Protests will take place across the Bay Area on Thursday as part of what is expected to be over 900 nationwide demonstrations for May Day. The demonstrations are in response to the policies of President Donald Trump’s second administration. Over 160 grassroots organizations across the country formed a coalition called May Day Strong to promote the events.
“Trump and his billionaire profiteers are trying to create a race to the bottom — on wages, on benefits, on dignity itself. This May Day we are fighting back,” the coalition said. “We are demanding a country that puts our families over their fortunes — public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, prosperity over free market politics.”
Since Trump’s inauguration in January, protests have been organized almost weekly across the country by grassroots groups. Earlier this month, “Hands Off!” protests across the country drew thousands to city streets from San Jose to Ukiah. Last week, demonstrations were held at Social Security Administration offices by activists concerned with program cuts. Over 50 protests are scheduled for the Bay Area.
Excellent!
LMAO! What May Day meant when I was a kid: We were FINALLY allowed to play outside~~ barefoot👣
Where I grew up it was a day off of classes at the school with a festival pageant complete with May pole in the morning, a potluck at noon with lots of good food (it was a farming community) and a baseball game in the afternoon. It also occurred later in the month. It was celebrating the ancient festivals of May day not the one that of those who celebrated some idealistic form of government derived from the French commune rage that occurred around the end of the 19th century which is something the modern day ideologues of it know little or nothing about.
Grassroots? Since when is the ACLU and Planned Parenthood – funded by Bill Gates grassroots?
Any chance that George Soros and his Open Society Foundation is also contributing to these “Hands Off!” protests?
Should be more fun than people watching at walmart.
See if you can pick out, perpetual college students.
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“grassroots organizations”
Ya right, an how many are funded by the billionaire with dual citizenship.