OCCUPYINTERVIEW Radio E8 - Guest Jacob Remes - May Day's Radical History: What Occupy Is Fighting for This May 1st

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Jacob Remes - Empire State College

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May Day's Radical History: What Occupy Is Fighting for This May 1st

Occupy actions planned on May Day are tied to the generations-long movement for the eight-hour day, to immigrant workers, to police brutality and repression of the labor movement.

American general strikes—or rather, American calls for general strikes, like the one Occupy Los Angeles issued last December that has been endorsed by over 150 general assemblies—are tinged with nostalgia.

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http://www.alternet.org/story/155182

http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781595585189-0



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deacons_for_Defense_and_Justice



http://www.salon.com/2012/02/24/occupy_helps_labor_win_on_the_west_...