May Day press conference, April 28,
New York City. Third from the left is
Teresa Gutierrez.
WW photo: Deirdre Griswold
Posted on 05/01/2008 6:21:10 AM PDT by Eye On The Left
MAY DAY 2008
Unity grows among immigrants, Black community and labor
By Teresa Gutierrez
Published Apr 30, 2008 9:47 PM
May Day press conference, April 28,
New York City. Third from the left is
Teresa Gutierrez.
WW photo: Deirdre Griswold
April 27—On April 25 when the not guilty verdict against the cop killers of Sean Bell, a 23-year-old African American was announced, immigrant rights activists and many immigrants spontaneously joined the progressive movement in a demonstration in Queens, N.Y., to protest the racist verdict. ...
(big snip)
"Workers World Party Secretariat members Teresa Gutierrez and Fred Goldstein will deliver papers at the Fourth International Conference on the Work of Karl Marx and the Challenges of the 21st Century in Havana, Cuba, May 5-8. This article continues the analysis made in Gutierrez’s paper on “Immigrants, the Revival of May Day in the United States and the Future for a United Working-class Fightback.” Both papers will soon be available on the workers.org Web site in their entirety. Gutierrez is also a leading organizer with the May 1st Coalition for Immigrant and Workers Rights in New York City."
http://www.workers.org/2008/us/may_day_2008_0509/
_______________________________________________________________
Thursday MAY 1st [2008]
Stop the Raids & Deportations
Legalization Now · Justice for ALL
MASS RALLY for IMMIGRANT & WORKER RIGHTS
12 pm: Gather at Union Square, 14th Street & Broadway
4 pm: Rally & March.
_______________________________________________________________
NOTE (for those who may not know): The large so-called "anti-war" organization, International A.N.S.W.E.R., was also formed by leaders of the Workers World Party (and mere days after the 911 attacks). WWP is a collection of Stalinists based in New York City. When A.N.S.W.E.R. was eventually outed as a communist front, WWP started up a new "peace" group called Troops Out Now. Democrat chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Charlie Rangel, actually gives speeches at their rallies and the New York City media looks the other way.
Here's a photo of chairman Rangel at the podium of a March 19, 2005 WWP/TON "anti-war" rally in NYC. March 19, 2005 marked the 2nd anniversary of the start of the Iraq war. Other prominent lefties who spoke at the rally were the former attorney general under democrat president LBJ, Ramsey Clark , and Lynne Stewart , convicted of aiding islamic terrorists. Clark heads the International Action Center and had a major role in the formation of A.N.S.W.E.R. All three organizations, The International Action Center, Troops Out Now and Workers World Party have headquarters at the same exact location in New York City.--EOTL
_______________________________________________________________
Workers World
55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011
Email: ww@workers.org
Subscribe wwnews-subscribe@workersworld.net
Support independent news
http://www.workers.org/orders/donate.php
International Action Center
55 W 17th St #5C
New York, NY 10011
212-633-6646
iacenter@action-mail.org
ndomtickets@safewebmail.com
www.iacenter.org
[http://www.iacenter.org/polprisoners/dom-2007.htm]
Troops Out Now Coalition
55 W. 17th St. #5C
NY NY 10011
www.TroopsOutNow.org
212.633-6646
National Office and NYC chapter
F.I.S.T: Fight Imperialism Stand Together
Marxist youth organization
55 W. 17 St.
New York, NY 10011
212-627-2994
Fax 212-675-7869
E-mail: FIST@workers.org
Web: www.fistyouth.wordpress.com
_______________________________________________________________
Here is a direct link to the set of photos showing Ramsey Clark, Lynne Stewart and current democrat chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Charlie Rangel, all at the Workers World Party/Troops Out Now event on March 19, 2005, again the 2nd anniversary of the start of the Iraq war:
http://www.workers.org/march19/index2.html
_______________________________________________________________
From the website of the Workers World Party, workers.org:
"On July 9 (1994), Workers World Party Chairperson Sam Marcy sent the following statement to Comrade Kim Jong Il, the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea and the State Funeral Committee of President Kim Il Sung.":
"Dear Comrade Kim Jong Il ...
Workers World Party values our close, comradely relations with the Workers Party of Korea very highly. We are proud to have known Kim Il Sung as a great leader and a comrade in the international communist movement. ...
With comradely solidarity, Sam Marcy Chairperson, Workers World Party":
http://www.workers.org/marcy/cd/sam94/1994html/s940721.htm
_______________________________________________________________
Final thoughts: In a normal world one might think information like this, wide out in the open for all to see, would at the very least merit an investigation of this leader of the democrat party. But then this is obviously not a normal world we live in.--Eye On The Left
So, where are the signs emploring Mexico to improve its record with respect to illegal immigrants on their southern border? Where are the signs asking Mexico to improve its immgration laws?
