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Happy #LaborDay!

"Conservative Democratic President Grover Cleveland was one of those concerned that a labor holiday on May 1 would [...] strengthen socialist and anarchist movements that backed the May 1 commemoration around the globe. In 1887, he publicly supported the September Labor Day holiday as a less inflammatory alternative [...]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day#Labor_Day_versus_May_Day

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Also a good article about #MayDay:

"The ruling class did not want to have a very active labor force connected internationally," said Peter Linebaugh, author of The Incomplete, True, Authentic, and Wonderful History of May Day. "The principle of national patriotism was used against the principle of working-class unity or trade union unity."

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/30/1095729592/what-is-may-day-history

#LaborDay #workers #WorkerSolidarity #history

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