Building Bridges: May Day in New York City Part 1 -27:19

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Building Bridges Occupies Air Waves

with a May Day Special!
May Day in New York City Part 1
With
Professor Jeff Goodwin, Sociology Dept, NYU at an NYU
demonstration against student debt and NYU’s capital
expansion plan 2031
and
Arun Gupta, a founding editor, Indypendent newspaper-
reporting from Union Square
plus
Tens of Thousands of May Day Protesters in NYC


May Day began in the U.S. in 1886 as a nationwide general strike, led by immigrant workers, fighting for the 8 hour work day. While celebrated across the globe, it has been largely ignored in the U.S., until recently, when immigrant workers revived it.


Now, a new chapter in the history of May Day was written with the involvement of Occupy Wall Street, the organization making history with its public encampments and protests against the global financial community. And, Building Bridges presente! We’ll were there for this new chapter in the movement, reporting from May Day events throughout the day, here and from rallies across the country.


We spiced those events with commentary and analysis on the struggles of the working class in the midst of capitalist crisis and prospects for change, from leading champions of the working class, who build organization and class consciousness.


Occupy with Building Bridges as we acknowledge the blood, sweat and tears of workers, the workers who really create all the wealth and want it back. So, lock arms, unite and fight for the working class, for the 99%