May Day or May 1st, is internationally known as the remembrance of labor parties or Labour parties that have and still do progress the movement of better work environments and wages for employees. In the US its a federal holiday celebrated at the end of May.
For quite some time May 1st was seen as a reference to the socialist party and their desire for government to control and distribute wealth within the country. Think May Day and you would think of Russia or USSR or communism. Generally the day would be celebrated by some small rally's and radical speeches but otherwise tame.
In the last decade of the 20th century, May Day became the day that anarchists would pronounce destruction of the New World Order and denounce the world bank and capitalism and commercialism. Anarchist do not rally or protest as much as gang together in a city center and become a disgruntled mob that seeks damage and destruction and then when the police are forced to use non-lethal forms of civil obedience to quell the riot, the media shows the anarchists being attached by tear gas and batons and their only defense is bandannas around their faces as if the police are the ones who are breaking up a legal protest.
In the South West, the Pro-Illegal Immigration groups have occupied May 1st as their day to rally and protest and proclaim that all of America would fail if illegal aliens failed to show up for work the next day. These are for the most part non-violent protests and in the recent past have brought tens of thousand if not hundreds of thousands of people together for their activities. These groups have well meaning intentions for their cause but generally speaking are terribly ineffective at getting their point across or creating a memorable event.
One rally in Phoenix had over 100,000 people attend. However even the media could not get behind the rally cry of 'No Borders' and 'Ce se puede' (Yes we can!) when the majority of flags at the event where Mexican and not American. Instead of looking sympathetic they came across as arrogant and demanding. Each year these leaders get more savy, but less energized. This year less than 10,000 people are expected at the rallys in Phoenix.
May 1st, May Day, Labor Day, Labour Day, has been known as a day of rest and introspection at the advancement of employee rights. In the future it may well be turned into a focal point of immigration status and rights of illegal aliens. I look forward to a day when we can say that on May 1st, a national crackdown on businesses that employee illegals takes place, much like the DUI task forces on holidays. I look forward to the news reports on May Day that don't show mass rally's of forced rights but mass introduction of people becoming American citizens akin to the news we see on July 4th.
However you spend the day, at the beginning of the month or the end and every day in between, be thankful for what you have.
For quite some time May 1st was seen as a reference to the socialist party and their desire for government to control and distribute wealth within the country. Think May Day and you would think of Russia or USSR or communism. Generally the day would be celebrated by some small rally's and radical speeches but otherwise tame.
In the last decade of the 20th century, May Day became the day that anarchists would pronounce destruction of the New World Order and denounce the world bank and capitalism and commercialism. Anarchist do not rally or protest as much as gang together in a city center and become a disgruntled mob that seeks damage and destruction and then when the police are forced to use non-lethal forms of civil obedience to quell the riot, the media shows the anarchists being attached by tear gas and batons and their only defense is bandannas around their faces as if the police are the ones who are breaking up a legal protest.
In the South West, the Pro-Illegal Immigration groups have occupied May 1st as their day to rally and protest and proclaim that all of America would fail if illegal aliens failed to show up for work the next day. These are for the most part non-violent protests and in the recent past have brought tens of thousand if not hundreds of thousands of people together for their activities. These groups have well meaning intentions for their cause but generally speaking are terribly ineffective at getting their point across or creating a memorable event.
One rally in Phoenix had over 100,000 people attend. However even the media could not get behind the rally cry of 'No Borders' and 'Ce se puede' (Yes we can!) when the majority of flags at the event where Mexican and not American. Instead of looking sympathetic they came across as arrogant and demanding. Each year these leaders get more savy, but less energized. This year less than 10,000 people are expected at the rallys in Phoenix.
May 1st, May Day, Labor Day, Labour Day, has been known as a day of rest and introspection at the advancement of employee rights. In the future it may well be turned into a focal point of immigration status and rights of illegal aliens. I look forward to a day when we can say that on May 1st, a national crackdown on businesses that employee illegals takes place, much like the DUI task forces on holidays. I look forward to the news reports on May Day that don't show mass rally's of forced rights but mass introduction of people becoming American citizens akin to the news we see on July 4th.
However you spend the day, at the beginning of the month or the end and every day in between, be thankful for what you have.
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