The San Jose Peace and Justice Center commends the temporary ruling by Federal Judge Eumi Lee concerning the proposed ICE facility in Gilroy and we anticipate a further, permanent, ruling next week. The Peace and Justice Center also thanks County Counsel Tony LoPresti for bringing this lawsuit and the many local politicians who supported the

Photo from 2006 demonstration in San Jose against Jeppesen, the CIA's "travel agent for torture" by Norman Solomon, in Common Dreams, September 3, 2026 A quarter-century has nearly passed since the terrorist attack that killed almost 3,000 people in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. During the first seven years after that mass atrocity,

On August 25th, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors are voting on whether or not to spend 1 billion installment of potentially 2.5 billion of our dollars on incarceration instead of schools, housing, healthcare, and other urgent community needs. The “Jail Transformation Plan” includes building a new facility and will be operating 15 years from

by Caitlin Johnstone, August 4, 2026 One point I will always adamantly insist on is that it’s entirely possible to live a joyful and exuberant life in the midst of this abusive dystopia. There’s a pervasive, unexamined notion throughout revolutionary politics that there’s some kind of nobility in being miserable. If it isn’t seen as