Illegal criminal invaders are marching in ‘The People’s Republik of Madistan” today, too:
May Day march today
5/01/2008 7:05 am
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/284183
Hundreds of marchers will rally today in Madison (WI) to give support to immigrant and workers’ rights.
The march/rally is one of dozens taking place across the world on May Day, also known as International Workers Day.
The Madison marchers will gather at 11:30 a.m. in Brittingham Park on West Washington Avenue, marching to the City-County Building downtown for the rally expected to start about noon.
UW-Madison students were planning a separate rally for 10:30 a.m. today on Library Mall on campus, followed by a march to Brittingham Park to join the May Day march.
In 2007, about 400 people took part in the march and rally in Madison.
Thousands are expected to march in Milwaukee from the near south side to Veterans Park, and large marches are planned in about 200 cities across the country.
I prefer to ignore the commie connotations of May 1, and instead celebrate my folks’ wedding anniversary—48 years today.
What would May-day be without a parade!!
HOLD IT!
May Day... is NOT a Commie Holiday. They’ve tried to take it, but actually it goes much further back than communists, and I’ll take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy Beltine.
Beltine is the anglicized version of the Gaelic name for the month of May - and the “Spring” of the ancient world. Basically - very basically, and simplistically this is “Spring Festival time” and unfortunately Communists and Socialists the world over have attempted to take this “Spring holiday” for their own.
But, it does NOT belong to the Commies and I’ll not let them own it.
Gee, May Day then sounds a lot like some other now famous "holiday", except that even the original Earth Day was founded by communists.
"Earth Day is one of two different observances, both held annually during spring in the northern hemisphere, and autumn in the southern hemisphere. These are intended to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the Earth's environment. The United Nations celebrates an Earth Day each year on the March equinox, a tradition which was founded by peace activist John McConnell in 1969. A second Earth Day, which was founded by U.S. politician Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in in the late 1960s, is celebrated in many countries each year on April 22."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day
Isn't it amazing how it turns out Earth and Lenin were both born on April 22!
Vladimir Lenin
Владимир Ильич Ленин
Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars
In office: November 8, 1917 – January 21, 1924
Born April 22, 1870
Died January 21, 1924
Political party Bolshevik Party
Profession Politician, revolutionary
". . . on April 22, 1970, Earth Day was held, one of the most remarkable happenings in the history of democracy. . . "
--American Heritage Magazine, October 1993
Founded on Lenin's 100th birthday? --yeah, it's a "coincidence". LOL.
Earth Day 1970 (the very first Earth Day):
"The nationwide event included opposition to the Vietnam War on the agenda, but this was thought to detract for the environmental message.
Pete Seeger was a keynote speaker and performer at the event held in Washington DC."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day#Earth_Day_1970
From David Horowitz's FrontPageMag.com/DiscoverTheNetwork.org:
Profile: PETE SEEGER
*Musician, folksinger, songwriter, and political activist
*Joined the Communist Party in 1942
*"I'm still a Communist" -- Pete Seeger, 2004
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1619
The difference is.... let’s see if I can explain this right... May Day was “Mayday”, the first day of the month of May.
Beltine is a pagan holiday that was here LONG before even Christianity existed. Later, various religions - in particular, Catholicism incorporated some of the pagan holidays into their own to pull in more converts.
However, Beltine wasn’t a religious holiday, it was a celebration of Spring Time and new life, flowering plants and greening of the pastures etc.
That “Earth Day” was created by Communists, I can’t say. I really don’t know who created it, never researched it and honestly don’t... CARE about Earth day.
I’m a Conservative. I believe that we should all be self sufficient in many ways, and I don’t have a problem with “keeping the planet clean”. I happen to enjoy going to the beaches in the Caribbean and not seeing human wastes wash up on the shore LOL! I also know how to grow my own plants that I need for various things (including hops for my beer, thank you very much)... but I don’t see it necessary to support a stupid day like “Earth Day”.
I certainly see no reason to celebrate May Day with the commies, but, I can promise that tonight, my wife and I crack open a bottle of our home-crafted mead :) and we will celebrate the first day of spring (the Celtic version of the first day of spring anyway!)
(Mead is “honey wine” for those who don’t know. It’s made from HONEY!)
May Day... is NOT a Commie Holiday. They’ve tried to take it, but actually it goes much further back than communists, and I’ll take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy Beltine.
Beltine is the anglicized version of the Gaelic name for the month of May - and the “Spring” of the ancient world. Basically - very basically, and simplistically this is “Spring Festival time” and unfortunately Communists and Socialists the world over have attempted to take this “Spring holiday” for their own.
But, it does NOT belong to the Commies and I’ll not let them own it.
