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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:33 PM Original message |
May Day |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Haymarket Riots |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. There you go |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Author talked about the Hay Market Riot on Democracy Now |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. MAY DAY - THE LABOR DAY (Thanks for bringing that up!) |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Yes. Iraqi union workers celebrate the day that started in Chicago |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. Actually, May Day is much older than that... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Don't mix apples and oranges here |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I was referring to this statement in the OP: |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Ok ask workers around the world |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I didn't "miss" anything...just taking issue with a specific statement. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Ok. Whatever |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Years ago, kids danced around the May Pole |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. May Day is the Americanized version of the Celtic holiday of Beltane |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Two huge different thigns |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's not ironic. It's intentional. Workers worldwide have adopted May 1 |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Trust me, listening to a local demonstrator |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. My daughter's 8th grade social studies class covered it |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yep |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Exactly! Why are people so myopic? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. It is the ethos of the new America |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. I hate to burst your bubble...... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. And I hate to burst yours |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Well golly gee........ |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. that is a coincidence of history |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. noooooo...... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Yes I do, |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
52. Well if you are a historian as you claim.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 06:45 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. WOW, it took you this long to see the light |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Right. It is just a coincidence |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Learn some hsitory |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Ha! You complain people don't know the "original intent" but then |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. It is coincidence |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. There's no such thing as coincidence, some would say. :-) |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. If you work for the CIA, or MI-5 you are correct, there |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. No, as a historian you BELIEVE there are coincidences. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Ok do explain to me very slowy |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. This is clearly a time that is charged in the western psyche. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. That is nice so again |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. C-O-I-N-C-I-D-E-N-C-E |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. It is still coincidence |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. You know what? |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. It may be coincidence, but in practice the traditions have merged |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. In your neck of the woods, but the point I am making |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:54 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Pretty interesting account of The Green and The Red of May Day . . . |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 06:47 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Yep, pretty much |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. I remember celebrating May Day in Ohio during the 60's and |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. I hit the streets today in support of Organized Labor. |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. Brief history on the Haymarket Riot |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
32. Thanks for the reminder. |
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LiviaOlivia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
34. The significance and history about May Day is why the oligarchs did this: |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. You are kidding me, King George has now declared it |
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LiviaOlivia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. It's true. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Oh my god I feel that now I am livng truly in Nazi Germany |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
44. It is not ironic, it is purposeful |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Yes it is HUGE in Latin America |
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OxQQme (694 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 08:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. ski, what makes you think |
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