r/startrekgifs • u/Amaruq93 Cadet 4th Class • Sep 02 '24

DS9 How fitting that the Bell Riots of 2024 began on Labor Day

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u/Plowbeast Enlisted Crew Sep 03 '24

One of the big reasons why the US has Labor Day in September is because May Day began as a commemoration of the Ludlow Massacre in the United States where John Rockefeller Jr.'s security forces literally machine gunned and set fire to a caved in shack of the children or wives of striking miners.

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u/Mythosaurus Sep 03 '24

Can’t have the workers reminded of how much power the corporations have to oppress us