January 31, 2013, guests Richard Flamer and Alan Maki
Chuck and Mike welcomed Richard Flamer and Alan Maki to the show.
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 Richard Flamer Richard Flamer joined us from Chiapas, Mexico, where he heads up the Chiapas Project, a Catholic Worker Farm. He started out by mentioning what it’s like when he comes to US. He comes up to work construction projects, couple times a year, to help fund the farm. He also uses his social security and veterans’ disability checks for it. |
 Alan Maki Alan Maki is a northern Minnesota activist who has been involved in the peace, labor, civil rights, and environmental movements for over 30 years. He is a socialist, and a monthly columnist on our show. . He says 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. He works with casino workers across Minnesota who are trying to organize a union, and with people in northern Minnesota struggling to save the Big Bog, our primary freshwater aquifer that is being mined for peat. |
As always, Chuck and Mike closed with The News from Mount Liberty.
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