Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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Labor
Health workers strike for safe staffing, job security
November 1, 2008Bright purple tee-shirts filled the plaza at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, as striking health care workers gathered to demand the highly profitable company improve staffing levels, stop contracting work out and drop proposed takeaways in...
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U.S.
Mixed results in California elections
November 17, 2006Among the most significant election results in California was the 53-47 percent victory of wind power engineer Jerry McNerney over seven-term U.S. Rep. Richard Pombo in the 11th Congressional District, despite a Republican 7-point advantage in...
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U.S.
Immigration bills head to showdown; mass pressure seen as key to immigrant rights
June 2, 2006With the May 25 Senate passage of S 2611, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006, both houses of Congress have approved separate major immigration bills. The next step is for a House/Senate conference committee to...
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Culture
Paul Robeson: The tallest tree in our forest
April 7, 2006
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Peace
Thousands say enough! in nationwide war protests
March 24, 2006Thousands marched down Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, March 18, demanding an end to the Iraq war. The evening march, estimated at 7,000, was one of the largest of hundreds of protests around the nation on the third...
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Opinion
Immigrant rights actions impact Senate debate
March 24, 2006Months of growing grassroots pressure for immigrants’ rights and against proposed harsh repressive measures are beginning to open new avenues of struggle for a fair and humane approach to immigration reform.
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U.S.
Grannies rage against recruitment
February 17, 2006Hundreds of grandmothers and their supporters gathered at noon Feb. 14 for a Valentine’s Day demonstration in front of Oakland’s U.S. Army Recruiting Station, blocking the sidewalk and spilling out into the street.
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U.S.
Black Caucus: Together we can take America back
February 3, 2006Working together, ordinary Americans can take back the country’s economic, political and human rights agenda, members of Congress told activists and community leaders at a Jan. 28 community forum sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Political,...
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