tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143698788073485118.post7750033115434948330..comments2024-02-23T18:28:14.530-05:00Comments on The Doenuts Blog: A Few Things About May Day You May Not Have KnownUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143698788073485118.post-37706201650743914002013-05-02T08:18:39.630-04:002013-05-02T08:18:39.630-04:00I was going to do a piece on the same topic but we...I was going to do a piece on the same topic but went to Brooklyn Botanic Gardens instead. My angle was why we have another Labor Day and I thought I had heard that Labor Day was established by American Labor as part of the anti-left approach -- to get us far away from the meanings of May Day. Gompers turned very anti-left I believe and Shanker was in that tradition. Michael and I did somewhat of ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143698788073485118.post-59178598558357591682013-05-02T08:13:40.447-04:002013-05-02T08:13:40.447-04:00I'm giving him one of mine but he has to wash ...I'm giving him one of mine but he has to wash it.ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143698788073485118.post-32159730696658599992013-05-01T21:13:30.149-04:002013-05-01T21:13:30.149-04:00When it gets to the point where I can just about i...When it gets to the point where I can just about identify the anonymous commenter, I think it's time to take a break from blogging and from reading Ed stuff for a while. #digression. Ok, look:<br /><br />I don't mind that socialists and communists took the color red. The fact that when I wear red people think I'm a communists is the world's fault for being stupid, not the NYCDOEnutshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10692665524124012171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143698788073485118.post-73419953249197136522013-05-01T20:53:55.838-04:002013-05-01T20:53:55.838-04:00Red became the color of the radical wing of the Fr...Red became the color of the radical wing of the French Revolution, signifying the blood of the martyrs for the cause. From there it was adopted by the Revolutions of 1848 and then by the Paris Commune of 1871. It became the color of the international workers movement, which was at first socialist, and then divided into Socialist who advocated peaceful change and Communists who advocated Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143698788073485118.post-30268422139878896812013-05-01T20:44:11.623-04:002013-05-01T20:44:11.623-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143698788073485118.post-37638904769408605522013-05-01T19:13:12.021-04:002013-05-01T19:13:12.021-04:00Thanks RBE!Thanks RBE!NYCDOEnutshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10692665524124012171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143698788073485118.post-7775478586525699132013-05-01T19:07:57.491-04:002013-05-01T19:07:57.491-04:00Informative post, NYCDOENUTS.Informative post, NYCDOENUTS.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.com