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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, July 12, 2013

Alan Maki and Coleen Rowley talk about defending our Constitutional Rights... see YouTube video

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Link to YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NcTlua3reVA#at=11 Wednesday, July 10, 2013...

Why the Revival of US Labor Might Start with Nonunion Workers

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Why is it the number one reform, the repeal of "At-will Employment," that could bring organized and unorganized workers together i...

Jobs, jobs, jobs my ass!

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Monday, July 8, 2013

Does morality figure in U.S. government decision-making? Has it ever?

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Does morality figure in government decision-making? Has it ever? This provides us a perfect example of why letter writing and petitioning  t...
Sunday, July 7, 2013

5 dead in Quebec oil train explosions; scores missing

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This article raises all kinds of concerns about how Bay Street and Wall Street do business and bribe politicians and those they appoint who ...

Minnesota DFL super majority...

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Refuses to raise the Minimum Wage. Refuses to bring forward anti-scab legislation. Refuses to bring forward anti-lockout legislation. ...

Minnesota DFL moves 2014 state convention to weekend of May 30-June 1

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Minnesota DFL moves 2014 state convention to weekend of May 30-June 1 By Joe Kimball | 06/17/13   The Minnesota DFL says it is ...

Occupy the FBI Files: Guest Speakers, Alan Maki and Coleen Rowley

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https://www.facebook.com/events/665774910104173/ Alan Maki is a northern Minnesota activist who has been involved in the peace, labor, c...
Saturday, July 6, 2013

What kind of "People's History of Egypt" can be complete with an attack on Gamal Abdel Nasser?

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I seemed to have sparked quite the conversations on FaceBook and on a number of list serves and many e-mail exchanges with my defense of G...
Friday, July 5, 2013

Gamal Abdel Nasser and the Arab Socialist Union

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Again we see in this Counterpunch article no mention of Nasser and the Nasser years: http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/07/05/the-fall-of-mors...
Thursday, July 4, 2013

Egypt: What about Gamal Abdel Nasser?

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When capitalism can't... Wall Street won't... the working class can.

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Why does this left wing Obama supporter find it so difficult to link the struggle for jobs with the struggle for peace since anyone with a...
Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Time Magazing... Moral Mondays: Religious Progressives Protest North Carolina Policies

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I would encourage this article be widely shared. Link:  http://swampland.time.com/ 2013/07/01/moral-mondays- religious-progressives- protest...

North Carolina crowd roars back at governor: "Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!!"

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North Carolina crowd roars back at governor: "Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!!" by:   Tim Wheeler July 2 2013 tags:   workers rig...
Sunday, June 30, 2013

Let the bullets fly: War is a great business

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http://www.phillyburbs.com/ news/local/courier_times_news/ opinion/oped/let-the-bullets- fly-war-is-a-great-business/ article_96f67504-7b...
Saturday, June 29, 2013

Sometimes I feel like I'm caught in a huge web.

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It's only a few people who profit from the existing state of affairs. For most people, the "status quo" means being trapped ...
Friday, June 28, 2013

Kieth Ellison a friend and ally of labor? Don't make me puke.

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https://www.facebook.com/events/1376723425876972/?fref=ts The Trans-Pacific Partnership is the largest free trade agreement the US has ever ...
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Alan Maki
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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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