Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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U.S.
Huge May Day rallies fueled by outrage over Arizona law
May 3, 2010Well over 100,000 rallied May 1 in more than 100 communities, a massive outpouring fueled by outrage over Arizona's viciously anti-immigrant SB 1070.
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U.S.
Unions, community to Wells Fargo: We are not your ATM!
April 28, 2010From all around the Bay Area and beyond they came, a thousand strong - union members proudly displaying their banners, community organizations from neighborhoods wracked by foreclosures and unemployment.
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U.S.
Ex-inmates need across-the-board help, panelists say
April 27, 2010Alameda County elected officials, law enforcement officials, community organizations and current and former inmates came together April 22, to consider how best to help former prisoners.
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Opinion
Realizing the promise of ‘nuclear spring’
April 26, 2010Speaking in Prague a year ago, President Obama proclaimed "America's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons."
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Peace
New bill calls for Afghanistan withdrawal
April 19, 2010A bipartisan bill calling for a plan and a timetable to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan was introduced into Congress April 14th.
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Peace
Nations agree to work together for nuclear security
April 14, 2010Leaders of 47 nations ended their Washington nuclear security summit April 13 with a pledge to "strengthen nuclear security and reduce the threat of nuclear terrorism."
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U.S.
Bill to divest from arms makers faces test
April 12, 2010The fate of a bill passed by the University of California at Berkeley Student Senate to divest from two U.S. firms providing military support to Israel's occupation of Palestine will likely be decided April 14.
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Labor
Marchers demand bailout for Main St.
April 7, 2010"They got bailed out, we got sold out!" was the chant as over 150 trade unionists and community allies marched through downtown Oakland April 5, pausing at banks along the route to let their message soak...
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