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Not On Strike Tomorrow? May Day Will Still Find You
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Christopher Robbins
Published Apr 30, 2012
Modified Apr 30, 2012
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There's a decent chance that tomorrow your Twitter feed will be full of breathless updates from chaotic protest and the internet will ooze images of civil unrest. But what if you can't afford to strike or risk arrest at a protest, but are still intrigued by May Day and want to see what it's about? Here are just a few of the many events going on across the city.
Pop-Up Occupation in Bryant Park (8 a.m. to 2 p.m.) If you work around Bryant Park, you might want to stop by this event that's acting as a sort of staging ground/rest area for the protesters in Midtown. There's food, teach-ins, a barter-based market, meditation, and public art—sort of a mini, springtime Zuccotti.
May Day Morning Commute in Maria Hernandez Park (8 a.m.) For those in Bushwick who enjoy discourse on the failures of supply-side economics with their coffee, a group is meeting here for breakfast. Pop in on the way to the L or M.
99 Pickets, Midtown/Lower Manhattan (All morning) If you work in Midtown you should be able to stroll out of your building and see (or at least hear) these protests against specifically targeted corporations and banks. Here's a non-exhaustive list.
Union Square Rally with Tom Morello, Dan Deacon, Immortal Technique, Das Racist, Bobby Sanabria and special guests ( 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.) Performances (a permit has been obtained) followed by a rowdy march to Wall Street will make for an interesting scene at rush hour. A 1,000-person strong Guitarmy will arrive at 4 p.m. before the event begins.
JD Samson & MEN Performance at 2 Broadway (7 p.m.) Le Tigre's Jocelyn Samson and her band MEN will give a performance in front of the MTA building in Lower Manhattan.
For some of the dicier events, check our post from this weekend. For a comprehensive list of all planned events, go here.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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