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Leave a twig for the birds to perch on... don't let the capitalists do your thinking for you... if you are in the neighborhood, stop on in; the coffee is always hot and the cookie jar is full... looking forward to the day when the real decisions in America are made by working class families gathered around the kitchen table... new postings daily...Yours in the struggle...Alan L. Maki

Tuesday, January 2, 2007

An Inconvenient Truth

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Al Gore missed one heck of an inconvenient truth in his movie of the same name. Actually Al Gore missed the truth about capitalism; and, he...

Minimum Wage

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The minimum wage should be a real living wage based upon scientific calculations, not some figure politicians pull from a hat trying to loo...

Monday, January 1, 2007

Season's Greetings to friends near and far!

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I will not have a posting today, January 1, 2007 Please check out all my other blogs listed under "view my complete profile." I...

Sunday, December 31, 2006

The debate over health care

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Prior to the November 7 election there was tremendous support for doing something about the health care mess in this state, and in our count...

Saturday, December 30, 2006

The Wealth of the Poor: Managing ecosystems to fight poverty

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I would encourage everyone to read this publication which is a "collaborative effort" between four international agencies includin...

Friday, December 29, 2006

Mark your calendar...

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Today I am only posting the flier being distributed announcing the upcoming "Labor and Sustainability Conference." Over the next f...

Thursday, December 28, 2006

Israel seeks pipeline for Iraqi oil

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Today I think I am just going to let this April 20, 2003 Observer article stand on it's own without comment--- if you would like to view...

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

"Why do you rely on the Democrats?"

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I get e-mails, phone calls, and comments from people every day along the lines of this question; some people, in fact most people, come righ...

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

George Bush is doing the work for the terrorists...

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Well, there you have it; this is all over the internet: The U.S. military on Tuesday announced the deaths of six more American soldiers, pus...

Monday, December 25, 2006

Christmas Day 2006

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Fred and I arose about 5:30 A.M. this Christmas morning to a light snowfall. I put the coffee on and we walked for awhile. While walking I g...

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Alan Maki: United States; I have been involved in the peace, labor, civil rights, and environmental movements for over 30 years, and I am a socialist. I would encourage everyone to get involved in promoting the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which came into existence on December 10, 1948; we should strive to use the yearly anniversary of this document to popularize it. We need to struggle to create a more progressive, socially just society where all working people receive real living wages and have a voice at work, and in their communities. I have worked with casino workers across Minnesota who are trying to organize a union. I have worked with people in northern Minnesota struggling to save the Big Bog, the primary freshwater aquifer--- this bog is being mined for peat. In my spare time during the spring and fall you can find me fly fishing on the Dark River, a pristine designated trout stream;in the winter ice fishing on Lake-of-the-Woods. I look forward to hearing from you. Nothing human is alien to me.

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