If Past May Days Are Any Indication… Tuesday Could Get Ugly
- Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:30pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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Tomorrow marks a significant day for the progressive political machine as May Day demonstrations, led by socialists, anarchists, Occupy Wall Street and other left-wing activists across the nation, commence. Noting this disturbing reality, Glenn Beck reminded viewers on Monday that with the onset of May 1, progressives are launching their own Tahrir Square. Their goals, according to Beck, are to “conquer and transform” through “dividing and distracting.”
“A house divided against itself cannot stand,” he observed.
Below, Beck explains progressives’ tactics and the approaching May Day
But to understand the significance of the onslaught one needs to know May Day’s history — its violent recent-past, and its entire purpose for being.
Origins
Also dubbed “International Workers’ Day,” May Day derives its origin in mid-1800s Australia, where it
began as a proletarian ”holiday celebration,” or strike, championing the eight-hour workday. The first to follow the example were the American and later, European laborers. Its recognition only soared, however, after Chicago police opened fire on May Day demonstrators, killing several, during what is now dubbed the “Haymarket Massacre” of 1886. While police were only reacting to lit stick of dynamite that had been thrown into their ranks, it was the image of the abused, disenfranchised worker, who became the martyr.
To eclipse any negativity that might surround each year’s commemorations moving forward, President Grover Cleveland proposed the U.S. move its Labor Day to September 1. Nonetheless, May 1 is an officially recognized holiday in some 80 countries around the world and has consistently been used as a platform for socialists, anarchists and organized labor unions to march in solidarity as they rail against capitalism. Notably, May Day had become a holiday of utmost importance for the former Soviet Union, often taking place in the Red Square, leaders of the Communist Party waved to the adulation of the crowd while standing atop Vladimir Lenin’s mausoleum.
On the surface May Day demonstrations here in America may seem benign enough, but few realize how steeped in violence the “holiday” has consistently been across Europe and other parts of the world.
Recent years
Often, riots break out amidst the myriad picket-lines, strikes and other demonstrations. In London alone, anti-capitalist May Day demonstrators have been known to routinely clash with police after going on violent binges. The marauding and vandalizing of local establishments is a mainstay for the activists, as is defacing public property – particularly historic landmarks. In one instance, rioters even attempted to burn down a major supermarket while staff were still inside.
Review the following video clips to glean insight into what typical May Days look like around the world.
London, May Day 2000
Berlin, 2011
May Day 2010 in Greece
As it turns out, 20 years ago essentially to the day, the Rodney King riots broke out during May Day as well.
While volumes could be written about the true face of May Day riots in all its violent glory, we decided to let the following pictures speak for themselves.
A far cry from Walter Crane’s flowery depiction in his 1894 poem, The Workers’ Maypole:
Now again while the green earth rejoices
In the bud and the blossom of May
Lift your hearts up again, and your voices,
And keep merry the World’s Labour Day.…Stand fast, then, Oh Workers, your ground,
Together pull, strong and united:
Link your hands like a chain the world round,
If you will that your hopes be requited.When the World’s Workers, sisters and brothers,
Shall build, in the new coming years,
A lair house of life—not for others,
For the earth and its fullness is theirs.
If past May Days are any indication, Tuesday, May 1, 2012, could get ugly.


























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Comments (117)
JQCitizen
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:36pmDo your WORST, you Ugly Americans; And see HOW MANY sympathizers you have when you are done.
We, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE will hold you accountable for every dent and ding; every loss by our neighbors, our employers, the Coffers of our towns and cities, and every person hurt, or (God help us), killed. And if our “Leaders” show ANY SYMPATHY for your cause, THEY WILL SUFFER at the ballet box.
When you strike out at ONE OF US, you strike out at ALL OF US!!!
You SICKEN US; We PUKE YOU OUT like the GARBAGE of SOCIETY that you are.
Reckoning will come.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:58pmPerfectly said!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:18pmWhere are Proud Parents… of these Primates?
Report Post »chips1
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:04pmIt’s like Obama. You need DNA tests to prove who they might be. His mom was Irma la Frog.
