Dario Azzellini, Marina Sitrin, AlterNet. April 30, 2012.
The conversation around May Day and general strikes is part of a larger, changing global conversation, growing out of new movements and new democratic forms.
Organizers and activists have planned direct actions and mass rallies, marches and blockades, as well as mutual aid and concerts to include as many people as possible.
Strikes, walk-outs, marches and rallies are part of Occupy Oakland's May Day plans, but the centerpiece, an attempted shutdown of the Golden Gate Bridge, may be off.
Mitt Romney's wife held a tax day fundraiser in New York--and found a day of protest from working people angry at the Romneys and their 1% friends' low tax rates.
Mitt Romney has estimated he’ll pay a tax rate of only 15.4 percent. He's among the millionaires and billionaires – the 1 percenters – enjoying the lowest levels in 50 years.
