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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

Friday, March 4, 2011

Why are the Democrats and some labor "leaders" trying to confuse what is at issue in Wisconsin and other states?

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The real issue in Wisconsin along with defending the rights of teachers and public employees to collective bargaining is: How is Obama's...

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

CCDS issues a good statement on the working class upsurge

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We need more statements coming from the left similar to this: http://www.cc-ds.org/statement s/2011/Events-in-Wisconsin.htm l "Our ...

Monday, February 28, 2011

Redistricting

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Here in Minnesota, redistricting has become a major and important topic of discussion and concern. The Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Par...

Sunday, February 27, 2011

I receive a brief, terse e-mail from Eliot Seide, AFSCME's leader or "main man"

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I wake up on this cold, blustery, windy, snowy Sunday morning in northern Minnesota. Get dressed. Take my dog Fred for a walk. Come in and p...

Saturday, February 26, 2011

What about ethics and morality in goverment? This is from a FaceBook posting I made...

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Alan L. Maki What about "ethics and morality" in government? Do these concepts mean anything anymore with Wall Street coupon clip...

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Letter to the Editor, Bemidji Pioneer Press

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Minnesota is fortunate to have the most liberal governor in the Nation with Mark Dayton who narrowly won election--- no thanks to John McCar...

Friday, February 18, 2011

Workers' Rights Here and Abroad

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This article, Workers' Rights Here and Abroad--- being published all over the place to confuse and intimidate and manipulate and contr...

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Letter to the Editor, Madison Times

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news@madtimes.com Letter to the Editor submitted for publication; We need to be asking why all the states and the federal government are...

Monday, February 14, 2011

Ken Martin, the new Chair of the Minnesota DFL is orchestrating a campaign against our organizing efforts...

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The leadership of the Minnesota DFL has launched a vicious racist anti-union attack against our casino worker organizing efforts. Every work...

Sunday, February 13, 2011

When Democracy Weakens

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/12/opinion/12herbert.html?_r=2&ref=opinion OP-ED COLUMNIST When Democracy Weakens By BOB HERBERT Publis...

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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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