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Submitted by Sarah on Tue, 04/24/2007 - 8:14am.

Hundreds of community members celebrated International Workers Day on Monday May 1st, 2006. People in Olympia assembled in Sylvester park for a “Day Without an Immigrant” and joined in solidarity with millions of people across the US and workers around the world.

Hundreds Mark Historic May Day in Olympia
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Olympia May Day Celebration (scroll down for Oly Copwatch Report)
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Over 1.5 million people took part in May Day demonstrations in 2006 in what amounted to one of the single largest days of protest in US history.
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