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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

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Song writing contest... first prize $300.00

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Protest-Marching Song-Writing Contest When we sing together, we experience a sense of solidarity, sisterhood, brotherhood and unity. The p...

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Writing a "Letter to the Editor."

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A number of people have asked me to expand my thoughts about "Letters to the Editor" and how to use them more effectively... do yo...

New Progressive Alliance takes a stand for a Living Wage

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Check out this post about living wages: http://www.newprogs.org/

Monday, February 10, 2014

How big of a carbon footprint is left by Wall Street's Military-Industrial Complex? Might peace be the main solution to climate change?

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Signs displayed by Coleen Rowley at a recent demonstration in Minnesota against the Keystone Pipeline. http://canadiandi...

Let's agree not to cause the wealthy to suffer severe anxiety and depression by raising the Minimum Wage to a real living wage all at one time; the billionaires couldn't survive shock therapy.

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Median income in Minnesota and in the United States according to the U.S. Census Bureau: Median household income, 2008-...

Sunday, February 9, 2014

How movements can be initiated.

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Working people can initiate movements and have greater say in existing movements. Here is what we often do: 1. Write a Letter to the Edi...

My thoughts on the struggle against sulfide mining.

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My thoughts on the fight against this hideous sulfide mining they want to bring to Minnesota: When former DNR Commissioner under Pawlenty, G...

From Earth Day 2014 to May Day 2014... ten days of mass mobilizations and actions; but, will this connection be made?

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Check out this article I wrote published by Canadian Dimension Magazine on their web site: http://canadiandimension.com/articles/5890/ ...

Saturday, February 8, 2014

An "inflation" those pushing the miserly poverty $9.50 an hour Minimum Wage have refused to consider.

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Dishonest and corrupt politicians, the foundation-funded outfits like Take Action Minnesota where employers and millionaire labor leaders ...

Friday, February 7, 2014

President Obama signs $8.7 billion food stamp cut into law

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Obama has so much compassion for the poor: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/obama-signs-food-stamp-cut I don't recall Obama mentioning in ...

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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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