Marilyn Bechtel

LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel

• Labor

  

  University of California lecturers win major gains in contract

  November 19, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

  Lecturers who teach a third of U of C undergrads win without even having to picket.

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• Politics

  

  Poor People’s Campaign tells Sen. Feinstein: Hold the line on Build Back Better!

  November 12, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

  In anticipation of the Senate taking it up, they demand no more cuts to the program.

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• Environment

  

  Nuclear weapons monitors demand environmental review of new bomb production plans

  November 2, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

  So far, the Biden administration’s request for $43.2 billion for the U.S. nuclear arsenal “modernization” follows the Trump administration’s spending patterns.

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• Politics

  

  Governor signs California’s Momnibus Act, to reduce racial disparities

  October 15, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

  Bill is designed to reduce glaring racial disparities in maternal and infant deaths in the state.

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• Politics

  

  Newsom signs eight new California laws targeting police violence

  October 5, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

  Big steps forward for police responsibility and accountability.

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• News

  

  Now on Newsom’s desk: social justice, ethnic studies, worker protections, and payments

  September 17, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

  Some 900 bills improving conditions for the majority in California await the governor’s signature.

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• Mundo Popular

  

  Los años socialistas de Afganistán

  August 16, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

  El futuro prometedor asesinado por el imperialismo estadounidense.

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• Environment

  

  On Hiroshima, Nagasaki anniversaries, activists demand abolition of nuclear weapons

  August 12, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

  Demonstration at dangerous California lab links the threats of nuclear disaster and climate change.

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