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6 May 2009
Thousands demonstrate in Hong Kong
A total of 7,000 people took part in this year's May Day demos in Hong Kong, the only place (along with Macau) in China that international workers' day can be celebrated, writes chinaworker.info reporters.
6 May 2009
Bigger May Day demos in Sweden this year
May Day demos in Sweden were bigger than in the last few years. The dual fear of the economic crisis, as well as the new danger that the right wing government will not be defeated next year, were the major...
15 April 2009
G20 Summit death: Bring the cops to account
THE DEATH of Ian Tomlinson, a bystander at the G20 summit protests, at the hands of a baton wielding officer of the London Metropolitan police is a scandal...
7 April 2009
G20 Summit protests: Democratic rights trampled on
YET AGAIN the right to protest is under attack. Last week's anti-G20 demonstrations were greeted with a violent and heavy handed response by the police. Protesters were hit with truncheons and contained...
7 May 2008
STRIKING WORKERS from Shelter led London's May Day march, followed by members of rail union RMT, local trades councils and Turkish and Kurdish groups...
28 April 2005
MAY DAY (1 May) has historically been celebrated as a day of international working-class solidarity and struggle...
2 April 2005
Judge backs false imprisonment of May Day protesters
THE JUDGEMENT in the May Day case, delivered on 23 May, made it a sad day for democratic rights...
12 February 2005
The Socialist prints May Day greetings from socialists, trade unions, youth and student organisations, from around the world...
8 May 2004
Strikes in Italy: Just The Tip Of The Iceberg
THIS YEAR'S May Day came at a time of heightened tension in Italian society and of some of the most dramatic strike struggles in Europe. CLARE DOYLE reports...
26 April 2003
May Day - Protest Against Capitalism
ON MAY DAY, there will be protests around the world against the US/British occupation of Iraq and the war that has been waged in the interests of big business, writes Clare James.
11 May 2001
May Day 2001: Detained but defiant
THE MONOPOLY board game was the theme of London's May Day protests. Cyclists met at King's Cross opposing the private rail companies and demanding decent public transport, writes Manny Thain.
4 May 2001
HANNAH SELL, CHRIS MOORE and JOHN REID report from London's May Day anti-capitalist protests: ON ALL the demos there were many young people who'd never been on protests before. Probably over 10,000 people protested.
4 May 2001
Global capitalism: A System Under Siege
MILLIONS OF people protested against capitalism worldwide on May Day. According to Tony Blair many did so in London because they wanted confrontation with the police and supported "spurious causes"...
20 April 2001
New Labour's menacing Zero Tolerance
A SPRING chorus of police chiefs and Home Office spokespersons are menacingly claiming this year's May Day anti-capitalist protests will be met with Zero Tolerance...
5 May 2000
Police try to take revenge: OVER 6,000 anti-capitalist protesters gathered in Parliament Square, central London on May Day. Like the J18 and N30 protests before, it was impressive for bringing thousands of people behind an explicitly...
28 April 2000
The Fighting Origins of May Day
MAY DAY is the traditional celebration of international working-class solidarity. Its origins lie in great struggles in the late 19th century and the martyrdom of workers' leaders executed in Chicago...
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