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Social Justice
MLK March in Fresno
On Jan. 15, hundreds marched in downtown Fresno in celebration of what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 95th birthday. It was the 40th march in the city’s history, put on by Fresno’s Unity [...] Continue Reading
Reclaiming the Revolutionary MLK
Was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Chaplain to the Empire or Prophet of the Resistance? His own actions and words make clear his revolutionary prophetic vision, and resist all attempts to make him safe, [...] Continue Reading
Silent Suffering
BY THE MEADOWBROOK TENANT ASSOCIATION As rents continue to increase across the San Joaquin Valley, renters are pulling together to form tenant unions to protect themselves from negligent and [...] Continue Reading
Dire Circumstances for the Unhoused
Last winter in an e-mail to this reporter, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer said that “some people may not believe it, but I really do care about homeless people.” In January 2023, Fresno City Council Member [...] Continue Reading
A Luta Continua: The Struggle That Must Be
Dr. Claudine Gay was appointed president of Harvard University on Dec. 17, 2022. She became the first Black president in Harvard’s nearly 400 years of existence. Dr. Gay had been serving as the dean [...] Continue Reading
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
February 2024 You can read the (.pdf) print version of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom sponsored page below. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the [...] Continue Reading
Komon ‘alajtik: la Apuesta Zapatista por la Paz
En la noche del 31 de diciembre de 2023, en el Treinta aniversario del levantamiento del Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN), el subcomandante Moisés reitero la nueva etapa del [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s Homeless Seek More Warmth
Bitterly cold nights in the San Joaquin Valley this winter have homeless people struggling to stay warm. On a frigid Jan. 9 morning, people from the Homeless Union pleaded with City of Fresno [...] Continue Reading
No Whitewashing the Past
(Editor’s note: This is the story of Vance McKinney, as told to the author. McKinney is a truck driver (who hauls mostly agricultural produce) in a farmworker community. His father was a farmworker. [...] Continue Reading
The January 2024 Issue of the Community Alliance is now online
Progressive, Local/Independent News You can read the print version of the paper at the link below. This is a .pdf of the January 2024 Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow [...] Continue Reading
Our Community Supports Independent Media
Every time the Community Alliance asks for support from this community, you come through with the love and do-re-mi that keeps this newspaper humming. Not just printing every month but growing, [...] Continue Reading