May Day 2008
May Day is International Workers Day, a day to commemorate the workers struggle for an eight hour work day. The relationship between May Day and workers can trace back to The Haymarket Affair in 1886. May Day is now considered a day for any political protest. May Day is also an international distress signal deriving from the French word, m'aider, meaning help me. May 1, 2003 is also the day that President G.W. Bush declared " Thank you all very much. Admiral Kelly, Captain Card, officers and sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln, my fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed" He stood on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln, with a professional printed banner behind him that read, "Mission Accomplished". As the death count of American Military members grew, our ever diligent press corp began to question the use of the banner and if it meant that the Iraqi occupation was a Missi...