Report Post »Marci
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:15pmI guess I am never going to understand why anyone sympathizes with a group of thugs whose sole purpose is to cause violence and upheaval until their demand of looting YOUR paycheck is done. Let’s see the left control these goons. The Occupy bunch has been having training camps to train their animals not to be violent—but they again underestimate the amount of animals and goons that will show up no matter what.
Report Post »sooner12
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:28pmHaven’t these people who disrupt the world better things to do. All this day offers is for these thugs to reek havoc. They probably have no knowledge of the origin of this day. I for one, if I owned a business, would hire my own thugs to protect my property with baseball bats; not to crack heads, but arms, legs, backs, shoulders…..well you get the point.
Report Post »InversionTheory
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:39pm*shrugs* I predict a yawn-fest. No significant portion of the populace cares. I will personally be at work. Things need to get done.
Report Post »ICRedifURBlue
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 10:40pmIf ANY of my employees, (including family), don’t come to work May 1st…..YOUR FIRED>>>>>>>> Period
Report Post »Obama Money
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:35pmI really hope it rains!
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:53pmLooks like Seattle, Mpls., and New York should give these people a good opportunity to take a much needed bath.
http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/national/weather-forecast-maps?day=2
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:22pmCHICAGO is always the Queen of the Competition for Chaos!
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:29pmThis union worker will be working my butt off to support my family! And guess what? I won’t even complain about it!!!
Report Post »Ayla_me
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 6:57amI have been praying for God to stop these mean people, by rain. How awesome is He that He may answer my humble prayers this way! I will be praying continually in the next few days, for peace and safety for all of the innocents…all of the Reginald Dennys out there. Dear Lord Jesus, help us all!!
Report Post »toomuchgovt
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:33pmwhatever happens, I will NOT cry for the government to help. This is what they want for people (normally from the right, republicans, conservatives not the left), to scream for MORE “security”. (Paraphrase) anyone who replaces security for freedom, desirers NEITHER.
Report Post »SageInWaiting
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:23pmThe demons of hell have been released on this world, setting fire to the earth and its inhabitants. Will this be the headlines on May 2? I pray it’s not. Pray folks; what was depicted here is not “sane” – it is a mass of human lemmings running to their destruction; a nation turned over to a reprobate mind.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:39pmPrevent Fires… don’t let Children Play with Matches!
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:29am@LUKERW
Or should we say, “Close Cover Before Striking”?
“Remember, only YOU can prevent forest fires.”
We‘ll all be fine if we don’t fall for the retaliation trap.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:27amYou ain‘t seen nothin’ yet, Sage- hell ain’t even opened its doors yet let alone be in session. The events happening now are a Sunday school picnic compared to what’s coming.
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:22pmAnybody that is PD needs to be especially careful around these idiots. They are attempting to get people to turn on the police. Minneanoplace Occupods had a rape and they have one person saying it was set up by the PD. Just look at Ms. Streich’s comments after the story.
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/17932243/sexual-assault-at-occupymn-peavey-plaza-camp
Report Post »Red Meat
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:39pmI hope the Nat’l Guard is dusting off their cases of FMJ. Make Kent State look like a picnic.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:35am@ Red- you better hope the Guard isn‘t called out and creates a Kent State ’cuz it’ll be a chain reaction event and guess what happens then. Only a fool, or a muslim pOTUS (sic) and his cronies would want it to happen.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:14pmHave read comments in the New York Times by our Ron Paul- types who write their smart aleck comments here since the London riots last year calling for ” revolution in the treats . “ These dudes use the ”plutocrats, neocons , oligarch ” terms. Think they are all part of the anarchist/ hoodie affinity groups who have been so excited to spread the mess to America. They are all anti-capitalist / anarchist idiots. Trying to start their American Spring, or as someone previously called it, The Idiot Spring ! Hope the police are prepared. I know whose side I favor .
