(OK, I'm cheating a little by sending this on the night of April 30)
In the message below there is a address for a WWW site that a member
of the IWW claims to contain the "Incomplete, True, Authentic and
Wonderful History of MAY DAY".
In solidarity, Jerry
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 12:59:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Chris <red@iww.org>
The Incomplete, True, Authentic and Wonderful History of MAY DAY is now
at:
http://parsons.iww.org/~red/mayday.html
This radical social history of both red and green roots of May Day
includes select graphics and is beautifully written by Peter Linebaugh
(member of the Midnight Notes collective).
>From the beginning:
"Green is a relationship to the earth and what grows therefrom. Red is a
relationship to other people and the blood spilt there among. Green
designates life with only necessary labor; Red designates death with
surplus labor. Green is natural appropriation; Red is social
expropriation. Green is husbandry and nurturance; Red is
proletarianization and prostitution. Green is useful activity; Red is
useless toil. Green is creation of desire; Red is class struggle. May
Day is both."
happy May Day,
Chris