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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, April 13, 2010

Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party 7th Congressional District Nominating Convention: A study in racism, corruption and the subversion of democracy

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I am sure most people will not believe what I am about to write about the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party 7th Congressional District...

Friday, April 9, 2010

Question I was asked... my answer

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After my previous blog posting I was asked: My answer would be: Whenever the Democrats no longer serve their purpose and they cannot win a...

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Democracy and the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party

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The middle-class professional and small-business class together with well-heeled and wealthy members of the "Summit Hill Club" who...

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Minnesota Democrats peddle racism in the guise of benevolence

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Minnesota DFL State Senator Mary Olson, DFL'er Representative John Persell and DFL'er Brita Sailer are among Minnesota Democrats boa...

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Irene Folstrom arrested for drunk driving; Did John McCarthy of the Minnesota Indian Gaming Association pull political strings to get Folstrom off light?

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Published March 31 2010 Irene Folstrom, former Bemidji candidate, pleads guilty to with DWI refusal to test The day after she was schedu...

A level playing field... from genocide and slavery to justice

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A great story about a family's visit to Cuba that might have some relevancy to northern Minnesota when it comes to affirmative action an...

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Letter to the Editor; Bemidji Pioneer

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Like many people in northern Minnesota, I found the article in the Bemidji Pioneer about the life of Irene Folstrom very interesting and inf...

Monday, March 22, 2010

Health Insurance Industry Bailout and Profit Maximization Act of 2010

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The “Health Insurance Industry Bailout and Profit Maximization Act of 2010” is tantamount to the doctor killing the patient. The American...

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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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