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| | MAY DAY: what happened to the radical workers' holiday? |
 | | May Day 1998 saw a small demonstration in Olympia against the Washington State "anarchy and sabotage" statute, which in 1919 made it illegal for anyone to display banners, flags, or emblems that are perceived to advocate subversion of the US Constitution, federal or state laws. | | | The common theme was the demand for guaranteed eight-hour workdays, and to raise awareness of the common class struggle existing in all countries. | | | The charge against the accused, eight anarchists, was conspiracy--labor unions were illegal at the time under conspiracy laws. |
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http://students.washington.edu/ruckus/vol-2/issue-6/mayday.html
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| | May Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The 1 May date is used because in 1884 the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, inspired by Labor's 1872 success in Canada, demanded an eight-hour workday in the United States, to come in effect as of May 1, 1886. | | | Further information: Loyalty Day, and Law Day, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]] | | | This day is the national Spring Bank Holiday, and on it small scale rallies are held by political parties (generally including, but not limited to, the Labour Party, the Socialist Workers' Party, the Scottish Socialist Party, the Communist Party of Britain and other left-wing groups). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day
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| | portland imc - may day 2001-2006 |
| | Unfortunately for our youth, this was not in fact the birth of a new holiday; Loyalty Day has been presented to the American people on several occasions since its inception as a resolution in the late 1940's, and later being enacted into law in 1958. | | | Corporate Media: May Day Activists Apply for Permit | | | The history of May Day is a dispute between union members and anarchists, but at its heart, May Day is a celebration for the working class. |
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http://portland.indymedia.org/en/action/mayday
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| | May Day - 1951. By Howard Fast |
| | of the United States and for the people's Bill of Rights on this May Day. | | | Pictures or text may be reproduced without permission. | | | We march for the Constitution on May Day! |
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http://www.trussel.com/hf/mayday51.htm
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| | ..it's TRADITIONAL - May Day |
| | This custom of "Maying" was (and is some places still is) very widespread - fortunately the Hawthorn is a very common shrub and a distinctive feature of the English countryside. | | | 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. | | | It was actually a three-day festival which ended on May 1st with general festivities and merrymaking. |
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http://www.geocities.com/traditions_uk/mayday.html
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| | 14850: History |
| | The right of citizens to join legal political parties of their own choosing without harassment was apparently not an American value to be celebrated on this holiday. | | | 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. |
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http://www.14850.com/14850/9505/history.html
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| | Thirteen facts about Mayday |
| | In 1884 US and Canadian trade unions declared that after May 1st 1886, 8 hours would constitute a legal days work. | | | The US government attempted to erase the its history by declaring that May 1st was 'Law Day' instead. | | | Robin Goodfellow, also known as the Green Man was the Lord of Misrule on May Day. |
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http://www.sheffieldmayday.ukf.net/archive/facts.htm
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| | MSN Encarta - May Day |
| | Spend less time searching and more time learning. | | | However, they never became especially popular in the United States. | | | 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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| | An anarchist celebration of May Day - origins and current events |
| | It all began over a century ago when the American Federation of Labour adopted an historic resolution which asserted that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1st, 1886". | | | After a massive international campaign for their release, the state 'compromised' and commuted the sentences of Schwab and Fielden to life imprisonment. | | | When Spies addressed the court after he had been sentenced to die, he was confident that this conspiracy would not succeed. |
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http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/about/mayday.html
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| | Amazon.com: May Day: Music: Matthew Ryan |
| | Scott R. Shinn (Glennallen, AK United States) - See all my reviews | | | Morgan G King (Radford, VA United States) - See all my reviews | | | This song may be one of the most beautiful songs ever written. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002GON?v=glance
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| | May Day: Born of U.S. workers’ struggles |
| | In 1884, McGuire’s proposal was adopted by the newly formed Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions--the forerunner of the American Federation of Labor--which set May 1, 1886, as the date that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day’s labor." | | | "I was told somewhere that May Day, as a workers’ celebration and demonstration, originated in the United States. | | | 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. |
