Texas Longhorns with newborn calf in Bluebonnets

Texas Longhorns with newborn calf in Bluebonnets

Please note I have a new phone number...

512-517-2708

Alan Maki

Alan Maki
Doing research at the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas

It's time to claim our Peace Dividend

It's time to claim our Peace Dividend

We need to beat swords into plowshares.

We need to beat swords into plowshares.

A program for real change...

http://peaceandsocialjustice.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-progressive-program-for-real-change.html


What we need is a "21st Century Full Employment Act for Peace and Prosperity" which would make it a mandatory requirement that the president and Congress attain and maintain full employment.


"Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens"

- Ben Franklin

Let's talk...

Let's talk...

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Thousands in California march and rally against fracking and global warming

Check out these articles and the videos accompanying the articles:



http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_27482290/thousands-march-and-rally-oakland-call-ban-fracking?source=rss



http://photos.mercurynews.com/2015/02/07/photos-march-for-real-climate-leadership-against-hydrofracking/#1


YouTube video of entire march and rally:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8WLWI3XeBY



For more info, contact U.S. Labor Against the War:

http://uslaboragainstwar.org/



The streets of downtown Oakland were filled Saturday, Feb. 7, by an 8,000-strong crowd marching for Real Climate Leadership, the largest march against fracking in U.S. history.


A contingent of union members and labor organizers gathered around the fountain under the banner of "Labor Against Fracking," with representatives from three ASFCME locals, UNITE HERE, United Educators of San Francisco, U.S. Labor Against the War, Jobs With Justice, East Bay Up the Pay, OURWalmart, and EBASE (East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy).


"The planet is our workplace," stated Michael Eisenscher, the representative from U.S. Labor Against the War, setting the tone.


"There are no jobs on a dead planet," said Brooke Anderson of Climate Workers.