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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

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Erosion of Unions Hurt Women

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Dear Portside Moderator; I found the posting of the article “ Erosion of Unions Hurt Women ” to your list by a top leader of the AFL-CIO ver...

Saturday, April 28, 2007

David Suzuki says Baird climate plan 'not enough'; Al Gore joins fray in Canada calling the Conservative Party's "environmental plan" a "scam."

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Canadian scientist and socialist David Suzuki who has no use for capitalist globalization confronted the Canadian Environment Minister accu...

Friday, April 27, 2007

Some thoughts about progressive politics...

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In responses to my blog postings I have been getting all kinds of e-mails and phone calls as well as getting into discussions about what I w...

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

World Resources Institute & Goldman Sachs teamed up for Earth Day

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This document, a collaborative effort from the investment firm of Goldman Sachs and the World Resources Institute, a front for the World Ban...

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

May Day Manifesto; INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC)

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This sure sounds good... I would encourage you to circulate this widely... Alan Maki INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnL...

Monday, April 23, 2007

The "DFL Business Caucus" dominates the Minnesota DFL

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The “Business Caucus” of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party wants to silence progressive thought. The well-heeled “Summit Hill Crow...

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Bishop Thomas Gumbleton denied the right to speak at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in St. Paul Diocese in Minnesota

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I spoke with the person answering the phone this morning at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, who refused to provide her name, but said that ...

Saturday, April 21, 2007

President Bush got the welcome a warmonger deserves in Grand Rapids, Michigan

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This coverage from the daily Republican rag and big business mouthpieces tells us a lot about what is going on in this country... both the 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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