International Workers' Day

People died while trying to get better, more humane working conditions.<p>I tend to think we forget that things we enjoy today were won through, sometimes violent, struggle, and we take them for granted, what makes it easier to lose them.<p>To me this is one of the most important celebrations.

Discriminatory and biased! Why is so much attention lavished on workers? Where&#x27;s International Shareholders&#x27; day? Where is a day to celebrate wealth and those who have it? Both of those things are far more important than lowly labor.

I associate May 1 with getting mashed in Helsinki as for many years I spent it in Finland, with amazing parties in the park for Vappu [0] the Spring Festival. It&#x27;s a celebration of Spring, labour day, and also &quot;education and industry&quot; since people proudly wear their school colours, company badges and graduation caps. Quite an atmosphere!<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.biginfinland.com&#x2F;vappu-spring-fest-finland&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.biginfinland.com&#x2F;vappu-spring-fest-finland&#x2F;</a>

I&#x27;m celebrating by working all day.

According to the US, whose movements originated the May Day holiday, it&#x27;s officially &quot;Law Day,&quot; which is the day we <i>celebrate obedience to the law</i> (I assume by not celebrating May Day.)<p>The Voice of America is the only media outlet I&#x27;ve ever heard actually celebrating Law Day. An old job of mine had a poster on the wall for Law Day that VoA had actually printed and given away for some reason.

Good thing we&#x27;re all working here in Switzerland :&#x2F;

Obligatory marching for everyone during commie period in some countries. Luckily that ended in 1989, the holiday stayed

All of Europe celebrated May day. All of Europe? No one village stood against the lazy commie legions!

With all the “fascist” and “Nazi” labels being thrown around these days—often without much historical context—here’s a surprising fact I just learned: Nazi Germany was the first non-communist country to officially make May 1st, International Workers’ Day, a national public holiday.