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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

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Unity

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W. E. B. Du Bois had the right idea about how to achieve unity in our progressive movements when he brought together the Soc...

Ryan Unsuited to Lead ‘Adult Conversation’ About Povert

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Ryan Unsuited to Lead ‘Adult Conversation’ About Poverty Question: Are Democrats any better suited to lead this discussion? Note: Bi...

Friday, March 28, 2014

Where do we go from here?

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What to do? What to do? Where to shop? Who to vote for? It's easy to avoid the corporate sponsored politicians; this includes ALL Democr...

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Generation Next

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Mr. R. T. Rybak, Executive Director, Generation Next; Thanks for the invitation to participate in this "Generation Next" discussi...

A "culture of graft and corruption" now threatens to throw the Ukrainian economy into chaos.

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Now the EU and the United States are backing away from bailing out the Ukraine because, they say, they can't trust these two-bit, half-a...

Beyond the Minimum Wage: Interview With Jobs With Justice's Sarita Gupta

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This is an interesting interview which raises some very important questions and concerns. Questions to consider while reading this intervie...

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

The speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. some people would like us to forget.

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Honoring Dr. DuBois By: Martin Luther King, Jr. Tonight we assemble here to pay tribute to one of the most remarkable men of our time. ...

Minnesota legislators and the governor, working in cahoots with the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, try to pull a fast one on the Minimum Wage issue; they promised a living wage but deliver increased poverty.

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I have circulated this letter today about the Minimum Wage to a diverse group of people including Minnesota State Legislators: I know, gi...

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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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