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Swiss "rts! Mayday" have stolen Zurich's Snowman!
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Wednesday April 19, 2006 23:21 by iosaf
the Bööög, is one of Zurich's treasures, and at the height of that city's Spring festival "Sechseläuten" or 6 bells, the 3.5 meter statue of a snowman whose head is stuffed with explosives is set alight. "Zurich's spring festival http://www.z-z-z.ch/ run by the city's guilds, which will take place next Monday. It is a sign of a good summer to come if the head is blown off quickly." |
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Jump To Comment: 1Swiss police have been firing plastic / rubber bullets & tear gas all day at young people they term extremist 50 (as in fifty) extremists have been arrested.
President Moritz Leuenberger of the Zurich Canton had to flee for safety as the extremists threw rocks at him. After he had gone, the extremists stormed the stage and vandalised it!
President Moritz Leuenberger has tried to ensure his polite listeners that the salaries of most Swiss have reduced dramatically in contrast to those of the managerial class of multi-national-corporations based in Zurich. He'd like to do something about it. He really would.
"May Day is the commemoration of the Haymarket Riot of 1886 in Chicago and a celebration of the social and economic achievements of the international labour movement.
The May 1 date is used because in 1884, US trade unions demanded an eight-hour workday to come into effect as of May 1, 1886. The call led to a general strike and the 1886 riot.
May Day in most of the world today, including Switzerland, is marked by huge street rallies of workers led by their trade unions and various large socialist and communist parties and extremists ."
There has been as of yet not re-appearance of the Zurich Mayday "bogey man" who was kidnapped by extremists last month (read article)