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Occupy May Day

The Occupy Movement's spring reawakening campaign aimed at relaunching nationwide protests in as many as 125 cities on May 1, 2012. Also known as International Workers' Day, May Day is already a holiday in 75 countries with strong historical significance. It has roots in the leftist movement, and labour groups and progressive activists traditionally use the day for organising large scale public demonstrations.

The Occupy movement began in September 2011 with a small camp in a lower Manhattan plaza that quickly grew to include thousands of protesters nationwide using the tent city as their home base. In New York, more than 700 people were arrested Oct. 1, 2011 as demonstrators tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge.

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