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May 1, 2017 Leave a Comment

May Day, 2017

Berlin War Begun
East German Combat Groups of the Working Class close the border on August 13, 1961 in preparation for the construction of the Berlin Wall
CC BY-SA 3.0 image from Wikipedia.

Today we celebrate May Day or as it is known among Socialists and Communists, International Workers Day. This comprises much of the world and many on the left in Europe and the Americas, too.

Why did so many countries that adopted the Socialist or Communist policies became tyrannies?

Filed Under: Holidays Tagged With: May Day

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