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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, October 4, 2013

Grand Forks Herald publishes my "Letter to the Editor" about the need for a "“21st Century Full Employment Act for Peace and Prosperity.”

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http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/274770/ Published October 03, 2013, 05:15 AM Alan Maki, Warroad, Minn. letters: G...

Monday, September 30, 2013

1945 was an important year for the working classes of Great Britain and the United States.

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Some people want to forget that in Great Britain in 1945 the working class coming out of World War II, led by the Communist Party, was ful...

What is involved in the concept of a "21st Century Full Employment Act for Peace and Prosperity?"

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“ 21 st Century Full Employment Act for Peace and Prosperity” Mandatory full employment --- make the president and Congress legisla...

Saturday, September 28, 2013

I was asked to write a guest blog on Cindy Sheehan's blog...

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Here is the link: " We need a living wage " http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/2013/09/we-need-living-wage-guest-blog-by-a...

Letter to the Editor submitted for publication in Labor World. Minimum Wage and Full Employment.

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September 24, 2013 Letter to the Editor submitted for publication in Labor World . One of the most heated and controversial topics t...

21st Century Full Employment Act for Peace and Prosperity

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Let's put it in the public square for discussion. Make politicians accountable for full employment. We have heard enough idle talk a...

Thursday, September 26, 2013

H.R. 671; National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2013

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Re: H.R. 671, National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2013 This is Republican created legislation that Minnesota Dem...

The Minimum Wage and Social Security are being talked about... we must be on the eve of another election; I guess I will add my two-cents, too.

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Please feel free to distribute. We have been hearing a lot about attacks on Social Security and the Minimum Wage. Labor has not had th...

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Obama and the Congress are contemplating all kinds of cuts in social programs and refuse to fund a full employment budget. Yet none of these politicians are concerned they plunged us into wars that will cost 4 to 6 trillion dollars.

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Four to six TRILLION dollars for wars and Obama and Congress are arguing about what social programs to cut and how big the cuts will be....

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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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