Do you know what May Day means in the United States? What is your opinion on these protest demonstrations?

Question

Loyalty Day is observed on May 1 in the United States. It is a day set aside for the reaffirmation of loyalty to the United States and for the recognition of the heritage of American freedom.

Loyalty Day is celebrated with parades and ceremonies in communities across the United States, although many people in the United States remain unaware of it. Although a legal holiday, it is not a federal holiday.

Then I found this in wikipedia.com:
International Workers' Day (a name used interchangeably with May Day) is a celebration of the social and economic achievements of the international labour movement. May Day commonly sees organized street demonstrations by hundreds of thousands of working people and their labour unions throughout Europe and most of the rest of the world — though, as noted below, in neither the United States nor Canada. More-radical groups such as communists and anarchists are also given to widespread street protest on this day as well.

And also:
The United States has its own Labor Day holiday, celebrated on the first Monday in September instead of on May Day. However, in 2006, May 1st was chosen by immigrant groups in the United States as the day for the Great American Boycott, a general strike of immigrant workers and supporters to protest H.R. 4437.

Answer 1

may day is a communist/socialist day to have parades, etc. In America we shouldn't have it...the immigrants/laborist (read world workers party, read world communist party) chose it to, as usual, throw it in our face...they can all go to hell as far as I am concerned...get your asses back to work and stop breaking our laws to enter our country illegally.

Answer 2

Yes I know what May 1st. means in the U.S. but you forgot to mention that even thought loyalty day has been observed officially since 1958 and celebrated since the 30's to counter the socialist and anarchist protests of May Day, May Day actually has it's origins in the 1880's labor movement's struggle for an 8 hour day specifically in May 1st. 1886 when strikers and protesters were killed in a factory first and then in Hay square in Chicago for the details you can research the Internet there is plenty of info on this. I find it hard to believe that even after the may day originated here we are one of the few countries that doesn't observe it for what it is. After all if it would have not been for all these people we would be still spending 14 hour days in dirty factories with dangerous working conditions and unfair wages so it's a little simplistic to just say this is Communist/socialist holiday without knowing the history behind it. As for the protest demonstrations I'm of the opinion that we all contribute to the illegal immigration problem and I'll go as far as to say that we are dependent on they're labor the same way we are dependent on foreign oil. I mean who do you think harvested the veggies and fruits we eat, and who slathered the steers for those stakes we grill every weekend or in most restaurants? legal dutch immigrants? legal Chinese immigrants? of course not.

Answer 3

May 1 is observed as labor day to commemorate the strikes and rallies in Chicago, IL on and around May 1, 1886. Workers were organizing for an 8 hour workday and the right to organize unions. After police shot several strikers at a rally in Haymarket square, someone threw a bomb into a group of policemen and 4 were killed. The organizers of the rally were tried for murder. 8 of them were unjustly found guilty and sentenced to death. 1 commited suicide, 4 were executed, and all were eventually pardoned because they were in fact innocent.

Answer 4

I think that May Day demonstrations can do some good, but only if the demonstrators make it clear that they support libertarian causes (freedom for workers and immigrants, etc.) rather than authoritarian causes (state communism, etc.).



Also, "Loyalty Day" was clearly designed as a counter-holiday against May Day. It promotes blind obedience to illegitimate authority and as such, goes against American values.



http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/

Answer 5

Well, looks like you have a big problem on your hands.



My opinion is that MayDay is just another holdiay like Flag Day. You really don't acknowledge it except for the fact that it's there.



That's all that I have to say on that issue.



-J B





P.S.---BTW, that was some really good research. Kudos!

Answer 6

If May first is loyatly day...This march is about everything except loyalty to the United States..They are using it for a venue for the liberals to voice their antiamerican sentiments especialy theACLU.

Answer 7

I think all the illegals should march their way down the I-5 to Mexico.

Answer 8

Gee, and all this time libs have been celebrating it in the old Soviet tradition.

Answer 9

In my opinion these illegal and commies backing them need to pack their friggin' bags.