[Richard Stone writes that Aaron Tesfaye has lived in the United States for about 30 years, including many in Fresno. He attended Fresno State and, after getting his Ph.D. at Claremont Graduate [...] Continue Reading
War & Peace
Citizen Action for Palestinian Human and Civil Rights: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
The U.S. government is currently engaged in perpetuating the charade of pseudo negotiations, known by some as the “piece” process, where more and more pieces of Palestine are taken by the Israelis. [...] Continue Reading
Opinion and Analysis from the Grassroots
Defunding Public Education: An Arresting Development By Tim Young Americans are facing the largest economic crisis since the Great Depression. States like California have responded by pulling the [...] Continue Reading
The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow is a brilliant history and assemblage of legal decisions, statutes, rules and practices that have incrementally grown since the 1970s to form a system of mass [...] Continue Reading
Grassroots Profile
I remember when I first met Camille Russell. A group of us peaceniks was picketing against the bombing of Kosovo on what we now call “Peace Corner” at Shaw and Blackstone, and there was a newcomer [...] Continue Reading
Meeting Energizes Peace Community
On the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the peace movement in our politically conservative San Joaquin Valley got a big boost. One hundred [...] Continue Reading
Opinion and Analysis From the Grassroots
The Conflict in Palestine/Israel Cries Out for Justice By Meghan Walsh When people ask me about my interest and slight obsession with the Middle East, I always fumble with a response. The [...] Continue Reading
WikiLeaks’ Afghan War Diary
Wikileaks.org has done it again, publishing thousands of classified documents about the U.S. war in Afghanistan. The Web site provides a secure platform for whistle-blowers to deliver documents, [...] Continue Reading
Where Was the Proof?
Prior to the March 2003 assault on Iraq, there never was real proof that Saddam/Iraq had serious, deployable weapons of mass destruction (WMD)—the type of proof that was given to the American public [...] Continue Reading
End the War
So that U.S military deaths are decreased 6,392 in Iraq and Afghanistan and Civilian deaths are decreased. 869,720 in Iraq and Afghanistan So that The Pentagon budget is decreased. Current Pentagon [...] Continue Reading
How to End Wars
Around the United States, peace groups are engaged in effective campaigns against proposed new military installations, local funding of weapons companies, and the routine destruction of the [...] Continue Reading
War and Antiwar
War Some people say Bush's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have now become Obama's wars. But to be honest, we live in a democracy and "we the people" have allowed the wars, so there is blame to share. We [...] Continue Reading