[WaydayNef]

Cancelled.

[Msrwbdas]

And also cancelled:

Annual Cinco de Mayo parade and festival, due to take place on Saturday, has been postponed until September 12, as a result of the threat of swine flu.

[jurhoonee]

Commies

[JesexhiSeeces]

THE INTERNATIONALE

Arise ye pris'ners of starvation
Arise ye wretched of the earth
For justice thunders condemnation
A better world's in birth!
No more tradition's chains shall bind us
Arise, ye slaves, no more in thrall;
The earth shall rise on new foundations
We have been naught we shall be all.

'Tis the final conflict
Let each stand in his place
The International Union
shall be the human race.
'Tis the final conflict
Let each stand in his place
The International Union
shall be the human race.

We want no condescending saviors
to rule us from their judgement hall
We workers ask not for their favors
Let us consult for all.
To make the theif disgorge his booty
To free the spirit from its cell
We must ourselves decide our duty
We must decide and do it well.

'Tis the final conflict
Let each stand in his place
The International Union
shall be the human race.
'Tis the final conflict
Let each stand in his place
The International Union
shall be the human race.

The law oppresses us and tricks us,
the wage slave system drains our blood;
The rich are free from obligation,
The laws the poor delude.
Too long we've languished in subjection,
Equality has other laws;
"No rights," says she "without their duties,
No claims on equals without cause."

'Tis the final conflict
Let each stand in his place
The International Union
shall be the human race.
'Tis the final conflict
Let each stand in his place
The International Union
shall be the human race.

Behold them seated in their glory
The kings of mine and rail and soil!
What have you read in all their story,
But how they plundered toil?
Fruits of the workers' toil are buried
In strongholds of the idle few
In working for their restitution
the men will only claim their due.

'Tis the final conflict
Let each stand in his place
The International Union
shall be the human race.
'Tis the final conflict
Let each stand in his place
The International Union
shall be the human race.

We toilers from all fields united
Join hand in hand with all who work;
The earth belongs to us, the workers,
No room here for the shirk.
How many on our flesh have fattened!
But if the norsome birds of prey
Shall vanish from the sky some morning
The blessed sunlight then will stay.

'Tis the final conflict
Let each stand in his place
The International Union
shall be the human race.
'Tis the final conflict
Let each stand in his place
The International Union
shall be the human race.

[SnareeWer]

The first May Day Flier from 1885

One day of revolt – not rest! A day not ordained by the bragging spokesmen of institutions holding the world of labor in bondage. A day on which labor makes its own laws and has the power to execute them! All without the consent or approval of those who oppress and rule. A day on which in tremendous force the unity of the army of toilers is arrayed against the powers that today hold sway over the destinies of the people of all nations. A day of protest against oppression and tyranny, against ignorance and war of any kind. A day on which to begin to enjoy ‘eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, eight hours for what we will.’

124 years later, and Americans still don't have the 8 hour day. The average American works 45 hours a week.

[QWNPdpr5]

Hahaha cinco de mayo on Sep 12

I am celebrating May Day by cramming on vector calculus but I fully plan to unwind in honor of the people's socialist victories tonight

[leacturavar]

The Philippines:

Protesters clash with police as they demand for better employment rights and increase in salaries during joint May Day rallies along the streets of Manila May 1, 2009 amid the global economic slowdown that has displaced millions of workers around the world. The number of jobless Filipinos was 180,000 higher in January than a year earlier, pushing the unemployment rate up to 7.7 percent from 7.4 percent, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO). REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES CONFLICT POLITICS MILITARY EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)
Reuters via Yahoo! News

Greece:
Protesters clash with police during a May Day rally outside the parliament in Athens May 1, 2009. Unemployment is rising for the first time since 2004 in Greece as the economy grinds to a halt and may even contract in 2009 for the first time in 15 years, according to the IMF. REUTERS/Kostas Tsironis (GREECE CONFLICT EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Reuters via Yahoo! News

The Ukraine:
Left wing activists sing songs during a rally marking May Day in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, May 1, 2009. Thousands of government supporters and opponents are demonstrating across Ukraine in rallies marking May Day. The traditional holiday celebrating labor is colored by growing unemployment amid Ukraine’s worst economic crisis in a decade. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
AP via Yahoo! News

[Vegeinvalge]

Che when did May Day fall out of favor in the US? My mom remembers having May Day events in school.

[arrasleds]

Commies

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[Nppracph]

That would be about right then.

[ElegeExcest]

Day off here. Great achievement of teh intl proletariat

[Kneedycrype]

I'm anti-May Day.

I refuse to work 40 hour weeks.

[Loonakind]

I did 36 this week and I'm wore out.

[XzBZB2UV]

Castro blasts Obama, says US wants Cuba as slave

8 hours ago

HAVANA (AFP) — Fidel Castro blasted US President Barack Obama Friday in provocative May Day remarks, saying the United States only wanted Cuba to return "to the fold, like slaves."

Castro, 82, who led Cuba for almost 50 years and remains head of the Cuban Communist Party, was not in outreach mode, though Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro, 77, have willingness to ease Cold War-era tensions.

"Today, they stand ready to forgive us -- as if we would resign ourselves to returning to the fold like slaves, who after tasting freedom, go back to the yoke and whip," Fidel Castro said in a defiant address published in Cuban state media to mark May Day.

Obama has said the United States wants to see progress on human rights and political freedom from Cuba. That runs counter to Cuba's main interest in maintaining and projecting the Americas' only communist regime into the future.

Castro, who for decades referred to the United States as the enemy, warned: "The (US) adversary must never delude itself into thinking that Cuba will surrender."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...ISjicNG0WqzRtQ

[slowlexrese]

All Fidel's boys are taking over Florida? Big news. He should STFU.

[Zesavenue]

Che when did May Day fall out of favor in the US? My mom remembers having May Day events in school.

When the commie scum regimes butt****ed everyone they could get to.

[BypeVupyide]

carefully avoiding saying "having it off today"

I say that all the time in America and nobody's any the wiser. It's great.

[Optipitle]

"May Day" is what commies scream as I run them over in my Tiger Tank.

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