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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, December 10, 2013

Nelson Mandela and the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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NELSON MANDELA (Born 1918) ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, NELSON MANDELA, AT THE 53RD UNITED NATIONS ...

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Building Progressive Political Power in Minnesota -- around the politics and economics of livelihood...

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Calling all activists--- including activists from North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Manitoba and Ontario. Consider coming to this event an...

Friday, December 6, 2013

Homeless man threatened with arrest for trespassing for using a public restroom in Duluth, Minnesota.

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In Duluth, Minnesota a homeless man was threatened with arrest by a security guard for using a public bathroom too many times. Well, I su...

Poverty is not an accident...

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But... What actions does it take to eliminate poverty? Workers without jobs are going to be poor. Workers paid poverty...

The peoples of the world say "good-bye" to Comrade Nelson Mandela... how will we remember this hero?

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How will we celebrate Nelson Mandela Day... in the true spirit of what he really stood for, or as the phony caricatur...

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Obama and "economic inequality."

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Obama's speech on "economic inequality"... text and video: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/obama-income-inequality-10066...

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Protesting poverty wages lands them in jail

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by: Matthew Voges December 3 2013 ST. PAUL, Minn. -- At the intersection of Snelling and University A...

Stop the cuts to Food Stamps! Increase the Minimum Wage to a real living wage! Don't let the Democrats get away with cutting Food Stamps and then hypocritically claiming to be for an increase in the Minimum Wage.

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Please Note: I think every single individual and every single organization should go on record as opposed to these Food Stamp cuts an...

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

I signed U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison's MoveOn.org petition to increase the Minimum Wage with addinng this message...

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#93627 Alan Maki Dec 3, 2013 Warroad, MN There is only one way to assure the Minimum Wage becomes a real living--- non-poverty--- wage; th...

Kathleen Blake of Take Action Minnesota responds... I ask another question.

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On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Kathleen Blake < kathleen@takeactionminnesota. org > wrote: Alan, We recognize that $...

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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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