Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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News
Right-wing recall election advances vs. California. Gov. Gavin Newsom
April 30, 2021It’s the sixth such effort by the right against him in the two years since his election but the only one that has achieved the necessary signatures.
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World
Afghanistan’s socialist years: The promising future killed off by U.S. imperialism
April 15, 2021From 1978 to 1992, Afghanistan made great strides in education, health care, economic development, and women's liberation - despite intense fighting with U.S.-backed fundamentalist militia forces.
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U.S.
Good Friday Swords into Plowshares participants call for abolition of all nuclear weapons
April 7, 2021San Francisco Bay area activists gathered to protest ever more dangerous nuclear weapons that can evade radar entirely after being launched from locations thousands of miles from their targets.
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Politics
Justice bills progressing in California legislature
April 1, 2021One bill would allow any registered voter to run for sheriff.
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U.S.
Oakland, Marin County to launch pilot programs for guaranteed income
March 26, 2021“The poverty we all witness today is not a personal failure,” Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said, “it is a systems failure.”
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U.S.
Oakland crafting pilot program for response to mental health crises
March 19, 2021Idea is to have trained civilians, rather than cops, respond to health issues currently overwhelming the police.
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Labor
San Francisco: $5/hour COVID hazard pay for grocery, pharmacy workers
March 12, 2021Late last month, a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll found 77% of Californians support hazard pay legislation for frontline essential workers.
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Culture
The marvelous life of Marvel Cooke, pioneer Black woman journalist
March 8, 2021At the intersection of African American History and Women’s History months is a long list of Black women who have made history in many fields. Prominent among them is Marvel Cooke.
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