Report Post »justangry
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:24pmYeah, I know which side you favor too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlg45UcomRI&feature=relmfu
Report Post »taxpro4u03
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:09pmkinda like Pickett’s Charge — well planned, ill fated — tools (wonder how many answered ‘want ads’ for ‘activist jobs’) KNOWING it will fail — but you cannot stop it…
Report Post »justangry
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:10pm“The progressive machine” huh? Beck is still refusing to look inward I see.
Report Post »aChameleon
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:27pmIf you don’t like Beck why do you come to his website?
Report Post »Red Meat
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:37pmBecause he/she/it is a paid insurgent.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:41pmMy guess is to stay “ANGRY” ;-)
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:43pmACH: Because he likes to be ” just angry ?” Probably one of those anti-capitalist, professional angry people. You know, Obama ‘ s base .
Report Post »justangry
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:23pm@Ach, I did like Beck when I signed up. I still like Buck Sexton and Will Cain. I like a lot of folks who post here. I get good information from other people’s comments. And Drudge doesn’t have a comment section.
@Red Meat, I’m not paid troll. I’m fed up with Dems and Reps destroying our Civil Liberties which I swore and oath to defend.
@CatB, Everyone should be angry. We’re getting hosed by both parties, and the media.
@Barber2, I love capitalism. Since I’ve been here, I’ve learned that any candidate who supports the Federal Reserve (like your boy) isn’t a capitalist.
You all (and GB) should really dig deep into the Progressive Era. Social conservatism, which Beck supports, is progressive. I do hope he wakes up some day and realizes this, but seeing as how I get censored here when I talk about the different views on constitutionalism… I’m guessing he already knows and has justified it in his mind some how.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:34pmI like JUSTANGRY, I often don’t agree with him but he has made some valid points.
Report Post »Razlord
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:50pmdam,,,angry…how you going to get your boots out?
you buried them deep,,,
and the truth shall set you free…
Report Post »justangry
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 11:10pmBack at ya, Momrules
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:40am@JUSTANGRY
I am not sure why you consider to be part of the “progressive machine”, but I’m sure you have your reasons.
Only time will tell if his predictions are correct.
Personally, I would love to see a staunch constitutionalist in office, however, it may be too big a step all at once.
This Progressive movement has been going on for too long, and people on both sides of the aisle are hooked on the ‘Big Government” drug.
We can (and MUST) turn this around, but it is going to be difficult.
Everyone of us would be hurt if the spending legs of Washington were cut immediately.
Patience is a must, sacrifice is inevitable, but in the end it’ll be worth it.
Beck is doing the best with what he has and I applaud him for it.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 7:44amBrother_Ed, Man, I hear what you’re saying, but can’t help but wonder if people made similar excuses when Goldwater was running. We can’t keep kicking the can down the road. As for Beck… His views on vice and foreign policy ARE progressive. Please prove me wrong.
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:44pm@JUSTANGRY
I can’t disprove that…
I think GB is right on a lot of things, and he is learning like the rest of us.
I think he has an excellent knack for looking at the bigger picture. He also has a talent for connecting the dots and explaining things such that I can understand them.
Right now, I think it is more important to unite and defeat the enemy within.
I appreciate all of your comments on here, they make me think, but as I said, I believe that somethings are too big a step right now.
Keep up the fight. When it’s all over we can sit down together and have a (root)beer and figure out how to get back to the Constitution.
Report Post »Saving_the_Republic.com
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:08pmInstead of calling them socialists, anarchists, Occupy Wall Street ,left-wing activists, progressives and other names listed in the article can I get you all aboard to agree on addressing them by one name that properly describes them? Can we agree from now on to call them MONSTERS? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meWy_UH5xjs It is what they are look up the definition!
What is really annoying me on all of this is the lack of any counter movement by the right. From folks on here all the way to numerous well know conservative radio hosts, bloggers and commentators. The fiasco on Twitter last night was a defining moment on how inactive the right is and quite frankly disgusts me. I grew angrier by the minute with the pathetic tweets with all the hash codes etc. I kept pushing for ppl to fight back and got no response. Every single one of those conservative stars last night were Clark Kent and Lois Lane from Superman 2 diner scene. Got their rears handed to them!
