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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, September 28, 2010

I loathe Republicans... but---

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I loathe the Republicans but they don't scare me; neither will calls pandering to fear scare or intimidate me into voting for worthless...

Monday, September 27, 2010

Who gave the orders for these raids and issuance of subpoenas to appear at an inquisition if not Barack Obama?

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President Barack Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, FBI Director Robert Mueller, CIA Director Leon Panetta, National Security Administrat...

Free Kittens... a must read

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This comes from my friend in Canada, Howard Pawley... who included a brief note: For a Laugh or two! Tommy Douglas would tell this sto...

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Tell Barack Obama: Stop the FBI attacks on our movements in solidarity with FARC-EP in Columbia

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By Alan L. Maki - Sep 25, 2010 3:45:52 PM ET Some background i...

Friday, September 24, 2010

The FBI and "Red Squads" have raided the homes and offices of peace activists... no doubt the terrible liberals and "professional leftists" Obama has been ranting about...

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I read the articles about these raids on peace and solidarity activists who work like I do in solidarity with the Palestinian people strugg...

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Immigration, A Perennial Issue Of Concern In The U.S.

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Note: This is a guest blog by Brian McAfee of Muskegon, Michigan. I note the "Dream Act" is referenced at the end... I want it und...

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

On intellectualism and intelectualism

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Azar Nejad Good work you do. It is critical that we have Dems for this Nov. election - although I have plenty critic on issues. Also...

Friday, September 17, 2010

Unite for peace to win jobs and end poverty: March and rally October 2 in Washington D.C.

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Friday, September 17, 2010 Unite for peace to win jobs and end poverty Alan L. Maki ‎ So far I haven't seen where there has bee...

Monday, September 13, 2010

Political Debate: A cornerstone of democracy... why is United States Congressman Keith Ellison afraid to debate his opponent Michael Cavlan

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We received the following e-mail this morning from the Cavlan for U.S. Congress-5th District Campaign Committee. This is not an endorsemen...

Sunday, September 12, 2010

My first Sunday morning sermon...

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Sunday, September 12, 2010 My Sunday morning FaceBook "sermon:" The extremely wealthy stay in the background as they finan...

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

My response to Eliot Seide

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Letter to the editor/opinion piece submitted for publication, exclusively, to the Duluth News tribune: I read with interest the puff piec...

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

How is the WAR ECONOMY working for you?

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My thoughts for the day... How is the WAR ECONOMY working for you? The United States is the wealthiest country in the world...

Monday, August 16, 2010

Getting Americans back to work is easy but the dumb donkeys don't know what to do...

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What we need to do in order to put America back to work is create even larger government jobs programs than what we have with the largest go...

Sunday, August 1, 2010

WE need to break the back of institutionalized racism if Minnesota is going to move forward…

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By: Alan L. Maki The business interests controlling the MN DFL refused to allow a full discussion of the issues confronting Minnesot...

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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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