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This isn’t Labor Day

“To honor the Chicago workers, the International Socialist Conference in 1889 named May Day a labor holiday, birthing what many nations now call International Workers' Day.

But in the U.S., anti-communist attitudes during the Cold War, as well as opposition to working-class unity, led authorities to suppress May Day's association with labor movements.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower instead declared May 1 "Law Day" — dedicated to the principles of government under law — and Labor Day is now celebrated in September.”

Remember your roots.

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/30/1095729592/what-is-may-day-history

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