Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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Working for peace in Afghanistan
October 7, 2009After eight years of U.S. war in Afghanistan, ferment is growing in the country and the Congress about Washington’s next steps.
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Demand ‘citizens’ arrest’ of Blue Cross boss
October 6, 2009In a scene right out of Michael Moore's latest film, "Capitalism: A Love Story," chanting, sign-bearing health care activists swarmed through lunch-hour crowds in this city's financial district Oct. 6, and into the office tower where...
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Labor rejects Calif. tax proposals
October 5, 2009Wall Street heaps praise on pro-business tax proposals.
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San Francisco hotel workers take to the streets
September 29, 2009Hotel workers hold a militant and spirited march in San Francisco.
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Univ. of California community protests cutbacks
September 27, 2009A statewide protest is rocking the California university system.
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Californians to top insurer: Stop denying our care!
September 26, 2009SAN FRANCISCO - "Big Insurance: Stop denying our care! Public option Now!" and "Big Insurance: Sick of it!" read the signs, as hundreds of protesters jammed into the small sidewalk space in front of Wellpoint/Anthem Blue...
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Groups condemn attacks on Van Jones, green jobs leader
September 13, 2009In the aftermath of Van Jones’ abrupt Labor Day weekend resignation as the Obama administration’s special advisor for environmental jobs, human rights and environmental organizations are expressing outrage at the barrage of attacks against the green...
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Arson suspected in giant ‘Station Fire’
September 12, 2009Los Angeles County’s largest-ever brush fire, the Station Fire ― raging since Aug. 26 in the Angeles National Forest 20 miles north of Los Angeles ― was reported 42 percent contained Sept. 4 after ripping through...
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