New York City — A police lieutenant swings his baton at Occupy Wall Street activists. Hundreds of activists with a variety of causes spread out over New York City on International Workers Day, or May Day, with Occupy Wall Street members leading a charge against financial institutions. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mary Altaffer / Associated Press
If you think May Day is a spring festival for dancing around some pole while throwing flowers and hoping to see a fantastic creature like a unicorn, you’re in the wrong century and probably the wrong dimension.
I dunno…some of these protests look like they came straight out of “the wrong dimension…and even involve unicorns:
Occupy Web Site Features Bloody Graphic of Decapitated Cop Being Attacked By a Unicorn:
An Occupy Wall Street protester holds a sign during a demonstration on April 13, 2012 in New York City. In preparation for massive May Day demonstrations, Occupy Wall Street protesters continue to hold weekly "Spring Training" demonstrations. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
It’s May Day. I’m occupying my job, how about you?
The Occupiers are out wreaking havoc, breaking windows, cursing at cops, and telling everyone else not to work.
In other words: Just another day at the office. I mean encampment. Or streets. Or parents’ basement. Or whatever.
Protest organizers said they intended to show the “1 percent” what life without the “99 percent” would look like, as they encouraged workers and students to take a day off in solidarity against income inequality and “unjust” corporate practices.