Beyond May Day
May Day, the Occupy movement and the 99 percent narrative have raised the voices of low-wage workers in this city who have joined together under the banner "Organize, Legalize, and Unionize."
May Day, the Occupy movement and the 99 percent narrative have raised the voices of low-wage workers in this city who have joined together under the banner "Organize, Legalize, and Unionize."
Robert Teitelman | Posted 05.07.2012
OWS takes the traditional Marxist notion of class, simplifies it and inflates it into two cartoons -- the 99 percent and the 1 percent. In the process, it manages to ignore about 150 years of Marxist discussion and debate.
Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm | Posted 05.03.2012
Often, change does come more quickly from the inside rather than the outside. Become an alternative to the Tea Party. And then, once that happens, occupy the majority in Congress.
Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.03.2012
Many people might be surprised to learn that the May Day celebrations that occurred around the world in 2012 were born more than a century ago out of a struggle by American workers for the eight-hour day.
AP | TERRY COLLINS | Posted 05.02.2012
OAKLAND, Calif. — Thousands of protesters in New York demanded an end to income inequality and housing foreclosures. Police fired tear gas to di...
Posted 05.02.2012
Going to high school in a beautiful location might make it difficult to choose class and studying over a day at the beach. But one Hawaiian student wi...
AP | KATE BRUMBACK and PETER PRENGAMAN | Posted 05.02.2012
ATLANTA -- While a black preacher told 100 immigration protesters that incarcerated blacks and detained immigrants faced similar challenges, Jesse Mor...
HuffingtonPost.com | Robin Wilkey | Posted 05.02.2012
UPDATE: The May Day protests escalated in Oakland throughout the night, leading to 23 arrests including one for suspicion of felony assault on a peace...
HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.02.2012
A little over six months ago, Stephanie McGuinness was camping out in Zuccotti Park, the epicenter of a new movement that often shunned politicians an...
Paul Hogarth | Posted 05.01.2012
Unless you were a red-diaper baby, Americans don't grow up learning about May Day. May Day is celebrated in almost every country in the world, except the United States. For years, the United States has intentionally whitewashed May Day from our culture and our consciousness.
AP | TERRY COLLINS | Posted 05.02.2012
OAKLAND, Calif. — Thousands of protesters in New York demanded an end to income inequality and housing foreclosures. Police fired tear gas to di...
Robert Reich | Posted 05.01.2012
May 1 may be a good day for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, but the future depends on the job prospects and wages of the average worker.
Rebecca Solnit | Posted 05.01.2012
Collins's timely trilogy makes it clear that the 1%, having created a system of deeply embedded cruelty, should go, something highlighted by the surly defiance of heroine Katniss Everdeen who refuses to be disposed of.
Reuters | Posted 05.02.2012
* Marches in Spain, Italy, France, Greece and Portugal * Protesters carry banners opposing budget cuts * Greece, France ...
Jerry Ashton | Posted 04.30.2012
May Day is a holiday for the 99 percent. It is a day for people to come together, across all those lines which too often divide us -- race, class, gender, religion -- and challenge the systems that create these divisions.
AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 05.01.2012
SAN FRANCISCO — May Day protests may disrupt the morning commute in major U.S. cities Tuesday as labor, immigration and Occupy activists rally s...
The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.01.2012
May Day, which falls each year on May 1, is International Workers' Day. In Los Angeles, several rallies and protests are planned to recognize the cont...
Sarah van Gelder | Posted 04.30.2012
If the mainstream media was confused about Occupy Wall Street in its early days in Zuccotti Park, they're bound to be completely befuddled this May Day. The day is about showing up and protesting, but also building the world we want.
HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.01.2012
Occupy Wall Street activists are planning for a nationwide series of demonstrations billed as a "general strike" on Tuesday in what could be the bigge...
HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 04.13.2012
Occupy Detroit has been less visible since its campers left downtown's Grand Circus Park in November. But the local branch of the Occupy Wall Street m...
AP | By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and SELCAN HACAOGLU | Posted 07.01.2011
ISTANBUL -- Activists flooded a central plaza in Turkey's largest city Sunday and marked international workers' day around the world with marches dema...
HuffPost Radio | Posted 05.25.2011
Is Drill Baby Drill over now? Who will pay the political price of the oil spill: Dems or the GOP? That same question can be asked in light of the new Arizona immigration law...who wins, who loses?
Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011
Though May Day (also known as International Workers Day or Labor Day in different parts of the world) is supposed to be a day of celebration to mark a...
Camille Rivera | Posted 05.18.2012