• medium_adult_son [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    The Haymarket Affair/Riot was the instigation for labor movements around the world to have May 1st, May day, to be commemorated for worker solidarity. They were demonstrating for an 8 hour work day.

    In America, though, there is some non-holiday called Patriots Day due to anticommunism :deeper-sadness: