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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

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Why did the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party allow a racist Community Development Director to undermine and circumvent affirmative action?

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October 20, 2009 Rita Albrecht, Community Development Director, City of Bemidji. Minnesota rita.albrecht@ci.bemidji.mn.us Ms. Albrecht; I...

Canada sends a socialist, working class union leader and NDP politician to Washington as its Ambassador

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Canada's most reactionary ever politician, Prime minister Stephen Harper, has been forced to send Manitoba's Gary Doer, a socialist ...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Stalled agenda irks labor leaders; Unions see little action from Democrats in D.C.

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This is a comment I made in response to the posting of this article which appeared in the Boston Globe. This statement here, quoted in this ...
Sunday, October 11, 2009

Enforcement of Affirmative Action: Missing from Obama's--- and the Democrat's--- Agenda

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This letter to the editor appeared in northern Minnesota's leading daily newspaper, The Bemidji Pioneer , (published Sunday, October 11,...
Friday, October 9, 2009

Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

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I published my response to Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize on The Huffington Post: Ironically, the most hypocritical statement (w...
Thursday, October 8, 2009

America Needs Warriors for Justice

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Below is the posting of Stewart Acuff who heads up the National Organizing Department of the AFL-CIO which he posted on The Huffington Po...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Leading figure in Democratic Party brings to light the abuse of casino workers in the Indian Gaming Industry

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-----Original Message----- From: Alan Maki [mailto:amaki000@centurytel.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 12:06 AM To: 'marc@asch.org...

The key to health care reform

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Barack Obama's misfortune in the polls has turned into our possible good fortune... we now have something to bargain with Barack Obama a...
Sunday, October 4, 2009

Health care: The facts begin to trickle in

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Health insurance bills could be hardship for many By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writer Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, Associated Pr...
Thursday, September 3, 2009

The truth about Obama's HR 3200

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An article from an Obama supporting newspaper blazed the headline: Missouri state capital rallies for health care reform But, the picture ac...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Tobacco seen killing 6 million people next year

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* Occupational exposure to secondhand smoke kills 200,000 workers every year. The corrupt Democratic Party, working in cahoots with the Indi...
Friday, August 21, 2009

Why Is Barack Obama's Popularity in the Polls Dropping Like A Lead-filled Balloon?

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The media is reporting: Poll: Americans losing confidence in Obama http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090821/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_poll WASHINGT...
Friday, August 7, 2009

Health care reform

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Winning any reform requires that people thoroughly understand the issues and what needs to be done. Health care reform is no exception; the ...
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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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