thoughts from podunk

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, June 20, 2008

Please don't abandon the Democratic Party in our time of need

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A Democratic Party hack called me two days ago with this "request;" then the same issue was brought forward on a progressive list ...

Thursday, June 19, 2008

House votes to provide $162 billion in war funding

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Shame on the Democrats for including extended unemployment benefits and education for veterans along with funding programs for victims of fl...

Democratic-led Congress to vote on war funding, unemployment benefits extension

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Pick up any newspaper in the United States today, and this is the story you will see with this headline blaring out at you: Democratic-led C...

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Health Care and the Circus in the Cities

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Google and Microsoft have the ability to wage a major political fight , the kind appreciated in Washington for the money it generates in lob...

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Some thoughts on Obama and Change

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I have been active in the Minnesota DFL and the Democratic Party most of my life. Lately people have a lot of questions about Obama using th...

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Mystic Lake Casino

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The management of SMSC Gaming Enterprise and SMSC, owners of the Mystic Lake Casino and Little Six Casino, are engaged in a rash of firings ...

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Ford may review truck plant closure plans, Coleman says

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Two news stories, two approaches towards plant closings: One headline reads: Ford may review truck plant closure plans, Coleman says Another...

Friday, June 6, 2008

St. Paul police to apologize for detaining antiwar activist

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-----Original Message----- From: Alan Maki [mailto:amaki000@centurytel.net] Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 8:36 AM To: 'ppheifer@startribun...

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Coleman to make case for Ford plant in St. Paul

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Comment by Alan Maki on article below as posted on Pioneer Press web site: Norm Coleman should be applauded for trying to keep the St. Paul ...

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Conference on Disinvestment canceled for "lack of interest"

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What was being promoted in the Twin Cities labor community as a big trade union " Conference on Disinvestment " was abruptly cance...

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

The Labor Education Service and the Carlson School of Management : The Neoliberal Agenda

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I received this e-mail from someone called "twisted nelly" in response to my blog (see link below) http://thepodunkblog.blogspot.c...

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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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