May Day

Citizens and trade unions in cities around Europe were taking to the streets on Sunday for May Day marches, and put out protest messages to their.

There is a third round, the legislative elections,” said Jordan Bardella, “and it would be unbelievable to leave full power to Emmanuel Macron.” In Italy, after a two-year pandemic lull, an outdoor mega-concert was set for Rome with rallies and protests in cities across the country. UK urges Germany, France to do more for UkraineBritain on Sunday said “it would be good to see more from France and Germany” to support the Ukraine war effort, warning that a Russian victory has ... World News France’s President Macron boosts weapons, stakes in Ukraine after re-electionWhen Vladimir Putin congratulated Emmanuel Macron on his re-election as France’s president and wished him “success in your activities,” the Russian ... World News Le Pen was defeated by Macron in the runoff of the presidential election, and plans to campaign to keep her seat as a lawmaker. Citizens and trade unions in cities around Europe were taking to the streets on Sunday for May Day marches, and put out protest messages to their governments, notably in France where the holiday to honor workers was being used as a rallying cry against newly reelected President Emmanuel Macron.

France is expected to see massive May Day protests on Sunday as demonstrators on both sides of the political spectrum – but especially on the left – are ...

The protests are expected to be bigger and angrier than usual on Sunday as a cost-of-living crisis sweeps through France and beyond. The US labour movement’s campaign for an eight-hour day burgeoned despite the violent end to the Haymarket movement. In Ancient Rome, May 1 marked the midpoint of the Floralia, a week-long holiday honouring Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers. Another rally was called for May 4 that went on mostly peacefully until the end, when police attempted to disperse the demonstration. Centuries after Christianity became hegemonic across Europe, May Day remained rooted in its pagan origins – a fact recognised by the Puritans who took over England after the end of the Civil War in 1649 and banned May Day festivities such as Morris dancing, garlanding a Maypole with ribbons and crowning a May queen. Against this backdrop, France is expecting the largest and most raucous May Day rallies it has seen in decades.

A woman in Toulouse in France taking part in the May Day Protest. Workers from across the world have been taking part in the traditional international May Day protests calling for better wage and labour conditions for all. Gathering in cities and towns ...

Riot police in Istanbul detained at least 25 protesters trying to reach Taksim square for May 1st International Labour Day celebrations.

Turkish riot police detained dozens of protesters trying to reach Istanbul's main Taksim Square for May Day demonstrations against economic hardship caused ...

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Turkish police on Sunday detained more than 160 protesters who were trying to hold a May Day rally in defiance of a ban imposed by the governor's office.

Long live May Day.” “Long live May Day,” some of them shouted. In the meantime, thousands gathered on Sunday on the Asian side of Istanbul in an authorised rally to celebrate May Day.

On Sunday, Turkish police arrested dozens of demonstrators on May Day – an international workers' day - as they were on their way to the Taksim Square in ...

On Sunday, Turkish police arrested dozens of demonstrators on May Day – an international workers' day - as they were on their way to the Taksim Square in the center of Istanbul, protesting the economic situation in the country. The war in Ukraine coupled with increasing commodity prices led many Turks to take to the streets of Istanbul, demanding salaries adjusted for the climbing prices. The demonstrators protested the economic situation in the country

May Day, celebrated by workers across the globe as International Labor Day, falls on May 1. But you'd be forgiven if that's news to you.

On that May date, anarchists and labor activists in Chicago began a multi-day strike in what became known as the Haymarket affair of 1886. “There was a trial of eight men who were found guilty of conspiracy to murder,” Linebaugh said. His words “swept the globe,” Linebaugh said. “The Puritans of Boston put an end to it by military force,” Linebaugh said. The following day, a meeting held in the city’s Haymarket Square turned even bloodier. A 16-hour shift wasn’t unusual for workers at the time. Before May Day was adopted as a day to champion workers, its roots belonged to pagan tradition. Inevitably, history shows, that May Day comradery has been met with suppression. The springtime tradition was inherited from pagan tribes in Ireland and Scandinavia, said Linebaugh, borrowing ancient Roman practices celebrating the Earth’s flowering season. President Dwight D. Eisenhower instead declared May 1 “Law Day” — dedicated to the principles of government under law — and Labor Day is now celebrated in September. “And yet this tradition of May Day as a time of dancing and play and pleasure persisted right into many parts of the U.S. today.” But you’d be forgiven if that’s news to you.

