Russia: 100,000 march on Red Square to celebrate International Workers' Day

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1. fuck Putin & Putin TV

embarrassing to even post RT vids

[Donkees]

2. Ruptly is an international video news agency headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Ruptly is an international video news agency headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Launched in 2012 it is a part of the same media family as the Emmy-nominated global news network RT.

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3. nice cut and paste

is that part of a quota too?

[newthinking]

4. Thank you capitan of the watch for telling us dolts which

images (as this is even without commentary) we should watch and for outing all the russian spies on this site!

Fucking liberals! What were we thinking!? Watching unapproved footage.....

[Matrosov]

6. Why, is it RT propaganda?

An International Workers' Day?! Stop marching and get back to work peasants, and make your corporate overlords proud!

[reorg]

5. Cool 360° version

The rally was peaceful and colorful, with people carrying the Russian tricolor and balloons, marching under the slogan "no to price and tax increase, yes to larger salaries and pensions."

May Day parades were also held in other cities across the country, with some 2.3 million people estimated to have taken part.

This year's May Day also coincided with Orthodox Easter in Russia. Ahead of the rally communist leader Gennady Zyuganov said that he celebrates Easter despite the Communist party's history of falling out with the Russian Church.

He added that Jesus Christ himself supported the working classes, being "the first communist in modern history."

https://www.rt.com/news/341562-march-may-day-moscow/

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7. International Workers Day had its origin in America

At a convention of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in 1888 the union decided to campaign for the eight-hour day once again. May 1, 1890 was agreed upon as the date on which workers would strike for an eight-hour work day and to commemorate the earlier fight for an eight hour day.

In 1889 AFL president Samuel Gompers wrote to the first congress of the Second International, which was meeting in Paris. He informed the world's socialists of the AFL's plans and proposed an international fight for a universal eight-hour work day.
In response to Gompers's letter the Second International adopted a resolution calling for "a great international demonstration" on a single date so workers everywhere could demand the eight-hour work day.

In light of the Americans' plan, the International adopted May 1, 1890 as the date for this demonstration. It has been celebrated around the world as Mayday--International Workers Day-- ever since.

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