Members of Southwest Fresno H.E.A.T. are raising concerns about high-density development, the displacement of longtime residents and the misallocation of funding that was intended to improve their [...] Continue Reading
Race & Ethnicity
Kettleman City Group Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Kings County
Although the cluster of birth defects in Kettleman City is now under a comprehensive investigation by state and federal environmental agencies, the situation has intensified as local advocacy groups [...] Continue Reading
Another World Is Possible
It was sometime early in June. I was attending a Brown Berets meeting. It was barely the second or third meeting I had attended. Debbie Reyes, an organizer for the Prison Moratorium Project was also [...] Continue Reading
Grassroots Profile
I forgot to ask this month's subject, Ernesto Saavedra, if he was named after Che. Even if his parents didn't think of it, it would have been appropriate. For this Ernesto is a 24/7 organizer of [...] Continue Reading
Oscar Grant and the Role of Militant Action
"MY SON WAS MURDERED. HE WAS MURDERED. HE WAS MURDERED. HE WAS MURDERED, and the law has not held the officer accountable the way that he should have been held accountable." These are the words of [...] Continue Reading
Schlepping over the Rainbow
Tikkun Olam is an ancient Hebrew phrase for which Jewish scholars don't agree on the exact meaning-is that a surprise? But its inexact meaning is to do social justice and includes not oppressing [...] Continue Reading
Oppliger-Gate: The Saga
By Maria Telesco Frantically fishing for flaws in our [in]justice system: Eureka! I found one! OPPLIGER-GATE! Astounded, I hastened to exhume evidence of malfeasance, blogs being my main [...] Continue Reading
Fresno: How I Love Thee
Local Organizers Take on Disparities and Call to Action Oh Fresno… “I love Fresno.” This rarely leaves the lips of Fresno residents or visitors. Shame of our city hovers thickly, holding hands with [...] Continue Reading
Chomsky Warns of Risk of Fascism in America
By: Matthew Rothschild Noam Chomsky, the leading leftwing intellectual, warned last week that fascism may be coming to the United States. "I'm just old enough to have heard a number of Hitler's [...] Continue Reading
Credo
By: Richard Stone Les Kimber says it is simple and straightforward: Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you. "I learned this early, from my mother's lips. I was raised in a God-fearing home, [...] Continue Reading