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| | May Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Nevertheless, May Day has long been a focal point for demonstrations by various socialist, communist, and anarchist groups. | | | Ironically, just after May Day - to be more precise, on May 2, 1933 - the Nazis outlawed and all free labor unions and other independent workers' organizations in Germany. | | | This incident, remembered as Blutmai (ger.) (blood May) deepened the split between the workers' parties KPD and SPD. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day
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| | MAY DAY: what happened to the radical workers' holiday? |
| | May Day is still celebrated by socialist, communist, and labor organizations in America. | | | The charge against the accused, eight anarchists, was conspiracy--labor unions were illegal at the time under conspiracy laws. | | | A bomb thrown by an unknown person at a labor rally in Chicago's Haymarket Square killed one policeman; authorities rounded up whom they considered to be the leaders of the local labor movement and put them on trial. |
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http://students.washington.edu/ruckus/vol-2/issue-6/mayday.html
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| | 14850: History |
| | Loyalty Day was explicitly designed as a weapon against leftist labor tendencies, and specifically the American Communist Party, by encouraging citizens to reaffirm their commitment to the State. | | | Presented thus, flanked between patriotic celebrations of national origin and family unity, this Labor Day was obviously attractive to business and government leaders opposed to labor militancy, and had the additional advantage of being as far away as possible from the "subversive" May Day, while still promising good summer weather for outdoor festivities. |
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http://www.14850.com/14850/9505/history.html
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| | An anarchist celebration of May Day - origins and current events |
| | Indeed, evidence later came to light that the bomb may have been thrown by a police agent working for Captain Bonfield, as part of a conspiracy involving certain steel bosses to discredit the labour movement. | | | The authorities has believed at the time of the trial that such persecution would break the back of the eight-hour movement. | | | Today it inspires a new wave of struggle against global capitalism. |
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http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/about/mayday.html
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| | May Day: Born of U.S. workers’ struggles |
| | Most weren’t even present at Haymarket on May 4, and those who did attend had either left before the explosion or weren’t in a position to have thrown the bomb. | | | With the Chicago media whipping up a lynch mob atmosphere, Judge Joseph Gary dispensed with normal procedures to make sure the jury would be prejudiced against the defendants--one juror was even a relative of a victim of the Haymarket bomb. | | | As he was led to his death, August Spies called out: "There will come a time when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today!" |
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http://www.socialistworker.org/2004-1/497/497_08_MayDay.shtml
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| | May Day - 1951. By Howard Fast |
| | We march with full understanding and bitter memory of the murder of six million Jews by the fascists of Hitler Germany, and we take a sacred vow that this will not happen here. | | | Why do they scream that May Day is subversive, a foreign importation, an "un-American" plot? | | | Freedom for all Americans to assemble and speak! |
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http://www.trussel.com/hf/mayday51.htm
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| | Guardian Unlimited Special reports Special report: May Day |
| | Weblog: We find the best online reads on the May Day protests, across the UK and around the world. | | | Full coverage: Find out how we reported the demonstrations in central London, anti-fascist protest in France and May Day protests around the world. | | | Full coverage: Find out how the police threw a cordon round protesters in Oxford Circus in central London with our archive presentation. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/mayday/0,7368,475106,00.html
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| | May Day on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Compromise may be difficult in port debate: Reconciling security, political concerns to be critical during 45-day review of management pact, experts say. | | | TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA Agence France Presse 04-28-2001 Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi waves as he attends a May Day rally in Tokyo, 28 April, 2001, where almost a hundred thousand people gathered. | | | The Second Socialist International in 1889 designated May Day as the holiday for labor, and since that time it has been the occasion for demonstrations, parades, and speeches among socialists and communists. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/m/mayd1ay.asp
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| | May Day - British Culture - British Customs and Traditions in May |
| | This is partly to do with a congress of world Socialist parties held in Paris 1889, who voted to support the U.S. labor movement's demand for an 8-hour day. | | | The holiday is especially important in socialist and communist countries when political demonstrations are often held. | | | It was a popular custom - a people's day - and so it became identified with the Labour and socialist movements and by the 20th Century, it was rooted as part of the socialist calendar. |
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http://www.learnenglish.de/Temp/May/MayDayUK.htm
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| | Glossary of Events: Ma |
| | Eight workers were convicted as anarchists, were convicted of murder, and were convicted of inciting a riot. | | | Eight anarchists were arrested on charges of "inciting riot" and murder. | | | On May 4, Chicago members of the anarchist IWPA (International Working Peoples' Association) organized a rally of several thousand workers at Haymarket Square to protest the continuing police brutality against striking workers on the South Side. |
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http://www.marxists.org/glossary/events/m/a.htm
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| | MSN Encarta - May Day |
