Women Protest Worldwide Mayday 2012
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A demonstrator grimaces after she was pepper sprayed by Israeli troops during
a protest calling for the release prisoners jailed in Israel outside the
Ofer military prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday May 1,
2012. (Majdi Mohammed)
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A female protester associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement is arrested
while marching through traffic in lower Manhattan on May 1, 2012 in New York
City. May 1st, Labor Day, is a traditional day of global protest in sympathy
with union and leftist politics. Getty
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An Occupy demonstrator confronts a police officer during rally in the streets
as part of a nation-wide May Day protest in Oakland, California May 1, 2012.
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An Israeli soldier restrains a Palestinian protester, grimacing after being
hit by 'skunk' liquid after she was forced down from atop an Israeli military
vehicle where she stood waving her national flag, during a protest by some
300 people outside Ofer military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah
on May 1, 2012 in a show of support for prisoners held in Israeli jails.
Clashes erupted between stone-throwing youths and the Israeli army, who fired
tear gas, rubber bullets and a foul-smelling liquid known as 'skunk' to break
up the demonstration. Getty
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Members of Occupy DC and union activists chant slogans in front of the White
House during a May Day protest in Washington on May 1, 2012. More than 20
arrests were reported in various cities, including 10 at Los Angeles
international airport and others in Oakland and Seattle, where shop windows
were smashed. Getty |
Protesters associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement march through
traffic in lower Manhattan on May 1, 2012 in New York City. May 1st, Labor
Day, is a traditional day of global protest in sympathy with union and leftist
politics. Getty |
Riot police charge during clashes between police and mostly left-wing protesters
in the May Day demonstrations on May 1, 2012 in Hamburg, Germany. May 1st,
also known as Labor Day, is a traditional day of global protest in sympathy
with union and leftist politics. Getty |
Indian laborers shots slogans during a rally to mark May Day in Ahmadabad,
India, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Placards in Gujarati read, " strictly enforce
all labor laws in the state", bottom left and " Pay Rupees 500 as monthly
allowance to workers of the non-organized sector", bottom right. (Ajit Solanki) |
Occupy Wall Street protesters picket during a May Day rally in front of the
Bank of America buidling on May 1, 2012 in New York City. Demonstrators have
called for nation-wide May Day strikes to protest economic inequality and
political corruption. Getty |
Bahraini Shiite Muslim women take part in a Labour Day pro-democracy protest
in the Manama suburb of Sanabis on May 1, 2012. Hundreds of demonstrators
took to the streets of Shiite villages in Bahrain to demand being reinstated
in jobs from which they were fired during last year's uprising, witnesses
said. Getty |
A Bahraini anti-government protester runs from riot police dispersing a Labor
Day demonstration in support of people fired from their jobs for political
activity Tuesday, May 1, 2012, in Sitra, Bahrain, southeast of the capital
of Manama. Also on Tuesday, a jailed Bahraini rights activist will not end
his nearly three-months hunger strike despite a court-ordered review of his
conviction and life sentence, his wife said, as sporadic clashes broke out
around the Gulf kingdom. (Hasan Jamal) |
Kashmiri Muslim woman workers of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA)
shouts slogans against the government on May Day in Srinagar India, Tuesday,
May 1, 2012. May Day moved beyond its roots as an international workers'
holiday to a day of international protest Tuesday, with rallies throughout
Asia demanding wage increases and marches planned across Europe over
government-imposed austerity measures. AP |
Students and workers carry red flags during a May Day protest in central
Athens May 1, 2012. Thousands of workers across southern Europe protested
against spending cuts in annual May Day rallies on Tuesday, before weekend
elections in Greece and France where voters are expected to punish leaders
for austerity. Reuters |
In this photograph taken by AP Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, AIDS
Healthcare Foundation, National Guestworkers Alliance, Act Up Philadelphia
and Metropolitan Community Church of Philadelphia protest outside of the
Hershey's annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, in Hershey,
Penn. AP |
Cambodian protesters chain their hands as they block the road in front of
Cambodia's National Assembly in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, May 1, 2012.
The demonstrators on Tuesday began what they said would be a week-long protest
to pressure the government for the titles. They said they were residents
of Phnom Penh's Boueng Kak lake area whose land was awarded by the government
to a Chinese company to be redeveloped commercially. AP |
A Bangladeshi veiled woman participates in a march to celebrate May Day in
Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. May Day moved beyond its roots as
an international workers' holiday to a day of international protest Tuesday,
with rallies throughout Asia demanding wage increases and marches planned
across Europe over government-imposed austerity measures. AP |
Supporters of the Lebanese Communist party, wave Lebanese flags with the
Communist sign printed on them and chant slogans against the Lebanese government,
during a demonstration to mark Labor Day, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May
1, 2012. More than 3000 members of the Lebanese Communist party marched in
Beirut Streets to mark May Day, using the occasion to protest the worsening
economic conditions in the country. (Bilal Hussein) |
Protesters block traffic on 42nd Street and 6th Avenue, Tuesday, May 1, 2012
in New York. Hundreds of activists with a variety of causes spread out over
New York City Tuesday on International Workers Day, or May Day, with Occupy
Wall Street members leading a charge against financial institutions. (Mary
Altaffer) |
A coalition of activists join Occupy Wall Street in a May Day march from
Bryant Park on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in New York. Hundreds of activists with
a variety of causes spread out over New York City on International Workers
Day, or May Day, with Occupy Wall Street members leading a charge against
financial institutions. (Bebeto Matthews) |
May Day moved beyond its roots as an international workers' holiday to a
day of international protest Tuesday, with rallies throughout Asia demanding
wage increases and marches planned across Europe over government-imposed
austerity measures.Thousands of workers protested in the Philippines, Indonesia
and Taiwan and other Asian nations, with the demand for wage hikes amid soaring
oil prices a common theme. |
A protester is arrested during a May Day march and protest in Portland, Ore.,
Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Hundreds of activists across the U.S. joined the worldwide
May Day protests on Tuesday, with Occupy Wall Street members in several cities
leading demonstrations and in some cases clashing with police. (Don Ryan) |
A demonstrator, who wished not to give her name, stands in front of the Georgia
Capitol for a May Day immigration rally Tuesday, May 1, 2012, in Atlanta.
The May Day rally at the Capitol Tuesday that organizers called a historic
coming together of immigrants and working people was significantly
smaller than in recent years, drawing only about 100 people. (David Goldman) |
Protesters march through the streets, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in New York. Hundreds
of activists with a variety of causes spread out over New York City Tuesday
on International Workers Day, or May Day, with Occupy Wall Street members
leading a charge against financial institutions. (Mary Altaffer) |
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