Friday, May 1, 2009

May 1st protests in Moscow and around the World






Thousands of protesters in Moscow called for a return of communism, waving banners and red Soviet flags.Far-right protests also took place in Russia, with police arresting members of anti-immigration groups in St Petersburg.Tens of thousands of activists took to the streets across France in protest against their government's handling of the economic crisis.France's eight main trade unions had agreed to hold united rallies across the country for the first time since the end of World War II.
Leaders of Italy's main unions held a rally in the earthquake-hit town of L'Aquila, in a show of solidarity.

Hundreds of thousands of Cubans filed through Havana's Revolution Square where they were exhorted to work harder to help their country's battered economy.

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