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A May Day anti-capitalist demonstration took place in Chicago as protesters marched from the city center taking over Michigan Avenue. Police responded quickly and at least one arrest was made.
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Despite the fact that permission was granted by the City of Portland authorities for the event to go ahead, a strong police presence chaperoned May Day protesters as they marched through the city. A tactical squad was also put on standby
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Hundreds of May Day protesters left O'Bryant Square for a permitted march in Portland to voice their anger over cuts to public services, ongoing attacks on people of color, and the right to organize and fight back.
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More than 1,000 immigration rights activists marched along Chicago streets from the Near West Side to Federal Plaza downtown, as part of an annual May Day rally calling for reform of immigration laws and an end to deportations.
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A rally was held with several hundred people in O'Bryant Square to celebrate International workers' Day before a permitted march around the downtown area.
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Union workers, immigrant and civil rights' activists and other interest groups marched in solidarity down Broadway from New York's Union Square to City Hall to demand fair pay, and end to prosecution of undocumented workers, and other issues.
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An unplanned march saw protesters gather at Terry Shrunk plaza before heading to O'Bryant Square for an afternoon march and rally. Deputy City Attorney David Woboril kept a close eye on protesters and police.
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Chanting "Hey Obama, don't deport my mamma" over 20,000 union workers and immigrant laborers rallied in New York's Union Square to demand an end to deportation and discriminatory practices against undocumented and immigrant workers.
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Thousands of demonstrators converged on New York City to protest and plead the case of workers, unions and other causes during the annual May Day rallies.
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People protest for immigrant workers rights as part of May Day rallies in New York City. A pro-labor May Day rally in New York City encourages the bipartisan immigration reform bill currently in the Senate.
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Immigrant workers took to the street in New Orleans in observance of International Workers Day in what has become an annual May Day march organized by the Congress of Day Laborers.
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2,000 plus people gathered in Montpelier Vermont to Rally and march for human and workers' rights in a protest and rally that has become an annual event.
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Participants in the Hindu Holi festival throw colored powder at each other while dancing and laughing. Hundreds crowded together under clouds of yellow, cyan and magenta powder to celebrate the coming spring, or simply have a good time.
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