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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, October 18, 2011

Don't you just hate it when salespeople tell you something that isn't true just to sell you something?

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I sent this to both Gander Mountain and Columbia. Notice; I will be placing this exchange on my blog. ---------- Forwarded message ----...

Should an occupation of the Ford Twin Cities Assembly Plant be considered to save it?

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The Flint Sit-Down Strike won union recognition for autoworkers--- can similar tactics be used to save the U.S. auto industry, plants and j...

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Now is the time to bring back the "Rebuild America Act" and the push for "peace dividends."

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The claim that the Occupy Wall Street movement is the "first populist movement" on the "left" since the 1930's is n...

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Racism in Minnesota elections exposed

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My comment on this article... Something to think about: The Minnesota Indian Gaming Association has spent tens of millions of dollars ove...

The Democrats bring the smoke-filled backrooms of corrupt politics to FaceBook

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B y Alan L. Maki as posted on FaceBook; Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 6:01am Has anyone noticed how so many of the Democratic Party'...

Monday, October 10, 2011

Some more thoughts about the Occupy Wall Street movement

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I assume my comments are welcome by the Occupy Wall Street movement whether there is agreement or not--- part of the democratic participatio...

Sunday, October 9, 2011

You say you want a revolution.. but want to forego reforms; dialog with a one of the leaders of the "leaderless" Occupy Wall Street movement

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This is a post made on FireDogLake--- my comment is at the end. In my opinion, it is strange to first talk about occupying Wall Street th...

Saturday, October 8, 2011

What is the movement against Wall Street really all about?

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What is the movement against Wall Street really all about? The New York Times assigned one of its top reporters to "clarify" what...

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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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