has anybody noticed that the may 1st walk out is old communist  holiday,called mayday.?
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Yes, this is a communist day!  Communist are using illegals on this day!  Most of the people boycotting on this day don't even have any idea about this!\n\nCommunist-led coalition is supporting a pro-illegal alien boycott of work, school and shopping on May 1st. Make sure to save up any big shopping you've got planned in the future for May 1st!\n\nStrange how this "coalition" names themselves after the far left, pro-terrorist, hate-America-blame-America-first organization that exists in America today: ANSWER \n\nOr is it a coincidence? Note the communist/socialist/pro-terrorist organizations leading this coalition: ANSWER's steering committee includes the Free Palestine Alliance, the Partnership for Civil Justice, the Nicaragua Network, the Korea Truth Commission, the Muslim Student Association, the Mexico Solidarity Network and the Party for Socialism and Liberation. \n\nAlso please note the pro-Communist movement's "May Day" celebrations are held on May 1st in recognition of the Soviet Union's struggle for the communist laborer.
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May day signifies the day of the working class. All those who work, especially those not in the executive or management cadre, irrespective of whether they work in factories, offices, banks, other organisations etc., celebrate May day. This practice originally started in the erstwhile Soviet Union, and subsequently spread to other areas of the world. This is how it has become a Bank Holiday(UK).
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This is what I found.....in a nutshell. It explains the meaning of Cinco de Mayo too. (Hmm....I am learning too!) :)\n\nCinco de Mayo (SEEN-co day MAH-yo) is a Mexican national holiday that is observed on the fifth of May by Mexicans and Mexican Americans. The phrase cinco de mayo means the 'fifth of May' in the Spanish language. The day is set aside in remembrance of the Battle of Puebla, when a small group of Mexican soldiers defeated the powerful French Army on May 5, 1862. It represents the continued courage of the Mexican people to overcome oppression throughout history.
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"Cinco de mayo commemorates General Ignacio Zaragoza's victory on May 5, 1862, over the French expeditionary forces in the Battle of Puebla."  \n\nIn California among the Mexican communities I hava heard It considered a Mexican Independence day. However I think there real Independence day is Sept. 16.\n\n " September 16, 1810, in the village of Dolores, near Guanajuato. Hidalgo called for the end of Spanish rule in Mexico. On September 16, 1825, the Republic of Mexico officially declared Diez y séis de septiembre its national Independence Day. "
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I think you're thinking of Daily Kos...a left wing moonbat wonderland filled with conspiracy theories and whackjob socialist ideas.  Enjoy and don't forget to wear your foil hat, comrade.
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Yes, of course I knew it was election day.  The first Tuesday every May and November.  I also had to work all day to support my family, but I made time.  Luckily May elections are usually not as important as November elections.  Mark the first Tuesday in November on your calendar now so you won't forget.\n\n:)
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Yes, it's May 1st. No immigrant in the USA will work, buy, or sell on this Day.  It will probably be 99% Latino Immigrants legal or not. Immigrants from other countries may follow.
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I'm not sure but it may be 'Celebrate The Day'.
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If sun is honored on Sunday, it follows that the Moon should be given a place of prominence on Monday. And, indeed, the word for Monday is derived via the ancient Anglo-Saxon/Germanic tongue from the word for Moon, "monandaeg". Most other Western and Southern European languages use their own derivative of the word, "moon", as a root for "Monday". For example, the Latin word for moon is "luna" and from that comes the French word "Lundi". \nMonday has often been called a blue day. There is considerable speculation as to why this might be so. One theory runs that Monday (before the advent of the washing machine) was the usual day for washing and a blue dye was frequently used to keep clothes from yellowing. Blue is also frequently associated with depression. Since Monday is typically the first workday of the week and workers must look over a long depressing stretch of time until their next day-long break it has often been refered to as a blue day. \n\nMany cultures see Monday also as an unlucky day, even as a day when people become insane. This may have something to do with the day's association with the moon. The moon has been called inconstant, due to its tendency to wax and wane. The Latin word for moon comes even into our own language to designate lunacy. \n\nThere are several holidays traditionally held on Monday, Labor Day, Memorial Day, President's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's Day.
