Canada Helicopter Crash off Eastern Coast

 See recent news on this Canadian helicopter tragedy - Newfoundland Helicopter Crash - Update. Update March 14th:Flags of provincial government buildings now fly at half-mast as the province mourns the 17...

RAF guided blind pilot to safety

Amazingly, a pilot in the UK who lost his sight while flying a light aircraft was able to be safely guided back to earth by the Royal Air Force. The sudden blindness was caused by a stroke."A pilot who lost his...

Australian jet plunge injures 40

Australia's national carrier Qantas portrays and prides on good safety record with world standard but recent incidents have created a bad name for it. There has been many incidents involving Qantas airlines in...

Venezuelan May day: a 30% salary increase.

Caracas, Venezuela, 1 May 2008. Last night and during a televised messaged, Venezuelan President Chavez decreed a salary increase of 30% for civil servants and minimum wage workers. This ...

Mayday in Greece marked amidst worries over rising prices

Amidst worries that the Greek economy is entering a period of recession and spiralling prices of basic goods, many Greeks took to the streets to mark Mayday.  According to the government figures the official...

Switzerland Gets its Share of Mayday Riot Rituals

Zurich got its share of the Mayday ritual demonstrations yesterday, reports Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ).Mayday demonstrations by the so called autonomous scene of protesters have become a ritualized encounter...

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: "

Protest Heats up in the Tijuana/San Diego Border

Around 2000 people blocked the international border in support of the "Great American Boycott".

USATODAY.com - Puerto Rico closes government offices, schools amid fiscal crisis

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The government of Puerto Rico ran out of money Monday, forcing the U.S. commonwealth to close public schools and shut down government offices, putting almost 100,000 people out of work. The legislature and governor failed to reach a...

The Origins and Traditions of May Day

"I wrote the Origins and Traditions of Mayday in 1997. Yes way back then, it was one of my first web postings. It was used to launch MayDay on the Web and the Edmonton May Week celebrations that have continued since."

May Day Headlines

"And now your headlines from the class war. Capitalism does not go unopposed even in the heart of the Beast; Immigrants across the United States down tools for MayDay"

19th Annual Mayday Festival - Tompkins Square Park

Fittingly paying tribute to a laborers' holiday founded by anarchists, the Blackkat crew raise havoc and awareness in Tompkins Square Park with the 19th installment of this annual community throwdown. Forgoing...

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