The monsters are coming fully loaded for battle while the conservatives want to talk about it. One editor even said something to that affect and I blasted him for the comment. No reply back of course. These monsters dont care what anyone says, dont want to talk anything out. They are beyond this they are about action and know NO ONE is standing in their way! So where am I going with this?
Where is the counter movement to Occupy? Where are the protests to all the monsters HQ’s and safe havens?
Report Post »vox_populi
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:16pmI’m a monster now? Sounds sort of imposing, really…
Report Post »momrules
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:50pmVox………you are an ignorant child posing as an adult who will run for the hills at the hint or trouble or scream police brutality if you get a booboo………..a loser just like everyone else who will be out looking for trouble tomorrow.
Now go smoke a joint and listen to Millions of Dead Cops again and get to feeling righteous.
Report Post »gdbhusker
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:07pmwithout stating the obvious……make sure that you are not in a predominantly black, inner city area….not because of black people though…but because that is where everything is always sparked…..and when the cameras get to rolling…the cops will stand down……and thats when the breakdown of society begins…..before you call me a racist…find me the footage of white America acting like this……we are still very much segregated, and these events always further racial tension…..when we should just all be civil freakin human beings…peace
Report Post »taxpro4u03
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:22pmIsaiah 5:20. These people call good evil and evil good.
Report Post »cuinsong
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:06pmWell here we go again. A bunch of idiots are about to spend the day braking laws and the law enforcers are going to look the other way! This is wrong and the media should report it as such. But dont hold your breath!
Report Post »Here is a song for them called “The Devils Song” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_10789987
carbonated
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:04pmObama and his cronies are begging these occupy / union thugs to explode in violence. Its an excuse for them to clamp down on what few rights we have left. DHS didn’t buy 450 million rounds of .40 caliber for nothing. If these mush heads explode, then the Obama administration can take advantage of the crisis and unleash their ‘help’ on the whole country.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:12pmThat’s the Marxist regimes plan and it would be great if they took out only the communists,socialists and anarchists but we all know that‘s not how it’s going down.
No,this will lead to a dictatorship that’s the only way it can work for the Marxist in chief.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:02pmI think the cops will instigate the violence like always by order of the goverment and these protestors will get hurt by the thugs, but many of the background of the attackers consist of killing people abroad for corporations and a corrupt goverment, i guess there to folks that have no remorse for what they did.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:16pm…you just pull words randomly out of a hat and string them together to form pseudo-sentences, right?
Report Post »momrules
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:23pmSo any violence will be the police officer’s fault? The police are the thugs? Is this what Ron Paul teaches?
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:24pmDIS: No. That is his “assignment” on the Blaze. Said it yesterday and already once before down below. Guess he has Blame the Cops Tourette’s Syndrome…
Report Post »Inlightofthings
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:39pmIts classic…INDIVIDUALISM is classic. The clown is in pursuit of individual rather than common or collective interests. The idiot wonders why we’re divided with an ID like that. I, for one, just don’t get it.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:46pmINLIGHT: Guess that name sounds more weighty and better than MeMeMe.
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:06pm@DISENLIGHTENED
Report Post »I think INDI. uses the anarchist’s/occupier’s refridgerator magnets for dummies.
vtxphantom
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:00pmProtect your property. Don’t let these claim jumpers destroy or steal your property. Stand your gound. The outlaws that are claiming superioity, have none. They are just looking for more free stuff.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:55pmThey will FAIL to make that kind of impact. They are too stupid and too lazy. Most will just use this as an excuse to skip school. (probably be encouraged by professors) Only the few, true Commies in the groups know why they are FIGHTING and rising up.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:54pmJust think if Gen Patton would have been allowed to roll into Russia in WW ll and annihilate the communist heathen we wouldn’t have to put these communist pigs down today.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:22pmAmen. AND we should have cleaned the Marxist mullah/professors out of our universities back in the 50′s before they became entrenched.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:54pmI bet most of these protestors will peacefull protest and than likely the police will randomly attack and arrest these folks, were slipping into a fascist system its terrible, for those neo cons just because they protest a fascist system doesn’t mean there to the left.
