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May Day Protests: May 1, 2012 (Video)

May Day Protests: Occupy Wall Street Resurges The #Occupy movement hasn't been in the news much lately, but that will change on May Day. Occupy Wall Street and its associated nationwide protests, along with various...

Why Do We Celebrate Labor Day?: History of the Holiday Worldwide

Labor Day is an annual holiday that is celebrated around the world in commemoration of the labor union movement for worker's rights and as a tribute to working people. While the United States, Canada and Bermuda celebrate Labor Day on the first Monday of September, most other...

May Day - Not Just For The Undocumented Anymore

UPDATE: Additional background posting and photos here>> "Ever feel a little left out of the modern day festivities that surround the first day in the month of May? There was a time that a community would look...

May Day Marches Continue as Several Protests Turn Violent

Thousands of people marched in the streets of a number of countries on Friday, where May Day is traditionally seen as a day of rallies by labor unions. Protests in Turkey, Germany, and Greece became violent with...

A reflection on last year's May Day Immigration Rallies

"It was the third annual nationwide protest on May 1, calling for changes in immigration laws and a reduction in police raids and arrests that have led to increased deportations. The turnout at rallies, in...

76 Trombones Led The Big Parade

Well, maybe not quite 76 trombones, but there were tubas and trombones and drums and pipes on the downtown streets of Nanaimo yesterday.  The Empire Days association put on its traditional parade yesterday...

May Day - Downtown Los Angeles

These photos were taken at two march locations.  The first to start began around noon at Olympic and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles.  The second, and longer march, began at MacArthur Park on 7th Street...

May Day fuels international protests

May Day has many connotations to many different people (just have a read of the Wikipedia page to get an idea) and has come in recent years to be an increasing politically charged day, one that sees protests...

MAY DAY: Immigration rallies nationwide

Although attendance is down this year, there was still a massive turn-out at this year's May Day celebrations that spanned across the country. Thousands joined immigration marches around the country demanding a...

Over 1 Million March in U.S. for Immigrant Rights

Over 1 Million march in protests from Los Angeles to New York City for immigrant rights.  Sadly their calls for general amnesty are not reflected in either the corporate media or Washington.

May Day Redux

"Rabble.ca has published an excellent essay on May Day versus Labour Day, by Canadian Marxist Leo Panitch. He refer's to Bryan Palmers book; Cultures of Darkness: "

May Day protesters rally in London (AFP via Yahoo! News)

"Thousands of banner-waving demonstrators marched through central London in a largely peaceful but earnest annual May Day rally against job cuts and pensions."

The Start of May Brings Protest Across Europe

"Many thousands of people have taken to the streets across Europe as part of traditional May Day protests. Some 25,000 Russian trade unionists - and several thousand Communists - marched in Moscow for social...

Sex Workers Want A Union

"Sex Workers across the world are protesting today demanding the right to unionize. It's May Day."

Russia Celebrates May Day

"No tanks, no commisars, finally Russia has a real May Day. And real workers and commies celebrating and demanding the end of Mafia Capitalism."

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