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The Occupy Wall Street demonstrators may have lost some of their headline cachet over the past few months, but they are aiming to reclaim the limelight with a revitalized “Occupy Spring” campaign, with special emphasis on a major May Day offensive on May 1 that includes calls for a “general strike” nationwide.
A “May Day 2012” print and Internet flyer (pictured at left) put out by May Day New York City (MayDayNYC) declares:
MAY DAY 2012
OCCUPY WALL STREET STANDS IN SOLIDARITY
WITH THE CALLS FOR A DAY WITHOUT THE 99%
WHEREEVER YOU ARE
NO WORK
NO SCHOOL
NO HOUSEWORK
NO SHOPPING
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The “May Day Coalition” the Voice refers to is actually the MayDayNYC group that put out the above-mentioned general strike flyer. And MayDayNYC is just another name for the May 1st Coalition for Worker and Immigrant Rights, which is headquartered at 55 West 17th Street, #5C, New York, NY 10011. Which just happens to be the same address as the International Action Center (IAC) — and the same address as the Workers World Party (WWP), a revolutionary communist party with its own peculiar Marxist-Leninist-Trotskyist ideology and party line. Not only do all the above-mentioned groups occupy the same address, but all are run pretty much by the same Workers World Party staff. Which is another way of saying that the organizations are merely fronts for the WWP.
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International Workers' Day (also known as May Day) is a celebration of the international labour movement and left-wing movements. It commonly sees organized street demonstrations and marches by working people and their labour unions throughout most of the world. May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries. It is also celebrated unofficially in many other countries.
The earliest May Day celebrations appeared in pre-Christian times, with the festival of Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers, and the Walpurgis Night celebrations of the Germanic countries. It is also associated with the Gaelic Beltane. Many pagan celebrations were abandoned or Christianized during the process of conversion in Europe. A more secular version of May Day continues to be observed in Europe and America. In this form, May Day may be best known for its tradition of dancing the maypole dance and crowning of the Queen of the May. Various Neopagan groups celebrate reconstructed (to varying degrees) versions of these customs on May 1st.
Originally posted by coyotepoet
So not only are the communists in league with the Occupy Movement the Germans and pagans are too? Oh no!
Originally posted by boot2theface
Oh no! Not communism! You mean we should help our fellow man? God forbid!
Originally posted by coyotepoet
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So not only are the communists in league with the Occupy Movement the Germans and pagans are too? Oh no!
Originally posted by PulsusMeusGallo
It gets worse. Mae (May) Day was actually named after Mae West so big boobed bimbos are in the "takeover the USA" conspiracy too. Keep on the lookout for Occupy Breasts Movement.
Originally posted by boot2theface
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LEARN MORE ABOUT POLITICS YOU IGNORANT FOOL!
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In sum the communist probably have murdered something like 110,000,000, or near two-thirds of all those killed by all governments, quasi-governments, and guerrillas from 1900 to 1987. Of course, the world total itself it shocking. It is several times the 38,000,000 battle-dead that have been killed in all this century's international and domestic wars. Yet the probable number of murders by the Soviet Union alone--one communist country-- well surpasses this cost of war. And those murders of communist China almost equal it.
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Originally posted by boot2theface
You should read three books. The Social Contract and The Discourse on the Origins of Inequality by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and also Since you don't seem to fully understand Socialist Ideologies I would suggest reading The Manifesto of the Communist Party by Karl Marx. Try to learn a little about how our class system works.
And always remember... sharing is caring.
Originally posted by boot2theface
reply to post by ElectricUniverse
Oh no! Not communism! You mean we should help our fellow man? God forbid!
Originally posted by boot2theface
Just out of curiosity, can you by chance tell me how your parents or grandparents were employed before the Cuban revolution in the early 50s? And for what reason your family decided to leave Cuba and when. I am in no way attempting to attack you or anyone for that matter. I also apologize in advance if an unknown variable has eluded my understanding of your situation.
Originally posted by QueSeraSera
Okay, I can earnestly attempt to comprehend your own personal and familial stake in this, which is significant. But maybe those who are currently espousing the current "definition" very much need people like you to educate them about the history of what they are willing to become involved in. Thank you for your personal viewpoint.