May Day General Strike
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Occupy's May Day protests off to slow, soggy start in NYC - Edith Honan and Mike Segar
Occupy Wall Street's call for a general strike to mark International Workers Day got off to a slow start on Tuesday, with sparse gatherings at a handful of spots around a rainy New York City.
At Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan, about 100 activists gathered where the group had promised a "pop-up encampment" emblematic of the movement's early days in lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park near the Wall Street financial district.
The crowd soon dispersed to other locations to demonstrate, including directly across the street from Bryant Park at the Bank of America tower. About two dozen activists picketed in front of the building's main entrance. One person was arrested in the middle of 6th Avenue in front of the building.
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A few lonely barricades blocking off JP Morgan Chase HQ, but protesters not to be seen #ows #pops @thenyworld t.co
by maxseddon via P.twimg 5/1/2012 3:06:45 PM -
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Police appear to be preparing for May Day protest in Elysian Park, Los Angeles. (via shecallsmered on Instagram)
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Whose bridge? Out Bridge! @OccupyBushwick is on Williamsburg Bridge #MayDay #ows t.co
by ArckiiART via P.twimg 5/1/2012 3:21:25 PM -
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Cuba's President Raul Castro gestures at the May Day parade in Havana's Revolution Square May 1, 2012. A red-tinged sea of Cubans marched through Havana's Revolution Square on Tuesday in a May Day parade that affirmed the government's intention of assuring a communist future for the Caribbean island. Raul Castro, 80, has launched a series of reforms encouraging more private initiative and reducing state dominance of the fragile Soviet-style economy put in place after Cuba's 1959 revolution. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan
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Protesters shout slogans as they attend a May Day demonstration on Labour Day in central Madrid May 1, 2012. Thousands of workers across southern Europe protested against spending cuts in May Day rallies on Tuesday. The banner reads, "Against the capitalist crisis. Unity and fight. General strike." REUTERS/Susana Vera
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California Highway Patrol officers take positions at the Golden Gate Bridge in anticipation of May Day demonstrations in San Francisco, California May 1, 2012. Authorities anticipated demonstrators would shut down the bridge, but agreement was reached to prevent that action. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
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Aerial photo of protesters at a Wells Fargo branch in New York City (via Instagram)
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An occupier hands out 'The Occuied Wall Street Journal.' Armed with a gas mask, just in case. #occupy #m1gs t.co
by stephlauren via Instagr.am 5/1/2012 4:41:27 PM -
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@OccupyBushwick march just arrived at E. Houstion & Chrystie st. Are we blending with #WildCatMarch? #Mayday #ows t.co
by ArckiiART via P.twimg 5/1/2012 4:54:19 PM -
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#BREAKING more #ows protesters arrested at Houston and Chrystie Streets, some headed to Washington Sq Pk @eyewitnessnyc t.co
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A man carries a boy on his shoulders at the May Day parade in Havana's Revolution Square May 1, 2012. A red-tinged sea of Cubans marched through Havana's Revolution Square on Tuesday in a May Day parade that affirmed the government's intention of assuring a communist future for the Caribbean island. REUTERS/Stringer
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People take part in a mock chess game called "Operation Chess Majik" as part of the May Day protests organized by the Occupy Toronto group in Toronto May 1, 2012. Operation Chess Majik was a theatrical play that using a giant chess board and chess pieces made of cardboard to re-enact the protesters' view of the problems with the economic system. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
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NYPD Helicopter over Union Sq. Park #ows #mayday t.co
by AlexJamesFitz via Instagr.am 5/1/2012 8:26:40 PM -
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Video: Protesters break windows at Seattle Nike Store via King5, (h/t @bobbymacReports)
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KTLA-TV reporter David Begnaud says front entrance to Los Angeles International Airport closed due to protesters.
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Protesters and Police standoff at 13th and Broadway t.co
by DanPatterson via Instagr.am 5/1/2012 9:58:07 PM -
Police line Broadway anticipating a massive march t.co
by DanPatterson via Instagr.am 5/1/2012 9:58:12 PM
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