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This is the Conversation Forum for How May Day Became a Workers' Holiday Whats every1 doing for May Day this Year? >> Subject: What a good entry Posted Aug 21, 2002 by tacsatduck- beware the <sheep> lie   Posting 1 I didn't know any of this...this is good stuff Governor Altgeld rocked no matter what people said about him ( ) Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: What a good entry Posted Nov 13, 2006 by AgProv This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 The more you read about the American labour movement the more amazed you are as to the condition of America today - right-wing, reactionary, ill-educated, ignorant... what went wrong from such promising beginnings? The Americans should have been, on this showing, the first and greatest social democrat state in the world! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: What a good entry Posted May 1, 2008 by Count Zero This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 Sad innit? I also knew none of this. I always assumed that May Day was in commemoration of some Soviet event as it was so strongly associated with communism when I was a kid in the early 70's (on US TV). That's messed up! Thanks for the entry Not Banned Yet. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: What a good entry Posted Oct 6, 2008 by myk6629129 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 Brilliant entry ! Thanks! Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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