May Day call to ACTION

[proud2BlibKansan]

May 1st (May Day) is shaping up to be quite a day of resistance, with strikes by the ILWU, the Teamsters, Postal Workers, plus immigrant rights rallies, and peace and impeachment activities. More info here.

It's Mission Accomplished Day, Downing Street Minutes Day, and May Day - the original Labor Day, which is celebrated everywhere except the country of its birth, the USA.

AfterDowningStreet.org proposed protests outside the local offices of all 435 Members of Congress at noon, and the response was enthusiastic. (It doesn't have to be noon if another time like 9am or 5pm is better for your local group.) Would you like to get involved?

Check for a MayDay Protest already being planned in your district: To do this, go to http://democrats.com/local and look for a MayDay announcement below the "Congressional District" heading. If you see one, open it and post a comment below it offering to help, or contact the organizers in whatever way they have suggested (they may have posted a phone number or email address).

Start organizing a MayDay Protest using the tools on this website: If there's nothing yet being planned in your district and you want to start talking with others about planning a possible MayDay Protest, or if you're ready to post an announcement of a MayDay Protest, please Email us at: [e-mail] We will walk you through the steps involved. To get started on your own (it's really not that hard) CLICK HERE.

[cayuga]

1. May Day!

How appropriate that MAYDAY! MAYDAY! is the distress call!

[Ghost in the Machine]

2. The MAYDAY Flag....

edited: to show some manners and welcome a new member... :blush:

Welcome to DU. You should report immediately to the equipment room where you will be issued a hard hat, safety glasses & steel-toed hip waders. Follow the yellow line to the next room, where you will be fitted for a seatbelt and body harness... then sit down, strap in & hold on. The ride here gets wild at times...

PEACE!

Ghost

[cayuga]

3. Thanks!

I figure if I have survived the last 7 years, I can handle anything! We should thank King George for waking us up from our slumber and enabling this country to realize what our true values are. Now we just have to co-ordinate and conquer. It will happen. Thanks again for the welcome!

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[Ghost in the Machine]

4. K&R...

Thanks for the info & links...

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. You are most welcome

[knitter4democracy]

7. I love it!

I might pull the kids out of school so we can picket and I can tell them about May Day and what it's really about. I'll look to see what's going on near us. Thanks!

[LiberalEsto]

8. May Day 1971 in WashDC

Mass civil disobedience, mass arrests by DC police. What a mess it was. I spent most of 3 days finding out where arrestees in my group were taken, bailing them out, and raising funds to bail out more people from my college.
At the time, we fervently hoped it would end the Vietnam war and eventually prevent future wars. Were we ever idealists!

[Ghost in the Machine]

9. Kick