| | May Day has been set aside to commemorate the labor movement in many countries around the world. | | | That rally had been called at Haymarket Square on May 4 to protest police violence against workers campaigning for an eight-hour working day. | | | May Day gradually became popular in more and more countries, although the United States and Canada chose to honor workers on Labor Day in September. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761559579/May_Day.html?GT1=3391
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| | No Pants Day is May 5th, 2006 |
| | We're gonna promote No Pants Day to people early in the morning downtown. | | | And that picture from Iraq a few news items back just blows my feeble little mind. | | | There are No Pants Day events going on all over the world, but we (the maintainers of this website) mostly live in Austin. |
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http://www.nopantsday.com
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| | Annie's May Day Page |
| | The Celts believed that on Beltane, the fairies were especially active. | | | In 1889, a congress of world Socialist parties held in Paris voted to support the United States labor movement's demands for an eight-hour day. | | | In some, the day became a time for courting. |
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http://www.annieshomepage.com/mayday.html
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| | May Day history |
| | The gala event is said to draw thousands of people every year. | | | But, the original May Day is thought to have started as part of the spring rituals which were celebrated in Europe before the Christians came to power. | | | The reason for this is quite possibly the fact that it was not recognized by the Christian church in the earlier days. |
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http://wywy.essortment.com/maydayhistory_rlrp.htm
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| | portland imc - may day 2001-2006 |
| | This year, organizers not only retreated on the important political and tactical position of no permits, they apparently failed to get anything in return for this major concession. | | | The Anarchist who like to claim May Day as their holiday were against the eight hour day at first. | | | May Day in Oly expression of Freedom and Liberty and No War |
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http://portland.indymedia.org/en/action/mayday
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| | ______________________________EUROMAYDAY 005 |
| | On April 2nd, join us in the second international day of action against deportation camps and for the freedom of movement and right to stay. | | | On May 1st, come to the Euromayday Parades an/dd take part in the actions on the streets of Europe. | | | We are acting to become the protagonists of our own lives. |
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http://www.euromayday.org
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| | MIA May Day Archive |
| | Vladimir Lenin, Materials Relating to the Revision of the Party Programme. | | | Martha Foley, Red May Day in Prison, 1919. | | | Haymarket Defendants, The Accused, the accusers: the famous speeches of the eight Chicago anarchists in court when asked if they had anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon them. |
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http://www.marxists.org/subject/mayday
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| | In the Heart of the Beast - Parade |
| | Thousands of spectators were on their feet, screaming maniacally, willing the Sun to make it to shore in the most dramatic pageant in many years. | | | For more poetry and images inspiring this year's parade and pageant, download the 2005 MayDay Tabloid. | | | For many, this is the highlight of the year, as they donate countless volunteer hours needed to bring beautiful and fantastic puppets and floats to life. |
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http://www.heartofthebeasttheatre.org/mayday
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| | A Little Bit About May Day |
| | Some people would gather flowers and put them by their doors and windows to keep out troublesome fairies. | | | There are a lot of different customs that have been a part of May Day festivities. | | | People gathered together on the first day of May to celebrate the coming of Summer. |
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http://www.cstone.net/~bry-back/holidayfun/mayday.html
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| | May Day |
| | The temple of this goddess was founded on this day on the Aventine. | | | the movement and workers had been calling for an 8-hour day for months. | | | Hundreds of thousands of American workers were joining a new labor organization, the Knights of Labor, and on May 1, 1886, took to the streets to demand universal adoption of the 8-hour day. |
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http://www.uark.edu/~dksander/holiday/mayday
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| | May Week Edmonton Home and News |
| | May Day is important not only for its historical significance, but also as a time to organize and speak out around issues that are impacting working-class people today. | | | This show consists of workers who are also visual artists. | | | May Day is recognized as the International Workers’ holiday, chosen over 100 years ago to commemorate the struggles and gains of workers and the labour movement. |
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http://www.mayweek.ab.ca
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| | Thirteen facts about Mayday |
| | The US government attempted to erase the its history by declaring that May 1st was 'Law Day' instead. | | | In previous centuries working people would take the day off to celebrate, often without the support of their employer. | | | May Day is recognized throughout the world as International Workers' Day, or Labour Day. |
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http://www.sheffieldmayday.ukf.net/archive/facts.htm
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| | Carolyn's Page Traditions: May Day |
| | The most time-intensive tradition in terms of preparation, May Day is a day-long celebration, when all students and faculty put aside their work to join in a big ol' party. | | | Thanks to Katherine Dixon '87, who writes that May Day was held on the 1st at Bryn Mawr as late as 1987, possibly later. | | | Sometimes, as in the upcoming May Day 2000, May Day will actually fall in April, but no matter, we go on the same regardless. |
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| | Revolutionary May Day 2003 - Berlin : SF Indymedia |
| | Hundreds of thousands of workers and protesters took part in largely peaceful May Day rallies round the world, though scuffles were reported and some demonstrations on the public holiday included criticism of the U.S.-led war on Iraq. | | | The German capital has been marred by May Day clashes between anarchists and police every year since 1987. | | | BERLIN (Reuters) - German riot police clashed with rock-throwing demonstrators in Berlin and violence was expected in other European capitals at rallies marking the May Day holiday Thursday. |
