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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

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Two articles in the same daily newspaper about the same events helping to understand institutionalized racism

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Minnesota Public Radio has refused to cover the growing movement about the lack of an affirmative action policy surrounding the planning, co...

Monday, April 19, 2010

An open letter to Michael Caputo of Minnesota Public Radio

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Michael Caputo Analyst, Public Insight Journalism Minnesota Public Radio News Mr. Caputo, Per your letter below in response to my sugge...

Sunday, April 18, 2010

The Century Foundation... wrecking grassroots and rank-and-file movements for real health care reform...

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I posted this in response to a blog posting on “The Century Foundation” web site: http://takingnote.tcf.org/2010/03/who-is-don-berwick-...

Friday, April 16, 2010

Getting America Back To Work

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Getting America Back To Work is going to take a massive movement built from the ground up by rank-and-file working class activists who see t...

A question posed to me: Why are you concerned about racism?

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The answer to this question should be so obvious to any human being that an answer should not be required: Racism is simply immoral. Ra...

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...

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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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