Did you know that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (the Longshoremen) have said that they will not be moving cargo along the West Coast, today?

To quote an opinion piece in the SF Chronicle, the ILMU passed a motion that called the war in Iraq an:

"imperial action for oil in which the lives of working-class youth and Iraqi civilians were being wasted and declared May Day a "no peace, no work" holiday. Angered after supporting Democrats who received a mandate to end the war but who now continue to fund it, longshoremen decided to exercise their political power on the docks."  It continued to say: "A U.N. Human Rights Commission investigator characterized the Oakland police attack as "the most violent" against anti-war protesters in the United States."

So happy May Day or International Workers' Day, whichever you call it, today is a day that Communists and anarchists around the world celebrate with vigor.  Too bad the news tonight will be filled with marches here and no media outlet will actually give you the background of this noted leftist holiday.

Also, this was from today in London, a city that hopefully voted for a Tory Mayor today.