submitting articles to the Community Alliance about life behind prison walls [...] Continue Reading