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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

Sunday, December 10, 2017

Convicted ex-coal boss Blankenship to run for Senate

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This begs the question: Why aren't workers running for office in opposition to the employers? http://thehill.com/policy/energy-envir...

Health Care is a Human Right

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Today is the 69th anniversary of the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights: http://unudhr.blogspot.com/ Notice that ...

United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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Today is the 69th anniversary of the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights: http://unudhr.blogspot.com/ Have you re...
Thursday, December 7, 2017

Is the U.S. Senate any less unethical, dishonest and corrupt with Al Franken gone?

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Democrats say they want to shed themselves of Al Franken because they want to be seen as honorable, ethical and decent... this is laughab...

Jerusalem is an international city.

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Most of the world agrees that Jerusalem should be an "international city." Why then has Trump with support from Netanyahu push...
Wednesday, December 6, 2017

It Can't Happen Here? Better think again. Try reading this...

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Fascists rally in support of Republican Roy Moore while Democrats focus their attacks on John Conyers and Al Franken

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What does an American fascist rally look like? Can it--- fascism--- happen here? It---fascism--- is dangerously on the rise here. T...
Friday, December 1, 2017

Hillary Clinton and "What Happened"

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Democrats all over the United States are helping Hillary Clinton promote her new book, "What Happened," but they are attacking ...

Trump should resign!

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The other day I mentioned I found it very hypocritical for Nancy Pelosi to call of Senator Al Franken and Congressman John Conyers to resi...

Are you willing to help organize a national campaign for a National Public Health Care System?

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The time is long overdue to kick off a national campaign for a National Public Health Care System so the American people can consider all...
Saturday, November 25, 2017

Social Justice and the capitalist market.

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Our monthly Social Justice Book Club at the Lake Travis Community Public Library has been reading, "What Money Can't Buy: The Mor...
Wednesday, November 15, 2017

The movie "LBJ;" what is missing?

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The liberal Rob Reiner had the perfect opportunity to include this very important event in his movie, "LBJ," starring Woody Harrel...
Sunday, November 12, 2017

One of my blog posts hits an all time high for The Podunk Blog

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My blog post on health care hit an all time high for my blog posts. People continue to read and share this post: http://thepodunk...

Compare the speech by Xi Jinping to Trump’s “America First” speech delivered in Vietnam

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Compare this speech by Xi Jinping to Trump’s “America First” speech delivered in Vietnam: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-11/12/...
Monday, November 6, 2017

It is almost impossible for most people to understand people actually sit around figuring these things out.

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You have to read this to believe it: https://lieu.house.gov/sites/lieu.house.gov/files/Response%20to%20TWL-RG%20Letter%20on%20NK.pdf

North Korea: Trump condems "strategic patience;" Jimmy Carter offers to negotiate the peace. Others calculate the costs of war.

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Here we go, again, with Trump's attacks--- from threatening war to sanctioning the people to death--- on North Korea claiming "...
Friday, November 3, 2017

"What about China?"

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Please do not reply to the listserv. To ​​   correspond with the author, write   immanuel.wallerstein@yale.edu . To correspond with us ab...
Thursday, November 2, 2017

Trump taps Jerome Powell, a Wall Street investment banker and Bush/Obama appointee, to head up the Federal Reserve... its a rocky, dangerous road ahead for you and me.

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At a time when we are on the verge of a major recession as capitalism remains on a rocky road to oblivion. Powell is tasked with the job o...
Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Dennis Banks passes and the racists in power insist on having the last word about his life.

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The New York Times ran this very sleazy obituary... but had to take note of the struggles he led. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/obituar...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

All politics is local... the price we pay for Wall Street's imperialist agenda

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One thing we can always count on from Democrats and Republicans: They will always increase funding for militarism and wars at the...
Monday, October 23, 2017

Are you considering voting “YES” on any bond proposals?

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Are you considering voting “YES” on any bond proposals? If so, you might want to check this out before you vote: https://www.facebook.c...

Drone base in Niger gives U.S. a strategic foothold in West Africa

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Not one single member of Congress knows how many U.S. troops are in Niger although these same politicians are making the ridiculous and...
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Alan Maki
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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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