May Day Protests

Beyond May Day

Camille Rivera | Posted 05.18.2012

Camille Rivera

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."

OWS and the Class Struggle Revised

Robert Teitelman | Posted 05.07.2012

Robert Teitelman

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.

Occupy a Wing of the Democratic Party

Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm | Posted 05.03.2012

Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm

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.

May Day: From the Haymarket Massacre to the Occupy Movement

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.03.2012

Lawrence Wittner

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.

WATCH: May Day Protesters Throw Bricks And Pipes At Police Officers

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...

Hawaiian Student Hasn't Missed A Day Of School In 13 Years!

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...

May Day Protests Show Weak Immigration Movement

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...

Robin Wilkey

PHOTOS: Thousands Turn Out For May Day Protests

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...

Saki Knafo

May Day Protests Signal Growing Bond Between Occupy Wall Street And Liberal Establishment

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...

How the United States Whitewashes May Day

Paul Hogarth | Posted 05.01.2012

Paul Hogarth

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.

Stinging Gas Sends Oakland May Day Protesters Fleeing

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...

The Tinder-Box Society

Robert Reich | Posted 05.01.2012

Robert Reich

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.

Welcome to the 2012 Hunger Games: Sending Debt Peonage, Poverty, and Freaky Weather Into the Arena

Rebecca Solnit | Posted 05.01.2012

Rebecca Solnit

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.

On May Day, Europeans Rally Against Austerity

Reuters | Posted 05.02.2012

* Marches in Spain, Italy, France, Greece and Portugal * Protesters carry banners opposing budget cuts * Greece, France ...

Mayday! Mayday! "Mayday!" Bankers Panic Over May Day Demonstrations

Jerry Ashton | Posted 04.30.2012

Jerry Ashton

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.

MAY DAY! Series Of Occupy Protests Planned Throughout The Bay Area

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...

Everything You Need To Know About May Day On Tuesday

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...

This May Day Could Be One to Remember

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 04.30.2012

Sarah van Gelder

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.

Saki Knafo

OWS May Day 'General Strike' Planned

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...

Kate Abbey-Lambertz

What Happened To Occupy Detroit?

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...

May Day Protests Around The World

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...

Left, Right & Center: The Oil Spill, Arizona's Immigration Law and Goldman Sachs' Hot Seat

HuffPost Radio | Posted 05.25.2011

HuffPost Radio

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?

May Day: Protests Against Economic Crisis Overshadow Celebrations (PHOTOS)

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...