When someone says, “I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend your right to say it,” are you given carte blanche, (unlimited freedom) to say publicly whatever you wish, regardless of the consequences? Seems there are those who think so.
What was once frowned on and prohibited by radio and television broadcasters and censors - obscene language and pornographic scenes and gestures is now commonplace in many countries, cloaked by the right of freedom of speech.
In republics of the Soviet Union, May Day was traditionally celebrated with military parades and displays of technological achievements. Today many countries observe a holiday called Labor Day or International Workers’ Day on the first of May.
In 1889 a congress of world Socialist parties meeting in Paris declared that May 1, 1890, would be a day of international demonstrations in favor of an eight-hour workday.The date thereafter became an annual occasion on which to raise workers’demands for better working condition
The Haymarket Riot in Chicago, Illinois, gave the labor movement in the United States its first martyrs, and workers in England, France, Holland, Italy, Russia, and Spain rallied in support.
In an effort to improve the lives of workers, a federation of trade and labor unions in the United States and Canada called for an eight-hour workday beginning on May 1, 1886.
The parades and demonstrations of the modern May Day began in North America. Why there?
The industrial revolution brought new machines that ran continuously, with the result that factory owners often expected their employees to work up to 16 hours every day except Sundays.