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CONSTANTINE — Algeria’s third-largest city has been shaken after May 1 worker demonstrations, included one man setting himself on fire in front of the Constantine governor’s office to protest rampant unemployment. The Algiers-based daily El Watan reports that the man, indentified as Hamza, was participating in a demonstration organized by the National Committee for the […]
MAY DAY PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT Photo: Philippe Wojazer/Reuters/ZUMA While the United States reserves Labor Day for early September, the rest of the world marks International Workers’ Day on May 1, which was actually originally established in the U.S. to mark the 1886 Haymarket affair. Take it as a sign that the world is growing both […]
Granma, May 2, 2016 While violent clashes marred May Day celebrations across several countries, the official Cuban Communist Pary Granma instead praised “the strength of a people” on the front page of its Monday edition. The Havana-based daily described the International Workers’ Day marches, pictured on the front page, as the “unwavering support of our […]