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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, July 27, 2011

My response to a Democrat still infatuated with this prick Obama

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My point exactly, Kim. Thank you for making it. We are paying for over 100 years of imperialist wars fought for Wall Street's interests:...

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Stand up to the liars telling us we need to raise the "debt ceiling."

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by Alan L. Maki on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 First of all this statement and call to action by U.S. Labor Against the War is somewhat decei...

Monday, July 18, 2011

Letter to Carolina Astrain, Minnesota Public Radio

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Carolina Astrain Newsroom coordinator Minnesota Public Radio castrain@mpr.org Carolina; Thank you for contacting me. Please find attached ...

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Bemidji Pioneer Press omits most important details from story

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The article below does not address: 1. Racist poverty imposed by the Indian Gaming Industry with the full complicity of the Minnesota Demo...

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Leech Lake Tribal Court Overturns Secretary-Treasurer Election; Indian Gaming, Poverty and Corruption go hand-in-hand subverting democracy

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Minnesota Democrats in creating the "Compacts" enabling Indian Gaming to take place in a way where casino workers were left withou...

Friday, July 15, 2011

Tax the rich; What we have learned in Minnesota.

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Here in Minnesota we have learned that " tax the rich " needs to become more than a campaign slogan. If we want to get real result...

Thursday, July 14, 2011

A response to Robert Reich

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Note: The Campaign for America's Future refused to allow me this response to Robert Reich--- whose article on jobs is published below in...

Access to my blog after being prohibited from posting--- again

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After keeping me out of my own blog for a long period of time, Blogger.com has finally provided me access to my blog. Isn't this nice of...

Monday, July 4, 2011

Peace activists get their message across at Netroots Nation 2011 Conference in Minneapolis

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(Click on picture to enlarge) Unfortunately, the need to end these dirty wars was seldom mentioned at the Netroots Nation 2011 national con...

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Same old, same old

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This government shut-down in Minnesota is nothing but a ploy by Democrats and Republicans to soften up public employees to take huge cut-bac...

Friday, July 1, 2011

Minnesota shuts down--- where is the money? It's time to talk about redistribution of wealth.

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These private, for profit, home health care "providers" (read profiteers) are bankrupting Minnesota like other states. State l...

Saturday, June 25, 2011

A FaceBook friend asks me why I am "soft" on the Republicans

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Debbie Murphy Alan, I'm curious...I rarely read if at all that you bash the Republicans. Why is that? Seems there would at least be s...

Friday, June 24, 2011

What kind of "labor solidarity" rally has been planned by the AFL-CIO in the name of "Hands Across Borders?"

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A letter to a Canadian trade union friend. There are all kinds of ironies in life. Here is one of these ironies--- The International La...

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Slow economic recovery hurting Obama politically as re-election campaign begins

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http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/apArticle/id/D9O166OG1/ Published Wednesday, June 22, 2011 AP-GfK poll: Slow economic recovery hurt...

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Netroots Nation 2011

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The Midwest Casino Workers Organizing Council extends a progressive welcome to bloggers from across the country and from around the world as...

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About Me

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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