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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

Monday, November 25, 2013

View from Indian country: Turkey with a side of death

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by: Andrea Perkins November 25 2013 This week the nation will be gathering for a day set aside for turkey eating and football. But unde...

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Wyndham Mortimer was labor's voice against fascism and war; for democracy and peace.

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"...If our enormous productivity is diverted to a peace time economy, and trade re-opened with all the world, it would certainly resu...

HOW CLASS WORKS - 2014

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PLEASE POST AND FORWARD WIDELY - DEADLINE DECEMBER 11, 2013 PLEASE SEND ALL QUERIES AND PROPOSALS DIRECTLY TO < michael.zweig@stonybroo...

The FBI makes an "error."

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The Guardian published a list in spreadsheet form of the 2013 Mass Surveillance revelations. Among the revelations is this little gem: ...

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Mark Dimondstein and the APWU

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Check out the speech by Mark Dimondstein, the newly elected President of the APWU--- American Postal Workers Union: http://www.youtube.com...

Friday, November 22, 2013

Forum to be held in Duluth, Minnesota on January 11

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TITLE: PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL FORUM -- DULUTH -- SATURDAY, JANUARY 11TH ! MESSAGE: To put it bluntly — we are in crisis. ...

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Like the discussion over the Minimum Wage, the over-paid pundits are feeding people a line of shit about health care.

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I recently made this post on my FaceBook page and it stimulated a lot of discussion: It has been suggested that I "stop bitching...

Sunday, November 17, 2013

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 ...

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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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