Tomorrow is May Day.

[rug]

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

"There will be a time when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today."

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Address_of_August_Spies

[ellenrr]

1. Is anyone doing anything?

There is a demonstration in my area but I'm not going.

[rug]

4. Whatever is going on seems to be local.

Outside the US, it's another story.

[BOG PERSON]

2. don't you mean Law Day?

happy Law Day, fellow law-abiders!

[rug]

3. No. Law Day is a cold war invention having little to do with reality.

[KG]

5. let us rehearse for a rousing chorus of the Internationale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcXNXKtu8z4&feature=related

[rug]

6. Here's a Dylan take on the subject.

Oh the foes will rise
With the sleep in their eyes
And they'll jerk from their beds and think they're dreamin'
But they'll pinch themselves and squeal
And know that it's for real
The hour that the ship comes in.

Then they'll raise their hands
Sayin' we'll meet all your demands
But we'll shout from the bow your days are numbered
And like Pharaoh's tribe
They'll be drownded in the tide
And like Goliath, they'll be conquered.

http://www.mojvideo.com/video-bob-dylan-when-the-ship-comes-in/620af903530449d24c19

[joshcryer]

7. Don't you mean Solidarity Forever?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYiKdJoSsb8

[rug]

8. Not to mention

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N43Cm6ra0hY&NR=1

[joshcryer]

9. Oh wow, that really brought back some memories.

Back when I was an activist we really sang the shit out of that song.

[socialist_n_TN]

10. Well if nothing else, wear red! We DO need to.......

reclaim the REAL worker's holiday.

No actions here in sleepy Nashville town, but I will have my commie colors on.

[rug]

11. Me too.