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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, May 22, 2012

When will Governor Mark Dayton call the "Red Dog" play to sack poverty?

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May 22, 2012 Submitted for publication to the Minneapolis Star Tribune as a “Commentary.” 697 words; guidelines allow for up to 700 wo...

Friday, May 18, 2012

Minnesotans have an opportunity to start breaking free from the two-party trap; help Mike Cavlan get on the ballot.

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Mike Cavlan needs our help to get on the ballot as a U.S. Senate candidate of the Open Progressive Party. Mike needs our help circulating hi...

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

“We Need to Make a Ruckus”: Robert Reich on Democracy Now!, today.

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Robert Reich appeared on Amy Goodman's "Democracy Now!" this morning promoting his new e-book, "Beyond Outrage." ...

Saturday, April 28, 2012

The intellectual dishonesty of Bill Fletcher, Jr.

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Why did Bill Fletcher omit the fact he is one of the ffive initiators of the Progressives For Obama? Why did Bill Fletcher, Jr. omit the fac...

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Hmmmmmmmm... what's on my mind this morning?

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What's on my mind this morning... hmmmmmmm. Like you, I am repeatedly invited to campaign fundraisers, debates and public forums, gree...

Friday, April 13, 2012

Yesterday we buried our good friend Gregory W. Paquin who was murdered by the FBI and Beltrami County Prosecutor Tim Faver

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Yesterday we buried our good friend Greg Paquin who because of his determined struggle to enforce Affirmative Action in the most racist city...

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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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