May Day International Workers Day, 2005 Special Reports From ActionLA URL: _http://www.ActionLA.org_ (http://www.actionla.org/)
(Independent Media Center) Precarity is the most widespread condition of labour and life in Europe today. For the fifth time, the first of may, the worker's day, unenployed people, temporary workers, work on call people, chain workers, part timers, university researchers, which are part of the growing net of precarious work and which signed the _Middelsex declaration_ (http://www.euromayday.org/2005/middle.php) , will recall to everybody that precarious work is actually the keystone of the production process. Street actions, and a big parade will be held in many _europan towns_ (http://euromayday.org/) : _Helsinki_ (http://helsinki.euromayday.org/) , _JyvÃskylÃ_ (http://jkl.euromayday.org/) , _Barcelona_ (http://www.moviments.net/mayday/) , _Hamburg_ (http://www.nadir.org/nadir/kampagnen/euromayday-hh/) , Liege, _Ljubjana_ (http://liege.euromayday.org/) , _Sevilla_ (http://www.maydaysur.cjb.net/) , _Milano_ (http://milano.euromayday.org/) , _Roma_ (http://italy.indymedia.org/archives/display_by_id.php?feature_id=2315) , _Copenhagen_ (http://copenhagen.euromayday.org/) , Leon, Paris, _Amsterdam_ (http://www.flexmens.org/) , _L'Aquila_ (http://italy.indymedia.org/features/abruzzo/#top) , Marseille, _Wien_ (http://www.euromayday.at/) , _London_ (http://www.precarity.info/) , Stockholm, Viterbo, _Napoli_ (http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2005/04/779300.php) and _Palermo_ (http://www.euromayday.org/palermo/) . The _unbeateable_ (http://www.chainworkers.org/imbattibili/) heroes of uncertainty are struggling for collective rights and social cooperation, because "atypical workers" are going to be very typical. [ _euromayday.org_ (http://www.euromayday.org/) | _MayDay Netparade_ (http://www.molleindustria.it/netparade/) ] URL: _http://www.indymedia.org_ (http://www.indymedia.org/) May Day 2005 New York City NO WAR, NO NUKES! End the War in Iraq: Bring Our Troops Home Now Fund Essential Programs at Home, Not War Abroad Abolish All Nuclear Weapons Worldwide March and Rally Against the Iraq War & for Nuclear Disarmament Organized by United For Peace And Justice URL: _http://www.unitedforpeace.org_ (http://www.unitedforpeace.org/) _May Day 2005 New York Report Back_ (http://www.peacenowar.net/peace/News/mayday05.htm) May Day Los Angeles: Reclaiming May Day âal Estilo Mexicanoâ (Los Angeles Independent Center) Here in LA, the large immigrant population made this Southern California event the biggest of its kind in the Nation. Unlike in the USA, May Day is a major event -- even a national holiday -- in many countries but especially south of the US border in Mexico, Central America, South America, and also in Europe. In other parts of the world, thousands of workers celebrate the world-changing 1886 strike that brought us to the eight hour day and better working conditions. Photos: / _1_ (http://www.la.indymedia.org/news/2005/05/125808.php) / by M, / _2_ (http://www.la.indymedia.org/news/2005/05/125821.php) / _3_ (http://www.la.indymedia.org/news/2005/05/125829.php) / by A San Francisco: May Day (http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/04/1734390.php) (San Francisco Independent Media Center) MayDay 2005 will be celebrated in many ways in the San Francisco Bay Area. MayDay is the original labor day in the United States- it started as International Workers' Day in the late 1800's. It has also been observed in Celtic culture as "Beltane," a holiday in observation of the coming of spring. San Francisco has also recently had a tradition of Reclaim MayDay events, which included labor, pagan, and artistic celebrations of MayDay. A Labor May Day Rally will take place in San Francisco on May 1st at 12pm at Harry Bridges Plaza, across from the Ferry Building. The event will demand jobs with a living wage, help to bring back MayDay, and remember Albert R Parsons, who was executed by the US government during the fight for the eight hour day. _Read more_ (http://www.indybay.org/calendar/event_display_detail.php?event_id=6448&day=1&month=5&year=2005) A May Day March and Rally in Solidarity with Local Labor Struggles and Immigrant Workers will take place on Sunday May 1st. At 3pm there will be a march from Jefferson Square Park (Gough/Turk 10 minute walk from Civic Center BART) to a 5pm Rally at Dolores Park. There will also be a Town Hall meeting, with food, music, film screening, all starting at CellSpace at 7pm. At the 5:00 rally, there will be speakers from recent and ongoing local labor and immigrant workers struggles, including a report-back from the recent delegation, which went to Arizona protesting the racist, vigilante Minuteman Project. The Town Hall will be about organizing against the proposed cuts and fare hike of San Franciscoâs public transportation system. _Read more_ (http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/04/1734390.php) A May Day Labor Forum, entitled "Workers and The Struggle Against Government Repression" will take place on May 1st at 7:30PM, at ILWU Local 10, 400 North Point St. San Francisco. _Read more about the event_ (http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/04/1734343.php) There will be an art show on Jack Kerouac Alley, between City Lights Bookstore and Vesuvio Cafe at Columbus & Broadway from Noon to 6 p.m. Music will be by "Tanaora" - A Brazilian Jazz Quintet, and a wide variety of art forms will be displayed including painting, photo collage & photography, printmaking, mixed media, art books and jewelry. _Read more_ (http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/04/1734850.php) Other events: _Community Speak Out against War_ (http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/04/1733034.php) at 5pm in Sacramento | _Other Central Valley Events_ (http://www.indybay.org/centralvalley/) | _Free Mind Media Grand Opening Art Show_ (http://www.indybay.org/calendar/event_display_detail.php?event_id=6228&day=1&month=5&year=2005) at 6pm in Santa Rosa | CounterPULSE (formerly 848 Community Space) Opening May Day Celebration at 7pm in San Francisco | _Street Level TV Screening of Episode 13_ (http://www.indybay.org/calendar/event_display_detail.php?event_id=6425&day=1&month=5&; year=2005) | Reclaiming's Annual Beltane Ritual takes place in SF's Golden Gate Park at 12pm | _More May 1st Events from Indybay's Calendar_ (http://www.indybay.org/calendar/event_display_week.php?day=1&month=5&year=2005) _Read more about MayDay_ (http://www.indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=3159&category_id=19) , including coverage from past celebrations, on Indybay's _Labor Page_ (http://www.indybay.org/labor) URL: _http://www.indybay.org/_ (http://www.indybay.org/) ===================================================== ActionLA Action for World Liberation Everyday! 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