happy international workers day from chicago! today commemorates the 115 workers injured and eight who lost their lives fighting for the eight-hour work day after someone threw a bomb and the police open fired on civilians during a peaceful protest in west loop’s haymarket square

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Happy May Day! Today we remember the lives and sacrifices of the eight Haymarket Martyrs, who gave up their freedom, and some their lives, for the causes of freedom, anarchism, and labor. Since their execution, the Martyrs and many others have been remembered through May Day actions and 1/2

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Chicago high school students walk out for May Day!

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Happy #MayDay! Here’s a post I did a while back about the significance of the day & Chicago’s Haymarket tragedy that sparked the workers’ rights movement in the US. I designed this poster & plaque in 2011 to mark the 125th anniversary of the Haymarket Affair. www.davesink.com/ink-blog/chi...

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The demonstration against Highlands REIT has concluded, though some demonstrators say they'll be at other May Day events in Chicago this afternoon. Check out this Chicago Reader stort for more info on Highlands REIT's ambitions to lease a jail in Colorado to ICE:

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