Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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Health care reform law already helps uninsured
November 14, 2011Advocates say nearly three-quarters of California's four million people with no health coverage are people of color, with Latinos making up nearly 60 percent of the total uninsured.
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Thousands join largely peaceful Occupy Oakland protest
November 3, 2011Nov. 2 in Oakland was packed with rallies, marches, gatherings of children and families, and a disability community action. Later a picket line of 5,000 shut down the Port of Oakland, the nation's fifth busiest port,...
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Mass Day of Action gains broad support in Oakland
November 1, 2011Occupy Oakland's Nov. 2 mass day of action is gaining broad support from unions, community organizations and faith groups.
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Occupy Oaklanders vigil for injured vet
October 28, 2011On the evening of Oct. 27, over a thousand people held a vigil for Iraq veteran Scott Olsen, seriously hurt two days earlier when he was struck in the head by a police tear gas canister.
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Oakland demos spark call for nonviolence & end to repression
October 26, 2011In the wake of the early morning police eviction of Occupy Oakland protesters from their encampments Oct. 25, confrontation between protesters and police came to a head in the early evening after protesters regrouped at the...
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Police evict Occupy Oakland
October 25, 2011In a massive pre-dawn raid Oct. 25, Oakland and other area police evicted hundreds of Occupy Oakland protesters from their two-week-old encampment in front of City Hall and a smaller camp in a nearby park.
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Occupy Oaklanders wake up the town
October 24, 2011On the morning of Oct. 22, Occupy Oakland's two-week-old camp in front of City Hall - now said to number 150 tents - thronged with visitors.
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Thousands demanding jobs jam Oakland streets
October 18, 2011Students, unionists, environmentalists, elected officials, anti-foreclosure activists and retirees joined hands to demand: Jobs not cuts, Work not war!
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