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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

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Alternative poverty measure finds 3 million more poor in US than government's official rate

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Question: Why isn't poverty linked completely to all cost-of-living factors tracked by the United States Department of Labor's Bure...

Is something missing from discussions surrounding what amounts to "fair wages" and establishing a real living Minimum Wage?

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I saw this excellent question asked on FaceBook: How is a "fair wage" determined? What factors should determine a "fair ...

Friday, November 15, 2013

Why are people surprised Obamacare isn't providing them with health care?

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Obamacare was never intended to provide people with health care. I have read the more than 2,000 pages of the "Affordable Care Act....

Racism raises its ugly head in Little Falls, Minnesota and the Democratic Governor with his super-majority does nothing.

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Whenever tough economic times arise, the employers instigate racist campaigns of hate to divide the people. It was such a campaign of hate o...

Thursday, November 14, 2013

MoveOn.org wants you to contribute money to help save Obamacare.

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Just pathetic... First they helped Obama destroy the single-payer universal health care movement, and now we are supposed to help Obama save...

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

One of those things that is hard to believe.

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This is one of those things that is almost impossible to believe. When I first heard about this a few days ago I thought it was something fr...

Obama supporters Carl Davidson and Jay Jurie have come out attacking me like a couple right-wing bigots... this is my response to them.

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The argument isn't over an "inside/outside" strategy. The problem arises because these people pushing this strategy aren...

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Thursday, November 7, 2013

What we learned from Tuesday's Election.

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So, one thing that was learned in Tuesday's election is that when given the opportunity, people will vote for socialist candidates. Bu...

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Bill Fletcher, Jr. distorts history to fit in with his support for Obama and the Democrats.

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At a meeting in Milwaukee hosted by a group of rank-and-file workers who are members of AFSCME where I was asked to make a presentation on...

I give Kevin Zeese a lesson about full employment.

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Kevin, I have kind of set for myself the task of getting politicians to understand the difference between full employment being a ...

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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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