Thousands take part in May Day rallies across the globe

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Thousands take part in May Day rallies across the globe

Each year, people around the world take to the streets to mark International Workers' Day, or May Day.

May 1 is a public holiday in many countries, though activities are restricted in some places, leading on some occasions to street confrontations.

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May Day protesters demand better rights for workers

Demonstrators across the globe took to the streets on Tuesday to demand better working conditions, as part of rallies marking International Workers' Day.

Held on May 1 each year -- known as May Day -- the rallies date back to the 1880s.
At the time, labor movements around the world were campaigning for safeguards such as eight-hour workdays and trade unions. The date of May 1 was chosen as it coincided with the anniversary of the Haymarket affair in Chicago, where police killed four people at a peaceful protest after someone threw a bomb into the crowd.

 

[Rion]

I wonder how the May Day celebration is going over in Venezuela. I bet it's the bes---oh.

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

I wonder how the May Day celebration is going over in Venezuela. I bet it's the bes---oh.

I dont live in Venezuela. But the citizens in America must work hard to support their rights.

 

[Albion]

It is sorta counterproductive, though, isn't it, to demand a Marxist kind of government or economic system in order to have it take away all ones rights?

 

[ripple the car]

I wonder how the May Day celebration is going over in Venezuela. I bet it's the bes---oh.

Christ have mercy, that is insane. How do we, or anyone, help this country? Would everything just have to be scrapped from the top down? New government? I'm not suggesting a war or intervention, but something's gotta give.

 

[Rion]

Christ have mercy, that is insane. How do we, or anyone, help this country? Would everything just have to be scrapped from the top down? New government? I'm not suggesting a war or intervention, but something's gotta give.

If we tried to go in, it'd actually make things worse as people would rally around the dictator in charge. Support any charities that can make it in there, or to the camps of Venezuelans fleeing the country.

 

[ripple the car]

Are the Missionaries of Charity down there? I should look into that. That is outrageous, and crazy. Food should not cost that much.

 

[Rion]

Are the Missionaries of Charity down there? I should look into that. That is outrageous, and crazy. Food should not cost that much.

Likely not. The military is seizing food supplies, and charities are often accused of being fronts for the US government. It's sad, since as of last year 82% of the country was in poverty, and it's only gotten worse as they run out of medical supplies. The government's response has been to tell the citizenry to raise and eat rabbits, but the problem with this that a diet of nothing but rabbit for protein can kill you.

It's a country consumed by the very type of system that these May Day protesters want to bring here.

 

[ripple the car]

That is crazy. A system like that seems that it'll inevitably collapse. You can't starve your people and expect to last long.

 

[Albion]

That is crazy. A system like that seems that it'll inevitably collapse. You can't starve your people and expect to last long.

Inevitably? Maybe, but North Korea has done it and survived quite awhile. And that's not the only example.

 

[Landon Caeli]

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