Showing posts with label anti-capitalism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anti-capitalism. Show all posts

About George Soros

Investors Business Daily has an interesting editorial collection on George Soros. From this central link you'll find these entries:

  • George Soros & MoveOn.org
  • The Soros Threat to Democracy
  • George Soros: The Man, The Mind And The Money Behind MoveOn
  • A Party Bought And Paid For

The History of Labor Day

Forbes.com, August 30, 2007 - Mark Lewis wrote,

Most of the world marks Labor Day on May 1 with parades and rallies. Americans celebrate it in early September, by heading to the beach or firing up the grill. Why the discrepancy? Here's a hint: The answer would have been a great disappointment to Frederick Engels.

Engels, the co-author of The Communist Manifesto, had high hopes for May Day, which originated in the United States. When the socialist-dominated organization known as the Second International jumped on the American bandwagon and adopted May 1 as International Labor Day, Engels confidently expected the proletariats of Europe and America to merge into one mighty labor movement and sweep capitalism into the dustbin of history.

Things didn't work out that way, of course, and the divergent Labor Day celebrations are part of the story. Continued...