05-01-2012, 01:00 AM
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In the Starting Line-up
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Hanson, Ma
Posts: 2,405
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Occupy actions on May Day !
Y! Big Story: Occupy actions on May Day | Trending Now - Yahoo! News
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May Day, also known as International Workers' Day, is a holiday in 75 countries, except for the country where people may work the hardest of all.
Occupy though has a notion to take the day for its Spring Reawakening. Its General's Strike Facebook page sums up the mission: "NO WORK - NO SCHOOL - NO SHOPPING - NO BANKING - NO TRADING. THE PEOPLE OF THE PLANETS WILL TAKE TO THE STREETS."
Whether you're for, against, or neutral on Occupy, the disruptions will affect business as usual—and that includes traffic. Nearly 60 general assembles have "answered the call" to observe May Day.
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The Occupy demands: A group as large as the 99% is bound to have a lot of demands. The strike ostensibly is to show the 1% that the 99% matter. The demands range from supporting immigrants and labor (preserving bargaining rights, for instance) and a living wage (protesting outsourcing). Outrage still drives the movement, and its list of injustices include college debt, unaffordable health care, bullying, insufficient minimum wage, job sexism, homelessness, foreclosures, and war.
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They are against bullying ?
I believe their protests or disruptions are a form of bullying.
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Boston: An early 7 a.m. start kicks off a "Financial District Block Party," with "Anti-Capitalist" and "Solidarity" marches throughout the city. The evening event calls for a Death of Capitalism Street Theater Funeral Process that promises to travel "through areas of wealth and commer.ce"
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Now that the winter is over they are coming out of their home's
and banding together again.
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