[IMC-UK-Features] Feature Proposal: Mayday

[jagmad at riseup.net]

You haven't included all the links. See:

https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/UkMayDay2008

Doug.


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