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History of May Day Event at BU 04/29
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Payal Parekh)
Mon Apr 29 11:23:18 2002
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:21:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Payal Parekh <parekh@pimms.mit.edu>
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> PLEASE FORWARD FAR AND WIDE....
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> History of May Day a talk by Jon Bekken of the Industrial Workers of the
> World
>
> -When: Monday April 29th, 7pm
>
> -Where: Boston University, College of Arts and Sciences, Room 522 at
675-705
> Comm. Ave. On the BU East T Stop on the Green B Line.
>
> May 1st, International Workers' Day, commemorates the historic struggle of
> working people throughout the world, and is recognized in every country
> except the United States, Canada, and South Africa. This despite the fact
> that the holiday began in the 1880s in the United States, with the fight
for
> an eight-hour work day...
>
> This event is held in conjunction with the other events taking place later
> on the week of the Festival del Pueblo. (www.festivaldelpueblo.org)
>
> There will also be a Festival del Pueblo announcement time set for those
who
> want to find out more, keep up to date, discuss, and contribute to what is
> going on from May 1st to May 5th.
>
> Sponsored by the Boston University Radical Student Alliance.
> (www.geocities.com/bu_slapsas/rsa.htm)
> (bu_rsa@hotmail.com)
>
>
>
