Class War
”It’s funny how terrified the US is of anything remotely reminiscent of socialism or communism – even our Labor Day holiday was moved away from the May 1 celebrated in the civilized world, to some arbitrary Monday in September.”
David Frier
Funny - re 'class war’ - this just popped up into my stream talking about how May Day disappeared in San Francisco ….
”Interest in the pageant appeared to wane. The photos of the 1950s and ’60s show sparse crowds in the stands at Kezar — and May Day celebrations now shared space in the paper alongside stories about Cuban and Russians governments holding their own May Day marches, as part of a wider labor movement associated with the day.
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”Maybe people lost interest,” a parks spokesman told writer Kevin Wallace in 1976.
As an Englishman ... Labour Day has always been May 1st.
