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 More
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 More
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 More
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 More
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 More
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 – More
