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May Day has morphed from celebration
of worker's rights to violence, says historian

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Posted By: NorthernDog, 5/1/2021 8:59:44 PM

Police departments across the state have been preparing for May Day for weeks. May 1 is known as International Workers Day, but in recent years the day has ended in cities like Portland with arrests, fires and destruction. Police departments like the Portland Police Bureau and the Salem Police Department put out statements ahead of the day as a warning for what could be seen in their cities. Local historians say destruction from recent May Days doesn't connect with the actual history of the day. "May Day means something. It’s a memorial in a way to those who lost their

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Leftists no longer care about worker's rights. They can get by on government handouts and mommy & daddy's basement apartment.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Namma 5/1/2021 9:05:41 PM (No. 772864)
May 1st was the day Russia showed off their military with a YUGE parade in Red Square. Never knew it was “international Workers day”. Sounds a bit like a commie propaganda tactic.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: DVC 5/1/2021 11:49:33 PM (No. 772942)
Commie Day for many decades....and apparently the commie thugs still celebrate it, just differently. #1, International Worker's Day was what the Rooskies were celebrating with their parade of massive weapons.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: realestateacct 5/1/2021 11:51:57 PM (No. 772944)
The first May Day demonstration in the 1880's, also known as the Haymarket Riot or the Haymarket Massacre depending on whether you read Howard Zinn or a real history text, was extremely violent - bombing, shooting, brawling with many injuries on both sides. The date was adopted by the International Socialists a few years later. To say it morphed into violence is incorrect - it was founded on violence.
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