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b_b  ·  4419 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Occupy Wall Street urges general May 1st strike
May 1st strike?! Are they trying to get everyone to hate them by reopening the Cold War? Like John says: "If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain't gonna make with anyone anyhow." Choose a different day.




mk  ·  4418 days ago  ·  link  ·  
May 1st is International Workers Day. I agree that it is silly, because it is May Day. But it has been adopted by labor movements across the world, and the pro-Communist connotations are just a part of it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day

They should have picked another day though. Crony Capitalism sucks, but so does Communism. Actually, evidence suggests that Communism is even worse.