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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

Saturday, December 6, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama asked to resolve injustices of casino workers

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President-elect Barack H. Obama; I write to you on behalf of the workers employed in the Indian Gaming Industry at the suggestion of a numbe...

Idled workers occupy factory in Chicago

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More info and what you can do here: http://laborjournal.blogspot.com/2008/12/workers-occupy-factory-in-struggle-for.html By RUPA SHENOY, Ass...

Friday, December 5, 2008

Bailout the Big Three?

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This Letter to the Editor was submitted to the Minneapolis Star Tribune for publication; writer granted the Editor the right to edit as seen...

Congressman Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona for Secretary of Interior?

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Congressman Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona is being mentioned as a potential Obama appointment for Secretary of Interior. It is interesting that ...

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The Republicans and the Democrats have lied to us about the serious economic problems

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First Bush lied to us about the war in Iraq; and the Democrats acquiesced and followed Bush to war. Now both the Republicans and the Democra...

Monday, November 17, 2008

Capitalist sooth-Sayers finally admit: "This is no 'garden variety' downturn"

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The capitalist sooth-Sayers have finally acknowledged what most working people knew long ago, "This is no 'garden variety' rece...

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Single-payer universal health care--- what is the compromise?

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This was in the Progressive Democrats of America’s newsletter: “We've just returned home from Washington D.C., where we attended a natio...

Friday, November 14, 2008

Citizens for Election Integrity

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I was one of about 200 "auditors" recruited by Citizens for Election Integrity which works in cooperation with the League of Wome...

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Will Barack Obama suffer the fate of Lyndon Johnson?

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Barack Obama has pretty much sealed his fate before he enters the White House because the Democratic Party has learned nothing from the pres...

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Can We Talk About the Real Obama Now?

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This is the very best article--- Can We Talk About the Real Obama Now? (see below)--- I have read about Barack Obama--- several months late...

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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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