May Day 2019

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https://www.france24.com/en/20190501-live-france-may-day-protests-tight-security

French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner has warned that “radical activists” could infiltrate union and Yellow Vest protests nationwide.
More than 7,400 police have been deployed in Paris, where the main union protest will march from the Montparnasse train station to the Place d’Italie, in the south of the city.
Authorities have ordered at least 580 shops and restaurants along the protest route to close as a precaution.
Demonstrations have been banned at a number of locations in the French capital, including: the Champs-Elysées Avenue, the nearby Elysée presidential palace and the area around the Notre-Dame Cathedral.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/the-latest-may-day-german-unions-urge-against-nationalism

Ahead of a May Day rally in over a dozen German cities, Germany's biggest trade unions are urging voters to participate in this month's European elections and reject nationalism and right-wing populism.

The DGB, a confederation of unions with almost 6 million members, said Wednesday that the European Union has helped ensure peace on the continent for decades and brought significant benefits to millions, from paid holidays to maternity protection.

The unions called for ambitious EU-wide investments to boost employment and growth, saying "people must feel that the EU improves their lives in a lasting and tangible way."

The unions warned that the political and economic turmoil in Britain following its vote to leave the European Union nationalism "shows what happens if those who stoke fear but have no plan for the future gain the upper hand."

https://www.euronews.com/2019/05/01/european-capitals-gear-up-for-may-day-protests

This year's May Day demonstrations in France will take place amid particularly tight security after the wave of "yellow vest" anti-government protests.

In Paris it's feared that hooligans bent on violence will join the "gilets jaunes", as trade unionists, students and others turn out to mark International Workers' Day. President Emmanuel Macron's promise of tax cuts and other reforms have been rejected in some quarters.

Athens is also gearing up for May Day demonstrations, the first in Greece in the post-bailout era and in an election year. Meanwhile, there are also fears of trouble in Berlin where a large anti-gentrification protest is expected.

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Also Hitler Death day.  

 

 

Say say what you will about Hitler, he did kill Hitler. 

[Guest Lobo]

To see European labor unions rejecting isolationism.  Wow. What's the old saying, "You live long enough, you..."  ??