Report Post »aChameleon
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:15pmOstrich, just put your head back in the hole.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:20pmYou ran this same baloney yesterday and we still don’t buy it, Troll. Your assignment must be ” blame the cops.” So typical . So stupid. So ” anti-capitalist .”
Report Post »maccow
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:29pmINDIVIDUAL is a reference to his one trick, blame the cops, pony.
Report Post »His handlers at the HUFPO don’t trust him yet with any thing deeper then that.
juge
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:51pmAll I can say is….bring it on! Let’s get this thing going so they can self destruct and we can rebuild!
Report Post »momrules
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:51pmOf all the photos the ones that got to me were the ones of reginald Denny and the police officer on fire.
If the riots start tomorrow and a single molotov cocktail is thrown at the police I hope the police use lethal force to stop them.
They might have the right to protest but they do not have the right to riot or to commit murder.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:55pmSomewhere, close to where I reside, these idiots are getting ready making signs and getting their black clothing in order. Me? I am at the range….
Report Post »momrules
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:03pmMark..read JUSPASINTHRU’s comment on page 2, maybe you can answer his question about subway safety in NYC tomorrow.
Report Post »mcmeador
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:51pmForgive me if I‘m not that worried about May Day after seeing the turnout at Occupy’s attempt to shut down Wall Street and the NYC subway system some months ago.
Report Post »MammalOne
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:48pmWhat a moronic event: riot for one day, make everyone who isn’t a radical communist (i.e. the vast majority of people) hate you and your cause, get arrested, done. Next day, we pick up the pieces and keep going unfazed. Have these riots ever built momentum for Marxism? No, it’s just an excuse to shout your utopian beliefs at people, throw things at police officers, and vandalize stores with the possibility of getting away with it.
Report Post »Morons.
barber2
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:17pm” momentum for Marxism?” We do not want any momentum for Marxism. We used to call that treasonous.
Report Post »MammalOne
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:56pmI don’t want momentum for Marxism either… i‘m saying that’s what they want but are unsuccessful at achieving.
Report Post »daveposh
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:47pmGlenn said last week, it may begin with a bang or a whimper, but it will end with a bang.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:29pmI hate to dis-agree. It will end with the sharp snap of a long piece of hemp rope. Or MANY!
Report Post »wboehmer
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:46pmPeaceful strikes are one thing, but destruction of property by those trespassing occupy vandals . . . the only response is to ARREST THEM!
The occupies do not represent 99% of anything. They don’t represent me. Do they represent you?
Report Post »Parnell3rd
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:39pmI will be wearing an extra (2) magazine for my Glock to and from work. Maybe even take Smith & Wesson for backup. I love my job, I work in a gun store!!!!!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:55pmGoing shopping tomorrow .. I will also be ready to defend myself ;-) thinking a good day to go to the gun store ;-)
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:56pmAh yes you can never have enough ammo and communists look so much better when their heads produce a pink mist.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:23pm@CatB – I have to go to downtown Phx area in the morning and imagine the Occupy Phx ididots will be out in some force; so we shall see if anythign happens here in the morning.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:44pm@SNOW .. keep us informed . I could have gone shopping today .. decided to save it til tomorrow .. they don’t want people to spend money … that is EXACTLY what I will do.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:17pmSnow and Catb………Be careful……and carry of course. I live so far out in the woods I won’t be affected but both of my kids live in big cities and I worry for their safety.
Report Post »spfoam1
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 10:28pmNow that’s the perfect job for these times! LMAO!
Report Post »Parnell3rd
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 11:11pmAs they say “he‘ll be dressed to the nine’s” and the 40‘s and 38’s!!!!
Report Post »SPOT_OF_TEA
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:38pmSome of my leftist acquaintances say there is no difference between the tea party and the occupy thugs…..If tomorrow doesn’t open their eyes i dont know what will.
Report Post »Beckett
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:35pmGolden Gate ferry union to strike Tuesday, shut down morning ferry service
http://www.marinij.com/sausalito/ci_20515403/golden-gate-ferry-union-strike-tuesday-shut-down
Report Post »Razlord
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:47pmthanks for info
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