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BigmanPigman

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Thu Apr 30, 2026, 08:54 PM Thursday

Tomorrow GENERAL STRIKE..... MAY DAY/Indivisible

General Strike...May Day!!! Indivisible is promoting it on Friday, May 1st
"A national day of action and "general strike" is planned for Friday, May 1, 2026, on International Workers' Day, under the banner of "[May Day Strong]". Organizers are calling for "No Work, No School, No Shopping" to protest economic conditions, corporate power, and to demand worker protections, tax reform, and immigrant rights.

Key Details for May 1, 2026:
Actions: Rallies, protests, and walkouts are expected in thousands of cities across the U.S..
Goals: The coalition, including groups like [Indivisible] and labor organizers, aims to highlight an "affordability crisis" and advocate for "workers over billionaires".
Demands: Key issues include taxing the rich, curbing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions, and opposing U.S. involvement in foreign wars.
Participation: The action encourages consumers to avoid spending money and workers to participate in walkouts to disrupt "business as usual".

Spread the word. We need to make the GOP take notice and hitting them in their money belts is necessary. They live for $$$$$$$$$ so DO NOT support them!

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bucolic_frolic

(55,645 posts)
3. May Day
Thu Apr 30, 2026, 09:06 PM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day

May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on May 1, around halfway between the Northern Hemisphere's spring equinox and midsummer solstice.[1][2] Festivities may also be held the night before, known as May Eve. Traditions include gathering green branches and wildflowers ("bringing in the May&quot ,[3] which are used to decorate buildings and made into wreaths; crowning a May Queen, sometimes with a male companion decked in greenery; setting up a Maypole, May Tree, or May Bush, around which people dance and sing; as well as parades and processions involving these.[4] Bonfires are also a major part of the festival in some regions. Regional varieties and related traditions include Walpurgis Night in central and northern Europe,[1] the Gaelic festival Beltane,[5] the Welsh festival Calan Mai,[5] and May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It has also been associated with the ancient Roman festival Floralia.[6]

International Workers' Day observed on 1 May is also called "May Day", but the two have different histories.

Early European settlers of the Americas brought their May Day traditions with them, and May Day is still celebrated in many parts of the United States, with customs that vary from region to region. In some parts of the United States, May baskets are made. These are small baskets usually filled with flowers or treats and left at someone's doorstep. The giver rings the bell and runs away.[63][64]
1876 May Day celebration at Central City Park, Macon, Georgia

May Day celebrations were common at women's colleges and academic institutions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, a tradition that continues at Bryn Mawr College[65] and Brenau University[66] to this day.
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