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May Day, or International Workers' Day was a day for remembering the workers who died during the Haymarket affair of 1886. [3] During a General Strike in Chicago, Illinois, an unknown person threw a bomb into the crowd, prompting police to fire into the crowd, killing civilians and police alike.
International Workers’ Day, ... The multi-day strike that ensued turned violent on 3 May when demonstrators clashed with police near the city’s McCormick Reaper plant and again a day later at ...
International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries [1] and often referred to as May Day, [2] [3] is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement and occurs every year on 1 May, [4] [5] or the first Monday in May.
The Taksim Square massacre (Turkish: Kanlı 1 Mayıs,) was an attack on leftist demonstrators on 1 May 1977 (International Workers' Day) in Taksim Square, Istanbul, Turkey. Casualty figures vary between 34 and 42 people killed with 126 to 220 injured. Over 500 demonstrators were later detained by the security forces, and 98 were indicted.
Workers, activists and others across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia took to the streets on Wednesday to mark May Day with protests over the global pressure of rising prices and calls for ...
Ira Cuello Martinez, policy director for PCUN, said his political journey started at the International Workers' Day event in Salem in 2006 when thousands of immigrants like his family gathered in ...
Clash at Clichy (1891). The Clichy affair was a French trial that took place in August 1891. The trial resulted from the shooting, arrest, and beating by police of three anarchists, at a confrontation in Clichy on May 1, 1891, which was the first French, and international, celebration of International Workers' Day.
Declaration of 1 May as International Workers Day. 1890s. 1890 (United States) ... Textile workers fought with police in Passaic, New Jersey. A year-long strike ensued.