Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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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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PrintEditions
Calif. hotel boycott grows: Korean, Mexican unionists pledge support
April 29, 2005San Francisco and Los Angeles hotel workers’ long-running contract battles to save quality health coverage and win decent wages and reasonable workloads are intensifying, with “street heat,” boycott successes and growing international solidarity.
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PrintEditions
Nepal: King seizes power, once again
February 11, 2005Declaring a three-year state of emergency, Nepal’s King Gyanendra dismissed the nation’s cabinet on Feb. 2 and assumed absolute power for the second time in three years.
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U.S.
Civil rights, Latino groups charge Gonzales unfit for office
January 14, 2005Torture role condemned, ‘No’ vote urged In Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings, senators mostly held their punches on Alberto R. Gonzales’ role in the torture of Iraq war detainees. But defenders of democratic rights branded Gonzales unfit...
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Labor
S.F. hotel workers triumph over lockout
December 3, 2004SAN FRANCISCO — Some 4,300 hotel workers returned to work triumphantly at 14 of this city’s premier hotels last week, after area health providers’ decisions to extend workers’ medical coverage for December and January pulled the...
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Peace
Support our troops: bring them home now!
June 11, 2004Events on both coasts last week reflected the worry growing throughout the country about the impact on soldiers and their families of ever-lengthening deployments in Iraq and Kuwait.
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