Police fired tear gas to push back black-clad anarchists who ransacked business premises in the French capital Paris on Sunday during May Day protests ...

Unlike in previous years, Marine Le Pen did not lay a wreath in Paris at the statue of Joan or Arc, whom her party uses as a nationalist symbol. "It is important to show Macron and the whole political world that we are prepared to defend our social rights," Joshua Antunes, a 19-year-old student said. In all, more than 20,000 people took part, up from 17,000 last year, the interior minister said.

Tens of thousands marked May Day – the international day of workers – with rallies in South Korea, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Serbia, Turkey, India, Pakistan, Greece, ...

Citizens and trade unions in cities around Europe took to the streets for marches with protest messages to their governments, notably in France where the holiday to honour workers was being used as a rallying cry against newly re-elected President Emmanuel Macron. Demonstrators around the world took to the streets on Sunday to celebrate workers and push for improved labour rights. May 1 is celebrated as International Labour Day – or May Day – around the world.

Citizens and trade unions in cities around Europe were taking to the streets on Sunday for May Day marches, and to put out protest messages to their.

Le Pen was defeated by Macron in last Sunday’s runoff of the presidential election, and plans to campaign to keep her seat as a lawmaker. Protests were planned across France with a focus on Paris where the Communist-backed CGT union was leading the main march through eastern Paris, joined by a handful of other unions. May Day is a time of high emotion for participants and their causes, with police on the ready.

Tens of thousands of people marched in cities across Europe on Sunday for May Day protests to honour workers and shame governments into doing more for their ...

“May Day is the time to rally for a reduction in working time. In Italy, after a two-year pandemic lull, an outdoor mega-concert was set for Rome, with rallies and protests in cities across the country. All were pressing Mr Macron for policies that put people first and condemning his plan to raise France’s retirement age from 62 to 65. Inflation, running at an annual clip of 8.8% in March, is at a 14-year-high. In France, the May Day rallies — which come a week after the country’s presidential election — aimed to show the centrist Mr Macron the opposition he could face in his second five-year term. Tens of thousands of people marched in cities across Europe on Sunday for May Day protests to honour workers and shame governments into doing more for their citizens.

The Federation of Labour invited people to come together to demonstrate to government the power of workers acting as one. (Photo via NLFL Twitter page.).

Citizens and trade unions in cities around Europe were taking to the streets on Sunday for May Day marches, and to put out protest messages to their ...

Le Pen was defeated by Macron in last Sunday’s runoff of the presidential election, and plans to campaign to keep her seat as a lawmaker. In Italy, after a two-year pandemic lull, an outdoor mega-concert was set for Rome with rallies and protests in cities across the country. May Day is a time of high emotion for participants and their causes, with police on the ready.

Labour unions and student organisations led protests against newly re-elected President Emmanuel Macron with demands for higher wages, support for public ...

Thousands also protested in other large cities across France such as Marseille, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Lyon and Strasbourg, according to police. This year’s slogan is “Working for peace.” The May Day protests also come as left-wing parties in France aim to strike an agreement ahead of the June legislative elections following the defeat of leftist candidates in the first round of the election.

Metro trains ground to a halt and ships were docked in ports as thousands of workers joined May Day rallies in the Greek capital to protest against soaring ...

Electricity has risen, gas has risen, necessities have risen. It has also increased the minimum wage to 713 euros a month from May 1, the second increase this year. We will fight it, because the working class cannot survive any more," said Katerina Dekaristou, a teacher, standing outside the parliament.

Thousands join protests across France to demand social justice, salary rises and for the dropping of plans to raise the retirement age.

