The Incomplete, True, Authentic and Wonderful
History of MAY DAY
Author's Note | An
Ending
A Beginning
The Soviet government parades missiles and marches soldiers on May
Day. The American government has called May First "Loyalty Day" and
associates it with militarism. The real meaning of this day has been
obscured by the designing propaganda of both governments. The truth of May
Day is totally different. To the history of May Day there is a Green side
and there is a Red side.
Under the rainbow, our methodology must be colorful. Green is a
relationship to the earth and what grows therefrom. Red is a relationship
to other people and the blood spilt there among. Green designates life with
only necessary labor; Red designates death with surplus labor. Green is
natural appropriation; Red is social expropriation. Green is husbandry and
nurturance; Red is proletarianization and prostitution. Green is useful
activity; Red is useless toil. Green is creation of desire; Red is class
struggle. May Day is both.
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