I want to share my thoughts about the path forward for the NPA and be open to enlightenment and comments about your thoughts.

The path forward should include continuing the work already in progress including sharing the Unified Progressive Platform with candidates for public office, maintaining the website, and communicating with Volunteers and other progressive organizations.

The opportunity for new goals is with the State Liaisons, but the goals need to be focused so as not to require too much volunteer time or overburden the Liaisons.

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Thomas Jefferson

Unfortunately, this is the worst time for the media in the over two centuries since Thomas Jefferson wrote that memorable quote. The three reasons for this are corporate takeover of both the electronic and print media, lack of resources, and "He says, She says" journalism. Journalism as we used to know it no longer exists except in a few isolated and largely ignored places.

Talk by Alan L. Maki in Duluth, Minnesota; December 10, 2012.

Today marks another anniversary of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I have distributed copies to each of you compliments of the Canadian Labour Congress.

I am bringing to the proverbial public square some ideas I hope will gain widespread discussion.

Ideas based and formulated around the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. We can only enforce these rights through movements.

Alan Maki is a Minnesota labor leader. When "The Nation” wrote an article, "How to Save the Democratic Party” below was his response. He also responded specifically to Congressman Keith Ellison.
Why would anyone want to save the Democratic Party when what we need is a new political party similar to Canada's New Democratic Party?
What a cast of characters writing here with most seeking a partnership in Wall Street's government rather than challenging Wall Street for political and economic power by building an anti-monopoly coalition party.

In 2000 the United Nations set up 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for the years 2000 to 2015 using 1990 as a baseline. (There are 21 targets and 60 indicators involved in these 8 MDGs.) They recently released a 72 page report on progress towards those goals as of June 2012.