Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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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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Labor
San Francisco hotel workers hold two-day ‘siege’
April 1, 2010SAN FRANCISCO - The giant hotel corporations that dominate this city's top hotels may think they can hide behind the current economic crisis to force workers to accept a contract full of takeaways.
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U.S.
Community clinics rally for health care reform
March 18, 2010As the health care reform debate came down to the wire this week, supporters of community health clinics rallied March 17 in California.
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U.S.
While golfers play, locked out workers picket
March 16, 2010PLEASANTON, Calif. - Bright spring grass, gentle breezes, a tree-lined country road. It should have been an idyllic setting for the golfers fanning out across the fairways at Castlewood Country Club on a sunny Sunday morning....
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U.S.
New report cites “explosion” of radical right groups
March 12, 2010Last year saw an "explosion" of extremist groups and activism across the U.S., the Southern Poverty Law Center says in a new report, "Rage on the Right: The Year in Hate and Extremism."
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Labor
Closing NUMMI will harm both Toyota & community
March 8, 2010Toyota's decision to close the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI) auto plant in Fremont, Calif. March 31 goes against the firm's business interests, and its devastating effects will ripple throughout California.
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