tag: internationalism

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• Saturday 2 May 2009

  may day protests

  This is France. The BBC has a slideshow of May Day protests around the world, mainly focused on the economic crisis. The police look the same everywhere…
  Diam’s offers a take on France here – one that’s multiracial and anti-Sarko. If you want a rough translation drop me a line. But your French may be better [...]

  posted by red at 1:58 am in capitalism, class, resistance | comment

• Friday 1 May 2009

  happy international workers’ day

  Strikers’ rally in Union Square, New York, on May Day, 1913. Check out the multi-lingual signs – two in Italian and a couple that I assume are in Yiddish. The one in English says:
  ALFRED BENJAMIN’S EMPLOYEES
  Our boss claims we are satisfied
  We are here to prove the contrary
  More info – and more historic 1 May pics [...]

  posted by red at 12:37 am in class, resistance | 2 comments