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Miami May Day - Rally & March on Brickell Avenue "Banks" on May 1st
by Miami May Day staff
Wednesday, Apr. 22, 2009 at 4:35 PM
MiamiMayDay@gmail.com 305 801-0245
In more than 140 countries, May 1 is celebrated as a workers' holiday. May Day started in the U.S. in 1886 when American labor organizations called a general strike, beginning on May 1, to demand the eight-hour workday. On May 4, 1886, Chicago police opened fire on the strikers in what is known as the Haymarket Massacre. Today we celebrate May Day, or International Workers' Day, in honor of the Haymarket martyrs and the international working class. It is a day when workers throughout the world take to the streets to fight against exploitation.
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MAY DAY!
Bailouts for People, NOT BANKS
4-7PM, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2009
100 Chopin Plaza, 33131 (S.E. 2 Street & Biscayne Blvd.)
4:00: RALLY Music, Speakers, More
5:30: MARCH on Brickell "Bank" Ave.
Come out and march:
Bail out the PEOPLE, not the banks!
* Pass & honor the Employee Free Choice Act!
* Extend unemployment benefits!
* Stop foreclosures!
* Use public works to create jobs!
* Double the minimum wage!
* Cap interest on credit card debt!
Just and Humane Immigration Reform-NOW!
* End the raids, detentions & deportations!
* TPS for Haitians!
Bring all troops home!
* End U.S. militarism & intervention around the world!
* Fund human needs - not the US War Machine!
Provide affordable and accessible public services!
* Housing!
* Education!
* Health care!
* Public Transportation
For information or to get involved, contact Miami May Day:
MiamiMayDay@gmail.com, 305-801-0245, 754-423-0051
ENDORSERS INCLUDE (list in formation): Miami May Day Alliance,American Friends Service Committee, BocaPeaceCorner.com., Broward Anti-War Coalition, Centro de Orientación del Inmigrante (CODI), Coalition of Hispanics Integrating Spanish Speakers through Advocacy and Service (CHISPAS), Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami, Inc. (FANM)/ Haitian Women of Miami, Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC), Florida Peace Congress, Fort Lauderdale Food Not Bombs, Green Party of Florida, Guatemalan Community-Hispanics Without Borders, Haiti Solidarity, Human Services Coalition, Lake Worth Catholic Worker, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC Florida), Miami For Peace, Miami Veterans for Peace, Pan Afrikan Nationalists of South Florida, Pax Christi Palm Beach, Pax Christi St. Maurice, PowerU, SOA Watch, Socialist Party USA, South Florida Impeachment Coalition, South Florida Interfaith Worker Justice, South Florida Palestine Solidarity Network, South Florida Peace and Justice Network (SFPJN), South Florida Reds, Students Working for Equal Rights (S.W.E.R.), Unity Coalition/Coalicion Unida, Vecinos Unidos, We Count!
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How May Day Became a Workers' Holiday
In more than 140 countries, May 1 is celebrated as a workers' holiday. May Day started in the U.S. in 1886 when American labor organizations called a general strike, beginning on May 1, to demand the eight-hour workday. On May 4, 1886, Chicago police opened fire on the strikers in what is known as the Haymarket Massacre.
Today we celebrate May Day, or International Workers' Day, in honor of the Haymarket martyrs and the international working class. It is a day when workers throughout the world take to the streets to fight against exploitation.
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