Mostly, people have learned that is bad press, but the national guard were called into Baltimore what seems like days ago to stop black people from protesting the war waged against them.
Labor Day is an artificial holiday, while May Day, a holiday created by the American Labor Movement, is celebrated in basically every other country in the world.
If you're going to read about union history, really read about union history. Do you know anyone who is a union organizer? Buy them a shot and a beer and listen up. ;)
> Labor Day is an artificial holiday, while May Day, a holiday created by the American Labor Movement, is celebrated in basically every other country in the world.
And in the US, it's celebrated by riots and burning cars! I gotta say, that really makes me appreciate freedom and want to join a union...
Sports victories and losses in the USA are celebrated by riots and burning cars, as, for some reason, are Pumpkins.
May Day is often celebrated in the US with free assembly and speech, and any time free assembly occurs successfully, there are a few people who want to ride its' coattails to experience the creation of riot porn.
I didn't get that from watching Fox or reading Reddit. It got it from walking around my neighborhood. I walk two blocks from my apartment, and I'm at an intersection where windows were smashed and cars were set afire on May Day.
Ask me how I feel about the anarchists of Oakland who smashed up my neighborhood on May Day. Or how inclined I am to dismiss them as a false construct of political media. Go on...
Mostly, people have learned that is bad press, but the national guard were called into Baltimore what seems like days ago to stop black people from protesting the war waged against them.
Labor Day is an artificial holiday, while May Day, a holiday created by the American Labor Movement, is celebrated in basically every other country in the world.
If you're going to read about union history, really read about union history. Do you know anyone who is a union organizer? Buy them a shot and a beer and listen up. ;)