may day

[Global_Justice]

what are the may day riots all about?

what do they do just go around smashing stuff up and protesting, what are they protesting against?

[LoneRed]

May Day is designated International Workers' Day. It is indeed an international holiday in many countries, but not English-speaking countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom. In most of the world, except in the US, Labor Day is celebrated on the 1st of May in remembrance of the 1886 Haymarket Riot. The adoption of May Day by socialists (and later also the communists) as their primary holiday cements official resistance to this holiday in the US. The US government has also attempted to create other holidays for the day of 1 May, in order to further discourage the celebration of May Day. Canada, Australia, and New Zealand also celebrate Labour Day on different dates; that has to do with how the holiday originated in those countries.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_Riot