[IMC-UK-Features] Feature Proposal: Mayday

[ana]

no objections and still not on the middle column? gonna do it now

ana

opprobrium at riseup.net wrote:
> I've had a go at knocking together a Mayday feature. It's on the wiki and
> appended below
>
> https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/UkMayDay2008
>
> Feel free to add to it if you can think of anything to say (I couldn't).
>
> Rich
>
> Title: UK Celebrates Mayday
>
> Image: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/images/2008/05/398253.jpg
>
> <p>Mayday has been celebrated in one form or another for thousands of
> years. Pagans marked the day as the end of the hardships of winter.
> Following the struggle amongst American workers for the eight hour day and
> the murder by the US state of four anarchists involved in that struggle in
> 1886, the day has come to be marked as International Workers' Day.
> </p>
> <p>Mayday in the UK has generally been a restrained affair compared to
> some European celebrations. Nevertheless, there are trade union marches
> across the country. In recent years, issues of immigration and free
> movement have become increasingly prominent on these demonstrations.
> </p>
> <p><strong>Newswire:</strong> <a
> href="/en/regions/manchester/2008/05/398488.html">May Day Demo
> Manchester</a> | <a href="http://scotland.indymedia.org/node/10248">A
> Couple More May Day Pictures</a> | <a
> href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/05/398215.html">Nottingham May Day
> 1 Pictures - Event</a> | <a
> href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/05/398236.html">Nottingham May Day
> 2 Pictures - Parade</a> | <a
> href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/05/398188.html">Mayday march and
> rally in Nottingham</a> | <a
> href="/en/regions/liverpool/2008/05/398164.html">436,000 Liverpool
> Residents Snub May Day March</a> | <a
> href="/en/regions/birmingham/2008/05/398092.html">West Midlands IWW
> celebrate Mayday in Birmingham</a> | <a
> href="http://scotland.indymedia.org/node/10225">Glasgow May Day</a> | <a
> href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/05/398061.html">Nottingham
> Celebrates Mayday with Moazzam Begg</a>
> </p>
> <p><strong>Regional Features:</strong> <a
> href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/05/398328.html">Nottingham
> Celebrates Mayday</a> | <a
> href="/en/regions/liverpool/2008/04/397763.html">May Day On Merseyside</a>
> </p>
> <p><strong>Previous Features:</strong> <a
> href="/en/2007/05/369563.html">Mayday 2007</a> | <a
> href="/en/2006/04/339047.html">Mayday Weekend 2006</a>
> </p>
> <p><strong>Links:</strong> <a
> href="http://www.euromayday.org/">EuroMayDay</a> | <a
> href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day">Wikipedia on Mayday</a></p>
>
>
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