Now today's May Day, so if I sound like I've got a little socialist blood pumping in my veins,

you are correct.

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Now, welcome to the award-winning Best of a Left Podcast with Coupsaday from Left Out,

the Tom Hartman program, last week tonight, a progressive faith sermon from Dr. Roger Ray,

backstory and the Laura Flanders show.

So much going on in our economic lives, Left Out is our attempt at one picking up on the issues

that don't catch traction in the mainstream press and two to provide deeper resources for further examination.

In this first episode ever of Left Out, we thought it would be appropriate to examine the origins of May Day,

or International Workers' Day.

Here in the U.S., however, the official holiday of Labor is an early September, namely Labor Day.

According to the Department of Labor's website,

quote, Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement

and is dedicated to the social and economic achievement of American workers.

It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made in the strength, prosperity,

and well-being of our country.

End quote.

Sounds like a redemptive story of workers celebrating their diligence and great successes in the good ol' U.S. of A,

where if you work hard and remain optimistic, you can achieve the American dream.

But I should note, or we should note, there is another holiday that isn't officially recognized in the U.S.

that commemorates labor and working people.

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