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it's not "the eyes of march" it's " the "Ide's of march" it's in reference to the date march 15 , according to superstition , this is suppose to be a day of bad luck, kind of like friday the 13 . it dates back to  ancient rome.
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In naming a national holiday, You got it!  To write about the fifth day of May, it would be cinco de Mayo.
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I would guess that the reason is because the holiday was first called to celebrate the winning of the 8 hour day.  It was won by Americans, socialists, anarchists, unions, who fought for the right to not have to work to death in the way the capitalists wanted them to.  I would imagine the point they will make on May 1 this year is that our economy relies on the work of these workers, and that capitalists have brought them here to work in many cases and they have not given them even basic human rights, and that the politicians who are pimping out this issue for political gains might just get what they ask for, that is no immigrant labor.  It will show (to those educated enought to pay attention to the facts) just how much of our country is sustained by this labor and how equal people really are, and the basic communist principle that an injury to one is an injury to all, they will show you people griping about being born here, yadda yadda, just how much your job will be affected for ignoring your fellow workers.
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As of this year:\nJanuary 1 - New Year's Day - off work\nFebruary 14 - St Valentine's Day - though it's not that popular here yet\nFebruary 28 - Shrove Tuesday - not a day off work, but a religious holiday\nMarch 1 - Ash Wednesday - same as above\nMarch 8 - International Women's Day - still more popular than Valentines\nApril 9 - Palm Sunday - religious holiday\nApril 16-17 - Easter - Monday off work\nMay 1 - May Day (former International Workers' Day) - a day off work\nMay 3 - Constitution Day - day off (May 2 is usually also a day off work, there were plans to call it "Polish Flag Day", but I don't really know if they made it official)\nMay 26 - Mother's Day\nJune 1 - Children's Day\nJune 15 - Corpus Christi - religious holiday as well as a day off\nJune 23 - Father's Day\nAugust 15 - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a national holiday (sort of second Independence Day), day off\nNovember 1 - All Saints' Day - day off work\nNovember 11 - Independence Day - day off\nDecember 24 - Christmas Eve - the biggest Xmas celebrations, but not a day off\nDecember 25-26 - Christmas - days off\nDecember 31 - New Year's Eve
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May Day is actually rooted in US history. On May 1, 1886, workers throughout the United States held major strikes for the eight-hour day.\nIn Chicago, these strikes culminated in the Haymarket massacre (May 4, 1886) and subsequent trial. The next day in Milwaukee was the Bay View Massacre.\nMay 1 was established to commemorate these two events and to remember the eight-hour day strikes.
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wow, what a good question, I hope people with interesting racial ideas about colonisation and the genocide of the native people go into more detail than I I have time for right now.\n\nwhy the holiday ... its a part of the story the country tells itself, to define itself.  every country has a "once upon a time, there was ...this place... and then some people came and did amazing things... and that's why we exist!" whatever, and down through the centuries, certain people who were real at some point get mythologized, like columbus and davy crockett.  these figures are always white european males, but that's how it goes.  \n\nbut its changing - we already have martin luther king day, so I have hope for a better story for the future...
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Assuming you are referring to May 1st by "May Day protest": Its origin is from 1889  when the international labour congress assembled in Paris, France, to establish the Second International, an international labour organisation(100 years since the French revolution). It was agreed to make May 1st as an international day for demonstrations to achieve better rights for workers. In this, the Second International succeeded, and it is noteworthy that the labour unions from the US proposed this in the first place!
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Yes it's only a slight difference... In Asia communism is the chief underlying political movement... In the US, socialism is the primary force guiding the leftist - moving government we have had now for over 12 years.