Marilyn Bechtel

Marilyn Bechtel writes from the San Francisco Bay Area. She joined the PW staff in 1986 and currently participates as a volunteer. Marilyn Bechtel escribe desde el Área de la Bahía de San Francisco. Se unió al personal de PW en 1986 y actualmente participa como voluntaria.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel

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University faculty to chancellor: “We are not your ATM!”
November 18, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel
In California State University faculty's first such action since collective bargaining began almost 30 years ago, two of the system's 23 campuses were idled in a one-day strike Nov. 17.
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Police again evict Occupy Oakland’s tent city
November 14, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel
Before dawn this morning, Nov. 14, police in riot gear moved in to evict Occupy Oakland campers from their tent city in a plaza in front of City Hall.
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Health care reform law already helps uninsured
November 14, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel
Advocates 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, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel
Nov. 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, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel
Occupy 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, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel
On 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, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel
In 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, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel
In 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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