Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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Nurses, mental health therapists and other Kaiser Permanente health workers strike to support stationary engineers
November 22, 2021Over 60,000 members of other unions representing Kaiser Permanente workers throughout northern California held solidarity strikes Nov. 17 and 18.
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University of California lecturers win major gains in contract
November 19, 2021Lecturers who teach a third of U of C undergrads win without even having to picket.
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Poor People’s Campaign tells Sen. Feinstein: Hold the line on Build Back Better!
November 12, 2021In anticipation of the Senate taking it up, they demand no more cuts to the program.
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Nuclear weapons monitors demand environmental review of new bomb production plans
November 2, 2021So 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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Governor signs California’s Momnibus Act, to reduce racial disparities
October 15, 2021Bill is designed to reduce glaring racial disparities in maternal and infant deaths in the state.
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Newsom signs eight new California laws targeting police violence
October 5, 2021Big steps forward for police responsibility and accountability.
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Now on Newsom’s desk: social justice, ethnic studies, worker protections, and payments
September 17, 2021Some 900 bills improving conditions for the majority in California await the governor’s signature.
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Los años socialistas de Afganistán
August 16, 2021El futuro prometedor asesinado por el imperialismo estadounidense.
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