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Wait, wasn't May Day an evil commie idea which threatens the very fabric of the USA?? Oh noes!!111!!!1!! 
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Yes, some unAmerican immigrants (except for the Americans) decided to stage a protest for the 8-hour day and got killed. Three days later they held a protest to protest the killings. Some one set us up the bomb, and some cops got killed, and they opened fire on the protest. No one knows how many workers were killed. Then the leaders, who had left hours before, were arrested and hung for conspiracy to commit murder.
There is, at long last, a monument for the event at Maymarket Square in Chicago.
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Haymarket Square, Che.
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I thought May Day is dedicated to treating the hangover from the night before. And throwing BBQs.Originally posted by Spiffor
IIRC, in Finland, it's Juhannus (summer solstice) that is dedicated to booze.
May Day is a holiday dedicated to the workers. It pays homage to the many workers who fought and died in the past for us to enjoy our social rights.
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First of May, vappu, is certainly a booze festival. For some reason, vappu is associated heavily with not only the workers but also with university students, so the booze part comes naturally. Also, whereas during juhannus the boozing happens in the privacy of your home or your summer cottage, during vappu it's a wholesale drunken bonanza in any large city.Originally posted by Spiffor
IIRC, in Finland, it's Juhannus (summer solstice) that is dedicated to booze.Cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test. Thank you for helping us help you help us all!Comment
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SO how is that different from any other friday night in Finland?
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People wear their silly white student caps, otherwise, not much.Cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test. Thank you for helping us help you help us all!Comment
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Originally posted by JohnT
Haymarket Square, Che.
Che got pwned on Labor history in the US! HAW HAW!“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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I think the typo was intentional.
Anyway, May Day, the REAL Labor Day.
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More ships are lost on May Day than any other day of the year. People just don't take them seriously.“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
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That's not a good thing. You fellows need something to counterbalance the serious rightwing movement. That would require a left movement of about 40% of the countryOriginally posted by DanS
Thankfully, for the last 80 or so years, the US hasn't had a serious leftist movement.
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We had a pretty good leftist culture until....
LBJ led us into a political disaster with the Vietnam War.
The Hashbarry turned from a love-acid community
to heroin/high-crime community. 
Charles Manson demonstrated the hippies were capable of bloody murder.
...and we grew up, cut our hair, and got jobs, children and mortgages.Comment
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sellouts!Originally posted by Zkribbler
We had a pretty good leftist culture until....
LBJ led us into a political disaster with the Vietnam War.
The Hashbarry turned from a love-acid community to heroin/high-crime community.
Charles Manson demonstrated the hippies were capable of bloody murder.
...and we grew up, cut our hair, and got jobs, children and mortgages."I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
'I'm fairly certain that a ban on me punching you in the face is not a "right" worth respecting." - loinburgerComment
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Originally posted by DanS
The free market has served my country well for centuries.
For white, straight men.A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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