Flipboard News DeskIt's May Day, celebrated by workers across the globe as International Labor Day.
NPR explains why the U.S. does not officially recognize this holiday: https://www.npr.org/2022/04/30/1095729592/what-is-may-day-history
Shachihoko"What is May Day? For the most part, the opposite of capitalism."
That honestly feels, right there, that succinctly, like *the* explanation why the U.S. doesn't recognize #MayDay .
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/30/1095729592/what-is-may-day-history
(And yes, I'm replying to another post, but I'll say independently that the article is really worth a read for Americans.)
Zhi Zhu 🕸️"May Day, celebrated by workers across the globe as #InternationalLaborDay, falls on May 1.
But you'd be forgiven if that's news to you. While the day traces its origins to an American laborers' fight for a shorter work day, the US does not officially recognize International Labor Day...
US resistance to celebrate International Labor Day — aka #InternationalWorkersDay — in May stems from a resistance to emboldening worldwide working-class unity"
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/30/1095729592/what-is-may-day-history
Nicole ParsonsAmerica hates its workers because:
1. A large percentage used to be forced to work for free
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/slavery-capitalism.html
https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/8/16/20806069/slavery-economy-capitalism-violence-cotton-edward-baptist
2. A large percentage are required to work for starvation-level wages
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_theft
https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/wages/subminimumwage
3. A large percentage do unpaid societal labor
https://www.ellevest.com/magazine/disrupt-money/women-social-safety-net
https://annehelen.substack.com/p/other-countries-have-social-safety
3. A large percentage of Republican billionaires are trying to bring Nbr 1 back again.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/27/politics/what-matters-august-26/index.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/28/ray-garofalo-louisiana-good-slavery/
GATEKEEPER
KNERDLiar liar leftist pants on fire. Nobody is ending social security.
And while on the issue of Social Security, what happened to that $200 a month increase they promised by the end of 2022? Keep voting blue no matter how it harms you!
Martijn Vos@KNERD @Npars01 @NewsDesk @GatekeepKen Several Republicans have said they will cut social security if they gain power in the midterms. If you care about social security, make sure they don't.
@GatekeepKen @Npars01 @NewsDesk
Would you know who, or a cite a source for which one of them said so? I have not heart this except what came from Biden's mouth which was not true.
If true, I would certainly be taking action
@[email protected] @mcv @GatekeepKen @NewsDesk
That's over 10 links. Will that suffice to counter the sea lioning?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/13/opinion/columnists/republicans-medicare-social-security.html
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/republicans-social-security-medicare-cuts
https://prospect.org/politics/how-gop-could-win-long-war-against-social-security/
https://www.axios.com/2023/04/21/poll-republican-voters-trump-desantis-2024
https://newrepublic.com/article/171827/republican-budget-social-security-medicare-really-safe
https://www.cnn.com/2014/06/02/opinion/woodhouse-koch-brothers/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/jun/22/koch-brothers-social-security
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/charles-koch-friedrich-hayek-use-social-security/
https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/story/news/2011/05/06/david-charles-koch-called-out/6644685007/
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StianFun fact: Nazi Germany insisted on a name change from the fighting day of the workers movement ("Kampftag der Arbeiterbewegung") to the day of national work ("Tag der nationalen Arbeit"). Notice the shift in focus from the worker to the work.
The 1st of May is international _workers_ day. So why is it so often referred to in English as Labour day, emphasising work rather than people?
I honestly don't know, but I think it should be called what it is.
Workers. Not work.
Agora@NewsDesk we know why