Unfortunately, Wikipedia's article says something about the "green root (pagan) and red root (labor)" aspects of 5/1 being merged in some cases.
Beltane/walpurgisnacht (4/30-5/1) is an ancient pagan festival, essentially the spring counterpart of “halloween.”
Maybe you've heard of “Watermelon Environmentalists” - green on the outside, but red on the inside.
For those who fear the True G-d there is a holiday on His calendar coming up very shortly with many of the same elements as 5/1 (bonfires, picnics, even kids playing with bows and arrows). It’s called La”G Ba`Omer and it falls this year on the night of 5/22 and the day of 5/23. Celebrate this instead!
Sorry, that holiday also is derived from the original Mayday.
I guess you’re not getting the point here?
I don’t give a crap if the commies try to incorporate something into “Their Day”. I don’t care if the try.
I don’t let them and neither should you and wikipedia isn’t always right either.
Even so, you’re correct they tried to take it over.
The point here is not to let them.
I'm sorry, but that's as ignorant a statement as saying that Chanukkah is derived from chr*stmas.
The Jewish calendar is G-d's calendar. The rules for its correct calculation were given to Moses by the Creator Himself (Exodus 12). All other calendars came later.
No, it’s not “ignorant”. What you originally said to me was ignorance, and your continued insistence that “May 1st” is a communist holiday. It’s a STOLEN holiday, period.
Obviously you’re well versed in Hebrew history. Are you not as well versed in the history of the Celts and Christians that populated the Isle of Man, Ireland, Scotland and so forth?
Perhaps not, as I am not well versed in Hebrew traditions and calendars.
I’ll not argue with you about this. Suffice it to say that you’re not LISTENING to what I’m saying here.
I’m not trying to argue with you over the origin of “May Day” - it was, and IS a pagan, pre-Christian era holiday that had nothing whatsoever to do with Socialism and Communism as many think today.
I’m trying to show people that there was a history before there was Communism, Marxism, Leninism, Socialism....
Just curious. Did anyone notice and read the other information contained in my post? ie, Coalition for Immigrant and Workers Rights, Workers World Party, Troops Out Now, demon-rat chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Charlie Rangel, etc, etc...
Okay, here's the problem: I never said that!!! I said it's an ancient pagan holiday (spring "halloween") and that some people are beginning to mix the pagan and Communist elements together. But I never said it was invented by Communists! You're obviously confusing me with Eye On The Left, who may be saying that.
It is forbidden to invent new holidays and rituals, and the m-pole is definitely an idolatrous 'asherah type symbol. Non-Jews should center their lives around the Jewish calendar and holidays even though they are forbidden to observe them in the exact manner that Jews do.
I apologize for any confusion.
Original meaning of May Day:
http://www.answers.com/topic/may-day
Dictionary:
May Day n.
1. May 1, observed in the United States, Canada, and parts of Western Europe in celebration of the coming of spring.
2. May 1, observed as a holiday especially in socialist countries in honor of labor and labor organizations.
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: May Day
In Europe, the day (May 1) for traditional springtime celebrations. It probably originated in pre-Christian agricultural rituals. Celebrations included a May king and queen, a Maypole, and people carrying trees, green branches, or garlands. May Day was designated an international labour day by the International Socialist Congress of 1899, and it remains the standard Labour Day worldwide, with a few exceptions, including Canada and the U.S. A major holiday in the Soviet Union and other communist countries, it was the occasion for important political demonstrations.
English Folklore: May Day
Bringing in the May
Many of the earliest references to May Day are ambiguous, but those which give any detail nearly always refer to the practice of going out into the countryside to gather flowers and greenery—‘going a-maying’ or ‘bringing in the may’. This greenery was used to decorate houses and public buildings to welcome the season, and for the early period this was the archetypal activity of the day (but see also May Dew and Maypoles). Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, provides one of the first written references to May Day customs by complaining, c.1240, about priests joining in ‘games which they call the bringing-in of may’ (Hutton: 226). Although this early reference is an ecclesiastical grumble, medieval May celebrations were often officially sponsored and both churchwardens’ and municipal account books regularly include money paid out to support the custom. Similarly, the gatherings could include all levels of society including nobility and even royalty.
Against May, Whitsonday, or other time, all the yung men and maides, olde men and wives, run gadding overnight to the woods, groves, hils and mountains, where they spend all the night in pleasant pastimes; and in the morning, they return, bringing with them birch and branches of trees, to deck their assemblies with all … (Stubbes, 1583: 149).
With the above said....
If you do a search on “original meaning of May Day”, you will INDEED find thousands of documents pointing to Communist and Socialist “origin” - however, this is nothing more than propaganda and lies “originated” by the Commies in an attempt to subvert the true meaning of Mayday.
I too, apologize for any confusion.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.