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May 1st is May Day,
which is also known as International Workers Day. This holiday is
observed in many countries and locales, in recognition of the
achievements of the working people of the world.
May 1st also
marks the anniversary of the beginning of the 1886 nation-wide strike
in support of the eight-hour workday. In Chicago, a mass meeting
in support of the workers' movement ended tragically with the "Haymarket Massacre" on May 4.
Rise like lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number,
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you–
Ye are many–they are few.
This May 1st, the US will also experience the first ever "A Day Without An Immigrant" strike. Events are being organized nationwide to protest the recent wave of anti-immigrant rhetoric and the push for anti-immigrant legislation in the United States. Click here for much more information.
In unvanquishable number,
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you–
Ye are many–they are few.
This May 1st, the US will also experience the first ever "A Day Without An Immigrant" strike. Events are being organized nationwide to protest the recent wave of anti-immigrant rhetoric and the push for anti-immigrant legislation in the United States. Click here for much more information.
Ohio's U.S. Representatives Deborah Pryce and Ted Strickland both supported the HR4437
proposal. Both are running for office this year. Pryce is
seeking reelection and Strickland is running for Ohio Governor. Ohio voters: Remember this when you go to the polls!
¡Venceremos!
¡Venceremos!
