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R.I.P. May Day

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Tatar Khan

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Well some of the East European countries remember the day and most of the communist parties hold the ralies on this day however due to mass popularity of this day in Communist block back in the day, it made the 1st of May very unpopular in the modern world.

ordos45

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Ah my wonderfully propagandist President.  First the 'Freedom Tower' and now 'Loyalty Day', which just coincides by complete coincidence on a communist holiday and on the day the nation is siezed by immigration protests, as well as the third anniversary of declaring the mission in Iraq accomplished.

Edric O

Edric O

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Well some of the East European countries remember the day and most of the communist parties hold the ralies on this day however due to mass popularity of this day in Communist block back in the day, it made the 1st of May very unpopular in the modern world.

You're kidding, right?

The only place where May Day isn't celebrated by mass workers' rallies is the United States. But that has nothing to do with Bush's proclamation, or even with Cold War "communism". The reason why May Day was never as popular in the US as in other places is because of a disagreement between American socialists and the Second International in the late 19th century. The Americans set their Labor Day some time in September as opposed to May 1.

Edric O

Edric O

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Well talking George Bush and Communism. The spectator had a good article about that. "Full Marx for George Bush". Here is the link http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/laughland1.html

That's just more of the old nonsense about Bush being somehow "Marx-like" because he wants to spread his ideals to other countries (mostly in the Middle East). The author seems to believe that all revolutions are somehow left-wing or even "communist". Further, he appears to be arguing that democracy doesn't exist (he says "people power" - which is literally what the word democracy means - is just propaganda).

To me, that article seems as absurd as saying something along the lines of:

"Hitler was a vegetarian. Therefore being a vegetarian is a bit like being a Nazi. The number of vegetarians in the West is growing, so we are seeing a convergence between Western values and Nazism." ::)

Edric O

Edric O

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Edric, who was the greatest?

You mean the greatest economist of the 20th century? John Maynard Keynes - the founder of macroeconomics.

Caid Ivik

Caid Ivik

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Well, for me it's always two days of same lectures lost, thus a discontinuity at work...at least in Austria they don't celebrate teh Victory day, tough I would rather replace it  ;)

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