He wants to rally a union of the left, including the Greens, to dominate parliament and force Mr Macron into an awkward “cohabitation” but so far this has not materialised. Most rallies were peaceful, but in Paris police intervened after black-clad “black bloc” anarchists tried to erect a barricade in a street near La Republique Square, police said. Thousands of people joined May Day protests across France on Sunday to demand social justice and salary increases, and to push newly re-elected president Emmanuel Macron to drop his plan to raise the retirement age.

It is a time of high emotion for participants and their causes, and Sunday's May Day marches were no different with police at the ready as street demonstrations ...

Considered pro-Russian, Radev went on to say it was a “patriotic duty” not to allow Bulgaria to become involved in the Ukraine war. May Day marches in Cuba are rife with symbolism, a celebration of the 63-year-old Cuban revolution and a government-led rebuke of the Cold War-era embargo imposed on the island by the US. Respect the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine!” “I call on the Russian president: Let the weapons be silent! We do not want interference of any kind,” said Juana Garcia, a worker with the Cuban Institute for Philosophy, as she participated in Sunday’s celebrations. All are pressing Macron for policies that put the people first and condemning his plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 65. Many Chinese marked a quiet May Day this year as the government’s “zero-COVID” approach has restricted travel and enforced lockdowns in multiple cities. The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party was forced to call off its May Day rally in view of the ongoing protests. She was replaced by her National Rally party Interim President Jordan Bardella, who said Le Pen was preparing for forthcoming legislative elections. Their windows were broken and garbage bins set on fire. Istanbul governor’s office said that police detained 164 people for demonstrating without permits and resisting police at the square. Millions remain restricted to their buildings or compounds in Shanghai, China’s largest city, under a lockdown that has only slightly eased.

Far-left leader Mélenchon urges unity to defeat president in parliamentary election. FRANCE-MAY DAY-PROTEST. Protesters gather ...

Both Le Pen and Mélenchon are out to stop Macron’s centrist La République En Marche party from winning a majority in parliament that would give him free rein to implement his agenda. Macron has dismissed such criticism and insisted he has more economically sound policies for tackling the problem. While most of the protesters demonstrated peacefully, dozens of businesses were damaged in Paris, including a McDonald’s branch, banks, insurance companies and real estate agencies.

Police fired tear gas to push back black-clad anarchists who ransacked business premises in Paris today during May Day protests against the policies of ...

In all, more than 20,000 people took part, up from 17,000 last year, the interior minister said. He wants to rally a union of the left, including the Greens, to dominate parliament and force President Macron into an awkward "cohabitation", but so far this has not materialised. The cost of living was the main theme in the presidential election campaign and looks set to be equally prominent ahead of June legislative elections.

Unions and political rivals join protesters fired up by unpopular pensions reform plans.

PARIS (AP) — Tens of thousands of people marched Sunday in cities around Europe for May Day protests to honor workers and shame governments into doing more ...

“May Day is the time to rally for a reduction in working time. Le Pen was defeated by Macron in last Sunday’s presidential runoff, and plans to campaign to keep her seat as a lawmaker. Opposition parties, notably from the far-left and the far-right, are looking to break his government’s majority in France’s parliamentary election in June. In Italy, after a two-year pandemic lull, an outdoor mega-concert was set for Rome with rallies and protests in cities across the country. Inflation, running at an annual clip of 8.8% in March, is at a 14-year-high. In France, protesters shouted slogans against newly elected President Emmanuel Macron, a development that may set the tone for his second term.

Hundreds of labor rights advocates swarmed into Washington Square Park for International Workers Day Sunday, chanting and lugging signs as they called for ...

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Crowds of activists marched through lower Manhattan to demand worker protections and immigration overhauls on Sunday. Local chapters of labor organizations ...

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Police and protesters clashed in Turkey and France during May Day rallies on Sunday, as tens of thousands marched across the world in support of workers' ...

