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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, July 13, 2007

Bush, the war in Iraq, and a troubled and war weary Nation

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Bush has finally reached the conclusion the Nation is troubled and weary of the war in Iraq; pushing many political pundits to compare him t...

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

"The Family Jewels" and the U.S. labor movement

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Fidel Castro did the right thing in responding to " The Family Jewels ." (see my previous blog) Now, U.S. workers and union leader...

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

The Killing Machine; By Fidel Castro

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Note: Here is the complete pdf file for "The Family Jewels" (It is 703 pages): http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB222/famil...

Sunday, July 8, 2007

Progressives and the Middle East; and "progressive" impostors

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I received an e-mail that contained this: The second reason that peace leaders fail to criticize the leading pro-war lobby is because of the...

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Employee Free Choice Act isn't misleading, but Sen. Coleman's argument is

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Employee Free Choice Act isn't misleading, but Sen. Coleman's argument is http://www.twincities.com/opinion/ci_6243784?nclick_check=...

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Democracy, the MN DFL, and the Fourth of July

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My Yahoo e-mail account was “deactivated” as a result of a vicious campaign being waged against me by the casino industry together with the ...

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Cancer toll for Iron Range miners grows; so does need for single-payer, universal health care...

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As the cancer toll for Iron Range miners grows; the need for single-payer, universal health care becomes a more urgent issue. What I don...

Friday, June 29, 2007

Cancer on the Iron Range and in Minnesota Casinos

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Many resolutions such as the one I have posted below have come from the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party. There is a blatant hypocris...

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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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