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Paris - May Day The first day of May. I think in olden times it was considered to be a pagan kind of holiday in celebration of maybe the ending of the winter period and the start of the summer. I remember in the elementary school in San Francisco we walked around this steel pole holding ribbons and we sang songs until all of the ribbon was wrapped around the pole. Ah, but I was so naive then and without a computer. Now, Wiki tells a different story. International Workers' Day (a name used interchangeably with May Day) is a celebration of the social and economic achievements of the international labour movement. May Day commonly sees organized street demonstrations by millions of working people and their labour unions throughout Europe and most of the rest of the world – though, as noted below, rarely in the United States and Canada. Communist and anarchist organizations and their affiliated unions universally conduct street marches on this day. International Workers' Day is the commemoration of the Haymarket Riot in Chicago in 1886; in 1889, the first congress of the Second International, meeting in Paris for the centennial of the French Revolution and the Exposition Universelle (1889), following a proposal by Raymond Lavigne, called for international demonstrations on the 1890 anniversary of the Chicago protests. These were so successful that May Day was formally recognized as an annual event at the International's second congress in 1891. The May Day Riots of 1894 and May Day Riots of 1919 occurred subsequently. In 1904, the International Socialist Conference meeting in Amsterdam called on "all Social Democratic Party organizations and trade unions of all countries to demonstrate energetically on May First for the legal establishment of the 8-hour day, for the class demands of the proletariat, and for universal peace." As the most effective way of demonstrating was by striking, the congress made it "mandatory upon the proletarian organizations of all countries to stop work on May 1, wherever it is possible without injury to the workers." May Day has long been a focal point for demonstrations by various socialist, communist, and anarchist groups. In some circles, bonfires are lit in commemoration of the Haymarket martyrs, usually right as the first day of May begins[1]. It has also seen right-wing massacres of participants as in the Taksim Square massacre of 1977 in Turkey. Due to its status as a celebration of the efforts of workers and the socialist movement, May Day is an important official holiday in Communist countries such as the People's Republic of China, Cuba, and the former Soviet Union. May Day celebrations typically feature elaborate popular and military parades in these countries. In countries other than the United States and Canada, resident working classes sought to make May Day an official holiday and their efforts largely succeeded. For this reason, in most of the world today, May Day is marked by massive street rallies led by workers, their trade unions, anarchists and various communist and socialist parties. |
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5/2/2008 4:19 pm |
In your opinion, How to avoid this problem???? Do you think that it is based on the social system here is less protective compared to Europe ????Yet, America is still a great nation , while other countries are still struggling. Just curious , just learning...... Respectfully. God Bless  Rejoicefrance  Ok ... I'll teach you ok?  Are illegals a problem? If they were they would go after the people who employ them. They are cheap labor. If you made them legal, then all their employment would have to be done legally and laws would cover how they were treated and paid and taxes would have to get paid ... it would get really expensive. Cuddles (your master of illegal immigration )
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5/2/2008 4:15 pm |
The workers lose (at least the American ones) but the farm owners (and some other bussinesses) win. If you let them work legally they would have to be payed more. It wouldn't be so hard to stop (or at least decrease) illegals, allowing them in it's just a way to keep labor costs down. Cuddles
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This is very interesting Vicky! I had no idea May Day was International Workers' Day. They certainly didn't teach t hat in school! My Little World.....Enter if you dare!! Muwahahahaha! ^_^
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