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May Day in Byron Bay

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 02/05/2012 - 6:12pm

May Day in Byron Bay Tue 1st May, Railway ParkMay Day in Byron Bay was celebrated as a day to mark the people's movement that is part of the global spring heralding change worldwide. The rain held off, the peace flags flew, and the sun shone down on Railway Park and the people gathered in the centre of Byron Bay.They gathered in solidarity with the traditional people of the land and working and struggling people - the 99 % - everywhere.

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New South Wales
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A very anarchist Melbourne May Day

Submitted by takver on Tue, 01/05/2012 - 11:29pm

May Day - an international day of workers protests and celebration - came to Melbourne today in a small but anarchic way. May Day in Australia is not what it once was but is still carried forward by elements of the trade union movement and the broad left including anarchists.

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Melbourne
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Zombie’s March on on May Day – subversive or braindead?

Submitted by Flowerpower on Tue, 04/05/2010 - 7:51am

On May Day in Melbourne – the refugee rally was dwarfed by another gathering of largely young people – about one thousand people took part in the Zombie Shuffle. Is this a subversive cultural statement about the zombification of our corporate, consumerist society? Or is it actually a manifestation of a braindead culture obsessed with meaningless spectacle? What does it say for the left that this “rally of the undead” was much bigger than the refugee rally happening at Trades Hall literally at the same time?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsmczany/sets/72157623849116805/

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Melbourne
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