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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

Sunday, December 29, 2013

More on the Minimum Wage.

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I am hearing more and more from those who think we need to "compromise" on the Minimum Wage issue. Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton ...

Connecting the dots.

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About "connecting the dots:" There is massive unemployment, so many people forced to live on poverty wages--- and then people wond...
Saturday, December 28, 2013

Reader's view: Forum to explore building progressive power

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Forum to be held in...     Duluth, Minnesota on January 11, 2014  From the Duluth News-Tribune: Published December 24, 2013, 12:00 AM ...
Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Mondragon: An alternative to capitalism or part of the capitalist scheme of things?

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Of course, the Wall Street Journal (See article below) is going to paint the picture for cooperatives in the gloomiest ways; but, the fact r...

Christmas Day and hundreds die in South Sudan--- for what?

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What a Christmas Day; hundreds of people have died in South Sudan, today; and for what? Because the Wall Street crowd inflamed this ethnic...

Guest Blog: South Sudan's Most Vulnerable Face Hard Struggles In World's Youngest Country

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Brian McAfee 2838 Mason Blvd. Muskegon Hts., Michigan USA  49444                                 (231) 737-8726 brimac6@hotmail.com Sou...

Guest Blog: Syrian Refugee Crisis results in UN's Largest Emergency Appeal

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Brian McAfee 2838 Mason Blvd. Muskegon Hts., Michigan USA  49444                                 (231) 737-8726 brimac6@hotmail.com Syrian R...
Sunday, December 22, 2013

Is the huge, well-funded army of employer lobbyists the obstacle to workers getting a Minimum Wage that is a real living wage?

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Notice: I sent this to all Minnesota State Legislators. An interesting tid-bit of information: Lobbying expenditures are five times...

Buyer and voter beware!

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Beware of Bait and Switch while Holiday shopping... and when voting. Bait and switch... it is an illegal advertising gimmick in the retail w...
Saturday, December 21, 2013

Miserly minimum wage creates poverty

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http://www.superiortelegram. com/content/miserly-minimum- wage-creates-poverty-0 Miserly minimum wage creates poverty By   Alan L. M...
Friday, December 20, 2013

Resolution on "At-Will Employment" for use in precinct caucuses, conventions, etc.

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Note: This Resolution is submitted for discussion, dialog, debate and action by the Midwest Casino Workers Organizing Council as our part...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

About springs wound too tight...

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People always ask me what exactly are the things the Minimum Wage should be attached to. This is from the site of the Bureau of Labor Statis...
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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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