Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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U.S.
Bay Area community to Congress: good jobs now!
August 18, 2011A veritable rainbow of Oakland residents lined up at the microphones Aug. 16 to tell four members of Congress how the economic crisis affects them.
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U.S.
Protesters target BART for cell phone cutoff
August 16, 2011The rowdy but nonviolent roving protest was directed both at the BART's cell phone shutdown and BARTs police' fatal shooting of a homeless man last month.
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U.S.
Protests erupt over cell phone shutdown
August 15, 2011The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit shut off cell phone access to commuters at train stations and protestors say the police violated their right to free expression.
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U.S.
Rallies call for “Contract for the American Dream”
August 11, 2011Demonstrators gathered around the country calling on public officials to respond to the economic crisis by putting people back to work in good jobs.
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Opinion
Honor the troops, leave Afghanistan
August 9, 2011Though military generals claim, as they always do, that progress is being made, it's hard to see that on the ground.
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Opinion
For the victims in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, end nuclear arms
August 5, 2011Nuclear weapons have not been used in warfare since Hiroshima and Nagasaki - but such good fortune may not last forever.
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U.S.
APALA fights wage theft
July 29, 2011"It will take all of us to change things in corporate America," APALA President Luisa Blue said.
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Peace
Members of Congress say: Leave Iraq this year
July 29, 2011Less than 50,000 U.S. troops now remain in Iraq. The Pentagon has been encouraging the Iraqi government to ask for an extension of their presence.
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