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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, October 14, 2007

A question for the Office of Applied Studies of the United States Government concerning its report on the link between employment and depression

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I submitted this question to the Office of Applied Studies of the United States Government concerning the report referenced below: As the Di...
Friday, October 12, 2007

Jimmy Carter steps forward--- again; disagrees with Hillary Clinton & Barack Obama

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It's about time someone in the Democratic Party said this: He said he also disagreed with positions taken by Democratic Sens. Hillary Cl...
Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Can we trust the Ford Motor Company and the Ford Site Planning Committee?

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From: Anne Carroll Date: 2007-10-09 17:32 Posted on behalf and at the request of Brian Bates: Ford apparently owns the power plant - there ...
Wednesday, October 3, 2007

The General Motors/United Auto Workers settlement; job security and implications for other auto workers and the labor movement

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Mr. Fletcher; I read your article(see below) with great interest. I agree with what you say as far as you go; however, I don’t think your co...
Friday, September 21, 2007

United Auto Workers Union, job security, collective bargaining

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As long as the future of the auto industry remains in the hands of Chief Executive Officers of the Big Three there can be no job security. T...
Wednesday, September 12, 2007

All time record low turn out at the Polls in St. Paul, Minnesota

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Well... it looks like the people of St. Paul, Minnesota are thrilled with their right to vote. Less than 5% of those eligible to vote showed...
Friday, September 7, 2007

Save the St. Paul Ford Twin Cities Assembly Plant... voters should force the politicians to respond to this issue

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Doesn't it seem a little strange, that during an election, St. Paul candidates for city council are evading the issue of what can be don...
Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Officials, workers respond rapidly, aggressively, on behalf of bridge victims, families, and commuters

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Thursday, August 16, 2007 Officials, workers respond rapidly, aggressively, on behalf of bridge victims, families, and commuters by Al McFar...
Thursday, August 30, 2007

Labor Day 2007

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Alan Maki wrote: This is being Blind Carbon Copied to a number of members of the DFL State Central Committee who are very concerned about t...
Monday, August 27, 2007

St. Paul City Council Election and the future of the St. Paul Ford Twin Cities Assembly Plant

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Dear St. Paul City Council candidate; I represent a group of concerned citizens from across Minnesota, many of whom reside in St. Paul; and,...
Wednesday, August 22, 2007

The I-35W Bridge... two views

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This was sent to David Shove's " Progressive Calendar " Even though it was not published in the "Progressive Calendar...
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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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