Politics & Government

Occupy L.A. to Hold May Day Rallies

Occupy Los Angeles will converge in downtown Los Angeles' financial district. Skylight Books in Los Feliz is hosting a meetup for folks who want to go to the rally.

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Earlier: The Occupy Los Angeles movement is planning a massive May Day demonstration with four caravans from the north, south, east and west converging in Los Angeles' downtown financial district for a rally.

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Locals are meeting in Los Feliz at Skylight Books to go to the 2:30 p.m. rally downtown.

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Some streets in downtown Los Angeles will be closed as early as 6 a.m. and will continue to be closed until 7:30 p.m. (See attached map.) Bus routes downtown also will be detoured due to the street closures from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., more details right here.

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles is planning a demonstration starting at 1 p.m. at Olympic and Broadway that will be followed by a march to First and Broadway for a rally.

The Occupy L.A. group at 4 p.m. will meet up with the immigrants rights rally and move to Pershing Square.

Similar Occupy rallies are planned in other major cities, including its birthplace of Wall St. in New York.

May 1 is recognized as a labor holiday in more than 80 countries. It is known as International Workers' Day and commemmorates the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago in which police killed dozens of workers during a general strike for the eight-hour workday.


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