Beltane, Floralia: Spring Fertility
Festivals, International Labour Day, the United States of America, the
USSR, Australia and Rosa Luxemburg: the soup that created International
Labour Day, reminding us of the struggle for workers' rights for which
thousands of activists struggled for centuries. Today, they are under
threat.
For all the arguments about free speech and the need to compete, we should take a close look at a political system in which most Americans don't have a voice in the process and where, even worse, the outcomes are biased toward certain segments of the nation who can pay to play. This is one issue where the left and right, as well as the slim center, can find agreement.
Read the meaning of May 1 - International Labour Day - English pravda.ru
We trace a brief outline of the history
of International Labour Day from the Pagan fertility festival - Beltane -
to the Roman festival Floralia, to the fight for an 8-hour working day
in the United States of America at the end of the 19th century - where
International Labour Day has its roots, to the internationalization of
the movement. Curiously, the USA is one of the few countries which does
not have a public holiday on May 1.
We trace a brief outline of the history
of International Labour Day from the Pagan fertility festival - Beltane -
to the Roman festival Floralia, to the fight for an 8-hour working day
in the United States of America at the end of the 19th century - where
International Labour Day has its roots, to the internationalization of
the movement. Curiously, the USA is one of the few countries which does
not have a public holiday on May 1.
For all the arguments about free speech and the need to compete, we should take a close look at a political system in which most Americans don't have a voice in the process and where, even worse, the outcomes are biased toward certain segments of the nation who can pay to play. This is one issue where the left and right, as well as the slim center, can find agreement.
Read the meaning of May 1 - International Labour Day - English pravda.ru
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