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http://www.socialistworker.org/2004-1/497/497_08_MayDay.shtml
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| | Towel Day :: A tribute to Douglas Adams (1952-2001) |
| | If you have your own webspace (you may also use ImageShack, PutFile or other file uploading services) | | | Towel Day was a resounding success during the past years. | | | There are also letters written to us on the Towel Testimonials page! |
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http://www.towelday.kojv.net
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| | Annie's May Day Page |
| | In some, the day became a time for courting. | | | 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. | | | The Puritans disapproved of May Day, and the day has never been celebrated with the same enthusiasm in the United States as in Britain. |
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http://www.annieshomepage.com/mayday.html
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| | May Day Traditions and Customs |
| | The first day of the month of May is known as May Day. | | | Although May Day is now the first day of the month of May, before 1752, when the calendar was changed, it was 11 days earlier. | | | This May Day Monday is a bank holiday. |
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http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/mayday.htm
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| | ELAINE'S MAY DAY PAGE |
| | The May Queen, sometimes accompanied the children and there garlands of flowers, she was crowned with blossoming hawthorn. | | | The fair maid who, the first of May | | | 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. |
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http://homepages.tesco.net/~derek.berger/holidays/mayday.html
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| | MIA May Day Archive |
| | 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. | | | Rosa Luxemburg, What Are the Origins of May Day?, 1894 | | | The might of the state was evident in many ways. |
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http://www.marxists.org/subject/mayday
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| | May Day history |
| | The town of Minneapolis which is located in the state of Minnesota, held their first May Day parade in the year of 1975. | | | The youngsters also held an annual election in which they selected a May Day King and Queen who were then supposed tp preside over the day's events. | | | Since many Americans, especially the ones who are subjected to cold, snowy winters, are struck with "Spring Fever," you would think it would be celebrated more vigorously in the United States, especially in the Northern region. |
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http://wywy.essortment.com/maydayhistory_rlrp.htm
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| | Carolyn's Page Traditions: May Day |
| | The final tradition of the year is 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. | | | 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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http://www.blight.com/~scarlett/traditions/mayday.html
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| | May Day |
| | The May 1886 Chicago events figured prominently in the decision of the founding congress of the Second International (Paris, 1889) to make May 1, 1890 a demonstration of the solidarity & power of the international working class movement. | | | By May 2, 80,000 were on strike, bringing most of Chicago manufacturing to a standstill. | | | 1890: May Day labor demonstrations spread to 13 other countries; 30,000 march in Chicago as the newly prominent American Federation of Labor throws its weight behind the 8-hour day campaign. |
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http://www.uark.edu/~dksander/holiday/mayday
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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. | | | May Day is actually the one festival of the year for which there is no significant church service. | | | Other names for May Day include: Cetsamhain ('opposite Samhain') and Walpurgisnacht (in Germany). |
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http://www.learnenglish.de/Temp/May/MayDayUK.htm
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| | May Day on Encyclopedia.com |
| | JUAN BARRETO Agence France Presse 05-01-2002 Supporters of president Hugo Chavez gather to celebrate International Workers Day in the City of Caracas, Venezuela 01 May 2002. | | | Author: LUIS ACOSTA Publication: Agence France Presse Source: PICS | | | Ports control compromise may be in works Forty-five day review of deal with Arab firm is being discussed. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/m/mayd1ay.asp
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| | May Day: Introduction Page |
| | "May Day" drew upon Fitzgerald's feelings of failure during the spring of 1919 when he was working for a New York advertising agency. | | | "May Day," Fitzgerald's first great novelette--published during his first year as a professional writer--appeared in July 1920. | | | "May Day" was the most successful work inspired by Fitzgerald's temporary interest in the school of naturalistic or deterministic fiction. |
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http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/mayday
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| | First-School May Day Activities for Young Children |
| | Many years ago, May 1 or May Day was a magical time to welcome spring. | | | In some other countries, May is a day of parades. | | | Why not make a crown of daisies and celebrate May Day? |
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| | May Day |
| | They were dressed in the uniform of the United States Army, and on the shoulder of each was the insignia of a drafted division from New Jersey, landed three days before. | | | This was the morning after May Day, and celebration was still in the air. | | | Edith had danced herself into that tired, dreamy state habitual only with debutantes, a state equivalent to the glow of a noble soul after several long highballs. |
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http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/mayday/mayday.html
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| | May Week Edmonton Home and News |
| | Please support May Week by downloading the form and donating an amount you or your organization deems appropriate for this recognition and celebration of people’s struggles and achievements for social and economic justice through visual arts, music, film, poetry and theatre. | | | 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. | | | The Edmonton May Week Labour Arts Festival is a grassroots organization committed to a worker-centred, anti-racist, feminist, queer positive, ability-inclusive and youth empowered vision of social and economic justice. |
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http://www.mayweek.ab.ca
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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. | | | Further Reading: Subject Archive: May Day, May Day Action by the Revolutionary Proletariat by Vladimir Lenin; Changes by James Connolly; and in the Reference Archive, see: The First of May: Symbol of a New Era in the Life and Struggle of the Toilers by Nestor Makhno | | | Persecution of May Day began as early as the 1600s; in 1644 the British Parliament banned its practice as immoral, with the Church bringing its full force to bear across the spectrum. |
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| | The Weather Doctor Almanac 2000 |
| | I, like most of us, know it more as May Day rather than as Beltane or one of its other names (Walspurgisnacht, Roodmas, Floralia). | | | 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. | | | I have to admit I did not know at the time what Beltane was, but soon was educated on the subject. |
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| | SalmonRiver Gazette: May Day |
| | Traditional May Day is a solar festival, celebrated on May fifth, halfway between spring equinox and summer solstice. | | | In England, Queen of the May, Maid Marian, mounted on a white horse is the central figure in the May Day mumming. | | | Called Beltane by the Celts, Walpurgis by the Teutons, and Floralia by the Romans, May festivals were a time of "wearing of the green." Throughout the Northern Hemisphere, the month of May is a time to celebrate renewal of life. |
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http://www.salmonriver.com/words/nancy/maia.html
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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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| | No Pants Day is May 5th, 2006 |
| | Submit between Friday May 6th and Wednesday May 11th. | | | A choice must, in fact, be made for the definitive No Pants Day picture. | | | The winner will be announced on May 13th from all eligible photos received. |
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http://www.nopantsday.com
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| | Guardian Unlimited Special reports Special report: May Day |
| | The cherry blossom outside the inns of court drifted in the breeze like confetti and 5,000 overwhelmingly peaceful, cheerful people strolled towards Trafalgar square. | | | 01.05.03: Diary of a May Day protester: part one | | | 01.05.03 Diary of a May Day protester: part one |
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| | A Little Bit About May Day |
| | There are a lot of different customs that have been a part of May Day festivities. | | | One more popular custom is filling May Baskets with flowers and other goodies to give to friends and loved ones. | | | Some people still celebrate the pagan festival of Beltaine on the first of May. Many of the old customs are part of this celebration. |
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| | ______________________________EUROMAYDAY 005 |
| | We are acting to become the protagonists of our own lives. | | | On May 1st, come to the Euromayday Parades an/dd take part in the actions on the streets of Europe. | | | 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. |
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http://www.euromayday.org
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| | Virtual May Day |
| | A virtual tour of a may day with the libertarian socialists | | | Follow the libertarian socialists on a sunny may day in Stockholm, Sweden 1997. | | | March in both the anarchistic and the anarcho-syndicalistic demonstration and join in on something to eat and drink afterwards. |
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http://www.algonet.se/~rsm/actual/mayday
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| | Kids Domain - May Day Crafts |
| | This May Basket is suited for handmade flowers. | | | Pretty for May Day, Mother's Day, or any day! | | | This basket can hold real flowers or handmade. |
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http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/_may.html
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| | In the Heart of the Beast - Parade |
| | 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. | | | 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. | | | The 32nd annual MayDay Parade and Festival will be Sunday, May 7, 2006, beginning at 1pm |
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http://www.heartofthebeasttheatre.org/mayday
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