Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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U.S.
Tens of thousands rallied for Families Belong Together
July 6, 2018The mass demonstration in San Francisco was typical of the outpourings against Trump’s harsh and inhumane policies.
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Labor
Workers: ‘Make one job at Marriott enough to live on!’
June 29, 2018"We have to let a huge corporation like this know we are united and we are empowered!”
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U.S.
Protesters outraged as Trump administration tears immigrant children from parents
June 6, 2018Oakland protesters gathered at the office of Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern, whose anti-terrorist training program has also trained law enforcement personnel to aid ICE agents in anti-immigrant raids.
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U.S.
California Senate makes big move for affordable housing
May 24, 2018San Francisco's Unified School District has over 2,200 homeless students.
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U.S.
“We Run UC”—Support workers strike the Univ. of California system
May 9, 2018A study conducted by AFSCME Local 3299 shows starting wages of black and Latino workers are about 20 percent lower than those of their white counterparts.
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U.S.
My Lai massacre exhibit puts Vietnam War in broad perspective
April 6, 2018We often honor the soldiers who fought, but forget that we had the luxury, as a country, to go to war where other people lived.
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U.S.
“Militarized” police disaster training program to end after this year
April 4, 2018Opponents charge that it trains law enforcement in military-style repression and criminalization of black, brown, indigenous and undocumented communities.
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Labor
California labor and allies fight Trump immigration lawsuit
March 8, 2018Gov. Brown said the lawsuit threatens innocent people, and “is about dividing America.”
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