A statement of fact: with one exception, Bredemarket’s work is targeted to American audiences.
Which means the content I am publishing and linking to today is going to strike non-Americans as a little odd.
Why?
It’s complicated.
Because even though International Workingmen’s Day was celebrated throughout the world on May 1, 1890, the celebration has mostly died out here, except for its adoption by immigrant groups.
See my tymshft post from 2012 (with corrected link), “The American perspective on May Day – or, I am not a Commie.” I revisited the topic here in the Bredemarket blog 10 years later, on the AMERICAN Labor Day.
So if you want to talk about May Day with Americans, even AFL-CIO members (especially AFL-CIO members), play it safe.
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