May 1st. May Day. Labor Day.
Felices Dia de Trabajadores!
Happy International Worker's Day!
No work for me today. Today is a holiday. Today most of the world (that is, except for the US and Canada) celebrates the worker (which ironically can trace its origin back to the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago, begging the question why the United States' labor day in September...)
But anyway, International Worker's Day "is a celebration of the social and economic achievements of the international labor movement. May Day commonly sees organized street demonstrations and street marches by millions of working people and their labour unions throughout most of the countries of the world."
I guess that explains all the honking in the streets today. Hoorah for the eight hour movement.
Friday, May 1, 2009
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