Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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Labor
Medical staff join with patients, community to demand ‘Hands Off Medicaid!’
May 16, 2025Hundreds gathered to fight back against some $880 billion in cuts Republicans are proposing from Medicaid and other health care programs.
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U.S.
Peace organizations as Hiroshima anniversary approaches: Nuclear proliferation still threatens humanity
May 7, 2025“If you want peace, prepare for peace,” they declare as 191 nations meet at UN to discuss non-proliferation treaty renewal.
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U.S.
Government announces dangerous new plan for more plutonium at Livermore Lab
January 27, 2025There will be major increases in amount of nuclear grade plutonium stored and trucked in and out of California site.
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News
Protesters demand an end to sweeps of unhoused encampments
January 3, 2025Sweeps of homeless encampments have accelerated after the Grant’s Pass vs. Johnson Supreme Court decision.
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Labor
Northern Calif. mental health therapists rally in support of Southern Calif. colleagues
November 26, 2024The prescription is solidarity.
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U.S.
Judge’s ruling seen as victory in fight to control nuclear weapons proliferation
October 11, 2024Court says government must thoroughly examine environmental consequences of weapons production.
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Environment
“We’re paying for our own annihilation but nobody thinks about it”
August 13, 2024Anti-nuclear weapons activists protest at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to demand nuclear abolition.
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Politics
Oakland City Council unanimously passes resolution for ceasefire in Gaza
November 30, 2023Oakland joins cities across the country in calling for a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza.
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