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'Festive, Righteous Anger': Occupy Makes May-Day Comeback With Massive Demonstrations

Sarah Jaffe, Anna Lekas Miller, Sarah Seltzer, Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Alex Kane, Joshua Holland, AlterNet. May 1, 2012.

Yesterday, Occupy recaptured the public's attention with rallies, marches, parties, and yes, arrests all over the country.

On May Day, Expect Scores of Rallies, Marches, Creative Actions

Nathan Schneider, Waging Nonviolence. April 16, 2012.

A strike, if it actually happens on May 1 or thereafter, may not look like one ever has before.

Forces Align Against Arizona: 4 Major Cities Threaten Boycotts, Baseball Flexes Its Muscles, Citizens in Uproar

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. May 3, 2010.

As calls continue to boycott Arizona over its racist immigration law, many are focusing on Major League Baseball, where nearly a third of the players are Latino.

Commentary: On May 1, It's Mayday for Arizona

Aarti Shahani, New America Media. May 1, 2010.

It’s been May Day in Arizona for a long time. We are finally catching up to Phoenix

After Arizona, 100,000 Expected for LA's May Day March

Jerry Sullivan, New America Media. May 1, 2010.

Huge numbers are expected to descend upon LA's Downtown for the annual May Day march, an event that’s expected to serve as a rallying point for immigration reform.

However Modest, May Day Rallies Showcase Immigrants' Awakening

Marcelo Ballve, New America Media. May 2, 2009.

Smaller than the immigration marches of 2006, the grassroots rallies sent a powerful message demanding change.

Why Tens of Thousands of Migrant Workers Will Fill the Streets on May Day

David Bacon, TruthOut.org. March 28, 2009.

On May Day, hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of people will fill the streets in city after city, town after town, across the US.

Nationwide Rallies Highlight Failure of War on Immigrants

Roberto Lovato, Of América. May 2, 2008.

In hundreds of cities across America, May Day marches showed the powerful resistance to Bush's harsh immigration policies.

5 Reasons to Participate in the Immigrant Rights Marches on May 1st

Roberto Lovato, Of America. April 30, 2008.

In the face of interests aligned against us from above, let us march if only to connect to the tradition of freedom brought from below.