May Day 2012 – Union Square
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
The early part of the rally in Union Square.

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The early part of the rally in Union Square.
Aside from the gatherings in Bryant Park, Union Square and Madison Square Park, there were many individual actions and pickets throughout May Day. Here the Strand bookstore is being picketed for unfair labor practices.

Sam Seder host of Majority Report and his producer Matt Binder recording a May Day podcast in Bryant Park.

Sam concentrating on his live podcast, while I annoyingly snapped this.
Help Athena carry her beautifully made banners on the May 1 general strike. “No Work, No School, No Shopping! contact bannerbrigade@gmail.com or find her in Bryant Park on Tuesday at the start of the march. maydaynyc.org
Retired police captain Ray Lewis describes what led him to civil disobedience and arrest in support of Occupy Wall Street, and what he will be doing on the May 1, general strike. No Work, No School, No Shopping! maydaynyc.org
Arron Griffin from In Our Hearts explains an anarchists view on OWS. Union Square, Easter Sunday.