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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 7, 2015

Just about everything you need to initiate a campaign in support of the Basic Income Guarantee

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B asic I ncome G uarantee ... BIG … a big idea whose time has come . I don't know anything about this organizational u...

The dishonesty of the Obama-loving Democrats passing themselves off as progressives really comes through in this e-mail sent out by the Campaign for America's Future.

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In fact, it is Obama pushing the Trans-Pacific Partnership knowing the Republicans would support him and here we have this outfit laying al...

Netanyahu; who does he really speak for?

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What bugs me the most about Netanyahu's speech before Congress is that this fascist warmonger filled with hate claims he speaks for all...

Friday, March 6, 2015

A sad day for workers in Wisconsin

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Right-to-Work (for less) passed in Wisconsin. Probably assuring Wisconsin's Republican Governor the Vice-president's slot on a Jeb ...

“another piece of evidence of the arrogance and hypocrisy of U.S. foreign policy.” Sounds to me like China is following the lead of its Wall Street masters.

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China’s new terrorism law provokes anger in...

Poverty

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Wall Street and it's bribed politicians--- Obama, the Democrats and Republicans--- backed by its over-paid pundits, has been orchestrati...

A working class point of view from Greece...

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On the Situation in Greece February17, 2015 Interview of Giorgos Marinos, member of the Political Bureau of the CP Greece (KKE), for...

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Why Malcolm X Should Be Recognized in Selma This Weekend

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Why Malcolm X Should Be Recognized in Selma This Weekend Malcolm galvanized activists—and met with Coretta Scott King—when MLK was jail...

The Congressional Progressive Caucus proposes: "Principles for Trade: A Model for Global Progress"... but is it just more idle talk and hypocrisy intended to stave off grassroots and rank-and-file action?

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Like most nice-sounding documents we get from the Democrats nowadays these are mere words from these Democrats hiding behind a progressive...

When one speaks out and speaks up on controversial issues you can expect to be attacked by the opposition...

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But, do you ever wonder who some of the people attacking you are and who they work for and represent? Well, I always wondered who this pri...

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

The Basic Income Guarantee... a BIG idea.

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I just received this e-mail you can read below. I don't know anything about the organization other than what you are able to read here;...

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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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