Mayday 2009

[Pogue]

In London, is there a protest every day for Mayday? Is it always on the 1st of May? I heard sometimes its a day after that or os for convenience.

When do we usually hear about it, and whats the usual turnout?

[Forward Union]

Mayday is the 1st of may. There is a mayday bank holiday, but that's not actually mayday.

Every year there is an Autonomous workers bloc which the Anarchists march on. Assemble at Clerkenwell green at 12 normally.

[Q]

In London, is there a protest every day for Mayday? Is it always on the 1st of May? I heard sometimes its a day after that or os for convenience.

When do we usually hear about it, and whats the usual turnout?

:lol:
Are you new or what? Of course Mayday is on the 1st of May! :cool:

[Pogue]

:lol:
Are you new or what? Of course Mayday is on the 1st of May! :cool:

Sometimes, reading helps. I refer you to, er, the post you quoted. Reading prevents you from making silly mistakes, I reccomend it!

[Q]

Sometimes, reading helps. I refer you to, er, the post you quoted. Reading prevents you from making silly mistakes, I reccomend it!

Nowai.

[Pogue]

Nowai.

ya

[Devrim]

:lol:
Are you new or what? Of course Mayday is on the 1st of May! :cool:

I remember going on Mayday Marches in London when I worked there. At that point I seem to remember that they were held on May bank holiday, not on the actual first of May. Otherwise I would have been working and couldn't have gone. I am not 100% sure, and it was back in the 80s.


and whats the usual turnout?

As I remember it pretty low, less than 1,000. Pretty weird too, in those days there were more Turkish Stalinists than anybody else, a bit like İstanbul, but without half a million people on the demo.

Devrim

[Djehuti]

Less than 1000 in such a big city as London is a really low number. The syndicalist and autonomous demonstration gather around 3000 people in Stockholm (much smaller city) on Mayday. And we don't have any big radical movement here either. But sure, participating in a mayday demonstration is not something most people do any more, but we are working to turn this negative trend.

I'm looking forward to the first of May, it's our day! :)


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This year will be even better! :cool:

[scarletghoul]

Wow, I never thought Sweden could be so cool. If there was anything like that in the UK Id do my best to turn up

[redSHARP]

well i waiting for my Mayday in th USA it suck a fine bag or dicks. it is hard to organize in the USA a mayday march, so many groups want to be the headlining group and it just ends up being a waste of time and a bunch of Crimethink suburban kids chanting useless slogans. THERE WAS NOT EVEN 1 RED FLAG!!! me and my friends just made one, and we are learning the Internationale, just to bring that old school feel. its corny as hell, but at least it is worker related, unlike shouting "who's streets? our streets!" when clearly the city gave it to us through proper permits, which doesnt bother me, but it is not our streets! we are borrowing them for the day!!!

[welshboy]

I was thinking of going to Milan for May day this year. Sweden look really tempting now. :D

[REDFOREVER]

Ya, I have a good feeling about this year. :) If anybodys planning a demonstration in the Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio area, please let me know. I'm working with a few ideas myself.

[Invincible Summer]

I can imagine all the damned social-democratic unions/political parties and Free Tibet/yoga/chai yuppies, and the two or three tiny leftist groups marching at the May Day marches here...

[OneNamedNameLess]

Check this link out guys:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4951406.stm

I googled the event in London and this was the result. It reports on the march a couple of years back, but indicates that the London demo is actually pretty decent with a good attendance.

I think May Day should be impressive this year. In the UK we are officially in recession now and unemployment is rising further so London should be decent.

Hopefully this takes place at the weekend so I can go.

Has anyone been before? Is anyone else going this year?

[Pogue]

Check this link out guys:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4951406.stm

I googled the event in London and this was the result. It reports on the march a couple of years back, but indicates that the London demo is actually pretty decent with a good attendance.

I think May Day should be impressive this year. In the UK we are officially in recession now and unemployment is rising further so London should be decent.

Hopefully this takes place at the weekend so I can go.

Has anyone been before? Is anyone else going this year?

Never been before, going this year.

[Zeus the Moose]

The past couple May Days in the US have been scenes for decently large immigrant rights demonstrations, since 2006 I think. Being relatively close to New York City, I've been able to attend May Day in 2007 and 2008, both of which were fairly well attended.

In 2008, I (as part of the Socialist Party USA contingent) marched with a feeder march spearheaded by the Chinese Staff and Workers Association, a community group-quasi union based in Chinatown. I found it inspiring as an example of solidarity across ethnic lines (since the main focus for the immigrant rights movement is [email protected])

This year, however, I'm wondering what the demonstrations will be like. In the anti-war movement, we've already seen the fallout of the election of Obama (actually something we've seen for the past year or so since a large section of the anti-war movement leadership does not want to "embarrass" the Democrats). I fear that something similar may happen for the immigrant rights movement, though we'll have to see.