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Remembering May Day with movies: Black, brown, white-- unite

Remembering May Day with movies: Black, brown, white-- unite

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Pamela Powers
May 03, 2012
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May Day-- more than any other day-- is a holiday for the 99%. For decades, on May 1, workers around the world have honored the memory of Haymarket Square and striking Chicago workers who were fighting for an 8-hour work day.

From Wikipedia...

The Haymarket affair (also known as the Haymarket massacre or Haymarket riot) refers to the aftermath of a bombing…

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