Monday, January 13, 2014

Some thoughts from Podunk about "civility"

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Unless your views support PolyMet and this dirty sulfide mining they really aren't wanted or appreciated. And, oh; the DNR and the co...
Thursday, January 9, 2014

Politicians prepare to shove the Trans-Pacific Partnership down our throats by choking us with more lies.

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No bi-partisan agreement to raise the Minimum Wage to a real living wage, no bi-partisan support for a Full Employment Act, nor is there bi-...
Wednesday, January 8, 2014

After 50 Years, How To Move Forward In The War On Poverty

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Note: My comment on this article is at the bottom.   After 50 Years, How To Move Foward In The War On Pove...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Extend Federal Unemployment Benefits NOW!!!!!!!!

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Federal Unemployment Extension Benefits are necessary and needed by millions of workers as this rotten capitalist system continues to crumbl...
Monday, January 6, 2014

How can anyone paid a poverty wage be "lifted out of poverty?"

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How dumb do these people think we are? Question: How will a poverty wage of $10.10 an hour lift anyone out of poverty? This defies all c...
Sunday, January 5, 2014

Duluth Forum next Saturday... January 11

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A quick reminder that the Forum on "Building Progressive Political Power . . . " will be next Saturday, January 11, 2014 at the Co...

A book recommendation...

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I would encourage workers to read the book: "Rebellion in the Unions, A Handbook for Rank and File Action" by George Morris... ...

Should Socialists and Communists engage in electoral struggles?

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The election of a socialist to public office in this country is treated as some kind of novelty by both the mainstream media and most of the...
Saturday, January 4, 2014

The never-ending war in Iraq.

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First Bush told us the war in Iraq was won and then Obama told us the war in Iraq was over. Will U.S. troops be taking on more casualties,...
Thursday, January 2, 2014

Elected public official responds to my Letter to the Editor in the Bemidji Pioneer.

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An exchange with an elected public official in response to a recent Letter to the Editor of mine published in the Bemidji Pioneer. Th...

The great pension fund and Social Security Trust Fund swindles and robberies--- from Detroit to Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range.

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Thanks for getting this out about the Detroit pensions. In fact, workers' pensions are under attack all over the country in both th...
Monday, December 30, 2013

In state after state, Republican Party super-majorities have enthusiastically used their power to pummel the rights and livelihoods of working people... the question:

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Why haven't the Democrats with their super-majorities wielded their power to defend and expand the rights of working people with the sa...
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 ...