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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

Friday, January 26, 2007

The State of the Union; Bush, the Democrats, the alternative

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Bush's State of the Union speech was just about as anticipated... but, the Democratic response has been just as shameful. The Democrats ...
Monday, January 22, 2007

Labor Creates All Wealth

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Throughout the "Labor and Sustainability Conference" this past weekend in St. Paul, it was repeatedly stressed that "labor cr...
Sunday, January 21, 2007

Another Inconvenient Truth about Global Warming

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An "inconvenient truth" about global warming is that this problem will not be resolved until working people are fully brought into...
Friday, January 19, 2007

Minnesota Reaction to Bush's "Surge" Speech

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Please note: my next posting will be on Sunday. No matter where I go in Minnesota I find little support for the war in Iraq, and even less f...
Thursday, January 18, 2007

Blogging, Democracy: "Framing" issues for "spam filters"

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Veteran journalist Bill Moyers on Friday challenged 3,000 progressive activists and communicators to take back the telling of America's ...
Wednesday, January 17, 2007

George McGovern's "Blueprint" for ending the war in Iraq

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Note: I am publishing an e-mail I sent to peace activists, elected officials, along with the McGovern "Blueprint" for a way out o...
Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Get Involved: Health Care Demonstration; Health Care Forum

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Get Involved: Health Care Demonstration; Health Care Forum See pictures at bottom right of article. This is an e-mail I distributed widely, ...
Monday, January 15, 2007

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Today is Martin Luther King Day. Most of the problems that Dr. King sought to correct still plague our nation--- racism, discrimination, ine...
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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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