"Obviously it's bad in terms of our own self-interest, but it's necessary overall for the good of the country," said a young waiter at a deserted restaurant near the Forbidden City in Beijing. President Nicolas Maduro addressed the crowds at a separate pro-government march elsewhere in the city, blaming United States sanctions for his country's "economic storm" and announcing "Venezuela is headed for prosperity". There were also two separate marches in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, with hospital workers and other basic service employees calling for a "dignified salary" at one demonstration. Xiomara Castro, the new president of Honduras, was greeted by thousands chanting her name, and she responded by telling them she would govern for them and put an end to a "dark era" of corruption and drug trafficking. "It is time for us to pull him by his ear and kick him out," former legislator Hirunika Premachandra said at a rally in Colombo. Turkish riot police detained scores of demonstrators in Istanbul, pinning some of them to the ground and dragging them away from the rally, which the governor's office said was unauthorised.

Labor Day is still four months away, but on Sunday groups rallied in Union Park to celebrate another labor holiday.

And why we stand ready to fight for their rights." And it is today the reason why we stand alongside them. The group marched through downtown.

Union members, socialists, communists and activists came together in a show of solidarity, pushing for higher wages, immigrant and abortion rights and ...

If we have children and family in this country, we should have justice. A lot of them did everything for this country,” he said. “If we work in this country, we should have justice.

Seattle's annual May Day march for workers' and immigrants' rights experienced a resurgence Sunday, bolstered by high-profile union successes across the ...

Instead, organizers used cars and bicyclists to stop traffic and make way for the march. By midday, the display was largely peaceful, with Seattle police officers scattered along the route, hemming in marchers. Other demonstrators participated to support a broad spectrum of progressive stances.

Tensions erupted as thousands of protesters showed newly reelected President Emmanuel Macron the opposition he could face in his second five-year term.

Macron says that is the only way the government can continue to provide good retirement benefits to the French. May Day is often a time of high emotion for trade unionists and other workers, and protests in the last two years have been limited by pandemic restrictions. Demonstrators broke windows at some banks and a fast-food restaurant, ripped up street signs and burned barricades in the streets - apparently the work of men dressed and masked in black.

May 1, 2022 at 4:15 p.m.. Tens of thousands of people marched Sunday in cities around the world for May Day protests to honor workers and shame governments into ...

In France, protesters shouted slogans against newly elected President Emmanuel Macron, a development that may set the tone for his second term. May Day is often a time of high emotions for workers in Europe, and protests in the last two years have been limited by pandemic restrictions. French police moved in, firing rounds of tear gas.

Tens of thousands of people marched Sunday in cities around Europe for May Day protests to honor workers and shame governments into doing more for citizens.

"May Day is the time to rally for a reduction in working time. Le Pen was defeated by Macron in the April 24 presidential runoff, and plans to campaign to keep her seat as a lawmaker. In Italy, after a two-year pandemic lull, an outdoor mega-concert was being held in Rome after rallies and protests in cities across the country. Opposition parties, notably from the far-left and the far-right, are looking to break his government's majority in France's parliamentary election in June. On the Asian side of sprawling Istanbul, a May Day union-organized gathering drew thousands who sang, chanted and waved banners. In France, protesters shouted slogans against newly elected President Emmanuel Macron, a development that may set the tone for his second term.

The march was co-sponsored by four Seattle immigrant and labor organizations: El Comité, UFCW 3000, MLK Labor and the May 1st Action Coalition.

SEATTLE — A group made its way from Judkins Park in south Seattle to Westlake Park in what turned out to be a nearly three-hour march through downtown.

It feels like a good time to be with friends, too.” “Environmental defenders are targeted with our taxpayer money.” “Human rights defenders are targeted,” he said.

Citizens and trade unions in cities around Europe were taking to the streets on Sunday for May Day marches, and put out protest messages to their ...

Le Pen was defeated by Macron in the runoff of the presidential election, and plans to campaign to keep her seat as a lawmaker. There is a third round, the legislative elections,” said Jordan Bardella, “and it would be unbelievable to leave full power to Emmanuel Macron.” In Italy, after a two-year pandemic lull, an outdoor mega-concert was set for Rome with rallies and protests in cities across the country.