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http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/05/1606302.php
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| | May Day Traditions and Customs |
| | This May Day Monday is a bank holiday. | | | May Eve was known as Mischief Night in some parts of Britain and all sorts of practical jokes were played and a general nuisance made. | | | For the convenience of the general public many May Day activities have now been moved to the new May Day holiday (or the Saturday nearest) on the first Monday of the month. |
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http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/mayday.htm
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| | SalmonRiver Gazette: May Day |
| | Hundreds of years later, the Christian lunar festival of Easter would replace the ancient solar festival as the time of renewal and rebirth. | | | Holy Communion, eating his flesh and drinking his blood was possibly restricted to the priest class, but symbolic May Wine was liberally imbibed by the whole community. | | | In ancient times, she would pair off with Merddin as her consort. |
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http://www.salmonriver.com/words/nancy/maia.html
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| | ELAINE'S MAY DAY PAGE |
| | The May Queen in the past, also shared the limelight with a May King, but he was lost along the way many many years ago. | | | The fair maid who, the first of May | | | The went a-maying on May Day Eve into the woods and returned at dawn on May Day, carrying green boughs of branches freshly bursting into leaf, as tokens that they had identified themselves with the revival of nature that was happening all around them. |
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http://homepages.tesco.net/~derek.berger/holidays/mayday.html
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| | ..it's TRADITIONAL - May Day |
| | There are several local customs which take place on May Day, such as the Padstow Obby Oss, and the 1st of May is sometimes marked by Morris Dancing. | | | May 1st is also the feast of St. Walburga, an eighth-century English nun who lived and worked as a missionary in Germany. | | | Crowning the May Queen is another old tradition which persists. |
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| | Towel Day :: A tribute to Douglas Adams (1952-2001) |
| | This question also appears in the form, "But, why not 42 days after his death?" Again, it's all about timing, 42 days is a long time in the history of the Universe, so we were concerned that the enthusiasm would vaporize like a planet in the path of a Vogon Constructor Fleet. | | | As of February 2004, the site was relaunched at www.towelday.kojv.net where it will remain. | | | Now there's a frood who knew where his towel was. |
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| | May Day |
| | The taller of the two was named Carrol Key, a name hinting that in his veins, however thinly diluted by generations of degeneration, ran blood of some potentiality. | | | This was the morning after May Day, and celebration was still in the air. | | | They were headed by a famous flute-player, distinguished throughout New York for his feat of standing on his head and shimmying with his shoulders while he played the latest jazz on his flute. |
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http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/mayday/mayday.html
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| | May Day: Introduction Page |
| | "May Day," Fitzgerald's first great novelette--published during his first year as a professional writer--appeared in July 1920. | | | "May Day" drew upon Fitzgerald's feelings of failure during the spring of 1919 when he was working for a New York advertising agency. | | | Although it was read by the people Fitzgerald wanted to reach, The Smart Set paid him only $200 for this masterpiece. |
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http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/mayday
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| | The Weather Doctor Almanac 2000 |
| | Those of us who grew up or lived during the height of the Cold War, likely remember May Day as the day when Communist countries would parade in celebration of the working class, augmenting the show of worker solidarity with the latest armaments and strutting troops marching through the streets of Moscow and Beijing. | | | I have to admit I did not know at the time what Beltane was, but soon was educated on the subject. | | | Beltane or May Day is one of those four cross-quarter days of the year that we no longer celebrate with the vigor that our ancestors did, particularly those living in the northern temperate and sub-polar regions. |
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| | First-School May Day Activities for Young Children |
| | Read on and find out what would happen on May Day. | | | In some other countries, May is a day of parades. | | | The villagers chose a May Queen or King. |
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| | Holiday Insights : May Day |
| | Of particular note, it is not a national holiday in the United States, except in Hawaii where it is known as "Lei Day". | | | May Day, the first of May is celebrated around the world. | | | Ecards We've got you covered with free Ecards for Father's Day and just about any other holiday, occasion, event or no event at all! |
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http://www.holidayinsights.com/other/mayday.htm
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| | Virtual May Day |
| | Follow the libertarian socialists on a sunny may day in Stockholm, Sweden 1997. | | | A virtual tour of a may day with the libertarian socialists | | | March in both the anarchistic and the anarcho-syndicalistic demonstration and join in on something to eat and drink afterwards. |
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| | Amazon.com: May Day: Music: Matthew Ryan |
| | His lyrics never touch the absurd, are never insincere, and his voice is so raspy that feeling cries out in his songs. | | | This song may be one of the most beautiful songs ever written. | | | But then I couldn't get enough of his songs, so I bought "May Day" and was not the least bit disappointed. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002GON?v=glance
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| | Kids Domain - May Day Crafts |
| | This May Basket is suited for handmade flowers. | | | This basket can hold real flowers or handmade. | | | Pretty for May Day, Mother's Day, or any day! |
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