Tag Archives: May Day
FAIR> May Day Media
May Day Media Posted on 05/02/2012 by Peter Hart FAIR With Occupy Wall Street making its May Day comeback, what did the corporate media have to say? Take a look at the New York Times story (5/2/12), which was stuffed in the Metro section and focused on… well, take a look at the headline: About half of the article is […]
The New York Times, May 2nd – The Day After
The New York Times, May 2nd – The Day After By Don Gato May 2, 2012 New York Times eXaminer Yesterday, May 1st—International Workers Day (and what Obama has cynically renamed a new national holiday called “Loyalty Day,” tailing red-baiting anti-communist Presidents of times past[i])—I was in New York City for “Occupy May […]
May Day Minneapolis in Video and Picture
May Day Minneapolis in Video and Picture Here are just a few of the many videos and photos from May Day in Minneapolis. Click here to watch the KSTP video Monday night in preparation for May Day. MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) Channel 5 OccupyMN protestors are expecting more people to turn out in support of the movement […]
Noam Chomsky> May Day
May Day By Noam Chomsky, Zuccotti Park Press | Op-Ed 30 April 2012 truthout (Image: Rich Black) People seem to know about May Day everywhere except where it began, here in the United States of America. That’s because those in power have done everything they can to erase its real meaning. For example, […]
Video> “Occupy Everywhere”: May Day Special Show on OWS, Immigration, Labor Protests. 1 of 3
Published on May 1, 2012 by democracynow DemocracyNow.org – As Occupy Wall Street plans nationwide protests marking International Workers Day, or May Day, we discuss the movement with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, Chris Hedges; Amin Husain, editor of Tidal Magazine and a key facilitator of the Occupy movement; Marina Sitrin, author of “Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in Argentina” […]
Kathleen Peine> Potent Blood
Potent Blood By Kathleen Peine “What potent blood hath modest May.” - Ralph W. Emerson Though it’s a holiday celebrated with an appreciative nod to those workers and activists who fought for decent workplace conditions, May Day is also a link to our distant past — a time when individuals were attuned to the ebb and flow […]
Progressive Media Outlets Pledge Coverage of May Day Protests | Care2 Causes
Progressive Media Outlets Pledge Coverage of May Day Protests by Beth Buczynski April 28, 2012 care2.com May Day, otherwise known as International and Immigrant Workers’ Day, marks the first major resurgence of the Occupy Wall Street movement since massive arrests and police brutality drove most occupations indoors over the winter. Although OWS has […]
Danny Schechter> Are You “Spring Trained” For May Day?
Are You “Spring Trained” For May Day? By Danny Schechter 23 APRIL 2012 The Real News Our Own Stand Your Ground Message, 1894 …Let the winds lift your banners from far lands With a message of strife and of hope: Raise the Maypole aloft with its garlands That gathers your cause in […]
Jeremy Brecher> Occupy May Day: Not Your Usual General Strike
Occupy May Day: Not Your Usual General Strike Based on a talk by Jeremy Brecher to Occupy University, Zuccotti Park By Jeremy Brecher Common Dreams March 26, 2012 October2011 Last December, Occupy Los Angeles proposed a General Strike on May 1 “for migrant rights, jobs for all, a moratorium on foreclosures, and peace – […]
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