In early December, internationally known peace activist Medea Benjamin visited Fresno State on her book tour to deliver an informative and timely talk focused on peace titled “Ukraine War and the [...] Continue Reading
Odesa: Kholodomor (“Death by Cold”) Will Not Work
The first snow in Odesa, a southern seaport in Ukraine, was neither joyful nor quiet this year. The city woke up to the rumbling sounds of diesel generators shaking the streets. The Odesa region’s 1.5 [...] Continue Reading
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
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Mykolaiv: Life in a Bunker
Yuri, a small business owner, ran his logistics business and owned a truck and a large garage in Mykolaiv, where he lived with his wife Svetlana, and two daughters, Karina and Alina, 12 and 13, in a [...] Continue Reading
Activist Publishes Exposé of Life Inside Radical Valley Politics
“We found ourselves fighting a war at home and became the people our parents warned us against.” The memoir of former Fresno resident and political radical Joel Eis, Standin’ in a Hard Rain: The [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Center for Nonviolence Sponsored Page
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Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
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The November 2022 Issue of the Community Alliance
This is a .pdf of the November 2022 Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier reading. Simply place your cursor over [...] Continue Reading
The Great Game in Ukraine Is Spinning Out of Control
Former U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski famously described Ukraine as a “geopolitical pivot” of Eurasia, central to both U.S. and Russian power. As Russia views its vital security [...] Continue Reading
War Crimes and Reinforced Concrete: Kharkiv
On Sept. 23, I witnessed law enforcement officers completing the exhumation of 447 bodies, including 425 civilians, five children and 22 servicemen, from Izium mass graves. The chief of the Kharkiv [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Peace Activists Say Stop Nuclear War Now!
Oct. 16 marked 60 years since the Cuban missile crisis, the closest our world has ever been to nuclear war, and here we are again according to the experts. The United States is arming the war in [...] Continue Reading
The World Is Burning
The planet is burning—figuratively, not literally. Although it is more literal than we like to admit. As we approach the anniversary of the unexpected attack on Pearl Harbor bringing us into that [...] Continue Reading