to deal with this effectively this morning. But you see, today is May Day. May Day is Labor Day throughout most of the world largely in memory of the 1886 Chicago Haymarket incident, a landmark moment in the history of labor relations and a keen example of a long American tradition of injustice, police brutality and hostility to labor. It is not insignificant to note not only that the importance of May 1 is lost to most of the population of this country, but also that some jackass in the Bush Administration has a keen sense of irony.
Also, since the appropriate excerpt from James Loewen's Lies across America is not available online, you're just going to have to get a copy of the book for his excellent treatment of the Haymarket Monument.
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