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1929 -

Communists hold a May Day parade in New York City. Police follow protestors along the route of the march, apparently to try and avoid any disturbances.

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1931 -

A May Day parade takes place at East Fourteenth Street, near Union Square in New York City. Protesters hold signs with satirical portraits of fascists Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.

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1933 -

A Chinese unit of the Red Ranks of New York marches in the communist May Day parade to protest against Japanese imperialism, according to reports.

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1945 -

Members of the French Women's Union demonstrate during the May Day protests at the Place de la Bastille in Paris, France.

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1952 -

A member of the public shows clear disapproval of a communist-sponsored May Day parade in New York City.

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1953 -

May Day marchers clash with police in Tokyo, Japan. Marchers are pictured carrying placards reading, "US GO HOME."

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1968 -

A fight is shown between the General Confederation of Labour and left-wing protesters during the May Day parade in Paris.

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1970 -

Left-wing militants hold Che Guevara, pro-Viet Cong, and pro-Palestinian posters during demonstrations on May Day in the Place de la Republique in Paris.

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1971 -

During May Day protests in Washington, DC against the war in Vietnam, a protester is retrained by plain-clothes law enforcers.

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1971 -

A huge number of people were arrested at the May Day Vietnam War peace protests. The arresting officer had to have his picture taken with each protester to document the arrests.

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1978 -

May Day steel workers in Madrid, Spain hold a banner protesting about their two months without pay, and their subsequent inability to provide for their families.

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1980 -

A banner reading "Dignity for Lesbian and Gay Catholics" is held at a May Day gay rights march in New York City.

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1982 -

Members of the Solidarnosc Trade Union demonstrate and hold banners during the Labor Day parade in Warsaw, Poland.

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1990 -

A protestor outside the American embassy in Manila, Philippines mocks the riot police during a May Day demonstration.

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1994 -

Students clash with riot police during an anti-government demonstration in Seoul, South Korea.

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2000 -

Anti-capitalist demonstrators clash with riot police in Trafalgar Square during their May Day march from Parliament Square in London.

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2000 -

A young, anarchist couple hold hands during May Day protests in downtown Minneapolis.

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2001 -

An anti-World Bank protester walks through central London. Demonstrators later clashed with riot police.

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2002 -

A May Day protest against the far-right National Front party takes place in Paris.

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2005 -

Around 3,000 workers demonstrate during the Labor Day parade in Bangkok, Thailand.

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2007 -

Policemen form a barricade as thousands of protesters march through the streets during a May Day protest against labor shortages in Macau.

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2011 -

Communist demonstrators sing the 'Internacionale' during a May Day protest in Athens, Greece.

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2012 -

Occupy Wall Street demonstrators jump and shout as hundreds take part in a May Day protest in New York City.

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2014 -

Thousands gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to protest against taxation, but also at the government's response to the missing flight MH370.

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2015 -

Supporters of Sri Lanka's People's Liberation Front take part in a Labor Day demonstration in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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2016 -

Supporters of the Communist party participate in a May Day protest in Beirut, Lebanon.

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2017 -

Pakistani labor union workers carry placards and march on International Labor Day in Islamabad, Pakistan.

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2018 -

Protestors walk past police during a demonstration on the annual May Day workers' protest in Paris.

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2019 -

Thousands of Indonesian workers demonstrate in Jakarta, Indonesia, to persuade the government to raise minimum wages and improve working conditions.

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