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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, March 16, 2017

Paul Ryan is a complete idiot.

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This bozo--- Republican Paul Ryan backed by the Koch brothers, the AMA, pharmaceutical and insurance companies--- says Medicaid is no goo...
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

General Strike! Shut the country down!

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There is some talk about "shutting the country down" and a "general strike." But, what those proposing these actions a...

Trump on his reactionary health care legislation: "Nothing to complain about."

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Another lie. What isn't there to complain about?

Erdogan says 'spirit of fascism' rampant in Europe

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I guess it takes one to know one.
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Where is the left on health care reform?

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Let me give an example of how the left has shirked its responsibility in becoming a catalyst for real health care reform. The current iss...

One In Five Doctors Say: “No New Medicare Patients”

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Either Paul Ryan is full of it or he has no idea what he's talking about

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Paul Ryan Explains The GOP Health Care Plan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7nk9_KT3LU Does anyone really believe any of this?

The joke is on voters who trusted Trump’s healthcare promises

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I need to ask this question: Is it our goal to make everyone buy health insurance or is it our goal to make sure everyone gets the health ...
Monday, March 13, 2017

American Health Care Act: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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A must listen and share: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifi9M7DRazI

Health Bill Would Add 24 Million Uninsured but Save $337 Billion, Report Says

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Cut 24 million people from health care in the name of reform to "save" $337 billion dollars so the Wall Street merchants of dea...
Sunday, March 12, 2017

The Global Wealth Report

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From Credit Suisse... Something to think about: Class inequality is constantly expanding at a global level. The unequal ...
Friday, March 10, 2017

Here's the secret payoff to health insurance CEOs buried in the GOP Obamacare repeal bill

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Check it out: http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-obamacare-ceos-20170307-story.html
Thursday, March 9, 2017

Paul Ryan lies about health care just like everything else.

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Republican Paul Ryan is running the biggest scam about health care I have ever heard. I don't think we have ever been subjected to more...

More lies and slanders against North Korea coming from Nikki Haley

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I post this, what U.S. Ambassador to the United Nation's, Nikki Haley, said about the leader of North Korea because it shows how thes...
Monday, March 6, 2017

An alternative to Trump's Wall Street agenda

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Campaign for a “21 st Century Full Employment Act for Peace and Prosperity” We are fed up with politicians campaigning on promis...

Liberals

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I have a lot of liberal friends but the thing with liberals is they seem to be easily co-opted to the point where they won't move beyon...
Friday, March 3, 2017

From the files of Lyndon Baines Johnson obtained from the LBJ Library... a most disgraceful part of labor's history.

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As a FaceBook friend pointed out: "What a nefarious and blatant attempt to destroy a union and ...

Can we learn from history if we are denied historical facts?

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Lyndon B. Johnson claimed he learned a lesson from his father being driven out of the Texas Legislature. What he learned was probably not...
Wednesday, March 1, 2017

The American people have a right to have a say in what kind of health care we have in this country... democracy requires no less

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Why should we let Trump or the Democrats dominate the discussion on health care? Obamacare is a complete failure without any support f...
Sunday, February 26, 2017

Fake News

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I can't remember the Wall Street owned Main Stream Media ever having dealt with the problems of working people.

There is an old saying...

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When dealing with politicians always bring a crowd.

Can we talk about the problems with single-payer universal health care?

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I believe PNHP (Physicians for a National Health Program) has been dishonest about health care reform because they haven't included a ...

Truth

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I agree with Trump... the media hasn't done a good job with him. Had the media been telling us the truth about Trump and his connections...

Team Perez and Ellison

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Tom Perez and Keith Ellison are our new "resistance leaders." If you are going to rely on them to stop Trump from wreck...
Saturday, February 25, 2017

Can “Letters to the Editor” be catalysts for movement building?

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In my opinion, this is the way to build movements provided we are also sharing these letters and our ideas with family, friends, neighb...
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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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