Author: Francesca Fiorentini

Francesca Fiorentini is a proud former editor of this fine publication and an editor with Left Turn magazine. After several years based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Francesca is now back in California, where she is a presenter and producer with the online news & commentary channel AJ+. www.francescafiorentini.com

Private Property vs. the People of the Earth

By Francesca Fiorentini

We want simple things,” Atilio Curiñanco of the Santa Rosa community says to me through a crackling connection. “Most people don’t understand that.” It is February 11, and in three days the families of the community of Santa Rosa will mark the two-year anniversary of their nonviolent reclamation of their ancestral territory. In the early…

From Soldier to Objector: Jose Vasquez

By Francesca Fiorentini

From Soldier to Objector:Jose Vasquez Interviewed by Francesca Fiorentini and Steve Theberge Born in the Bronx, Jose Vasquez grew up in San Bernadino, Calif. In 1991, a junior in high school, he enlisted in the Army’s Delayed Entry Program. During his four-and-a-half-year tour of duty, Vasquez was stationed in Hawaii, Louisiana, Thailand, Florida, and California….