Chaotic images of rioting, violence and looting were posted to social media from all over the globe on Tuesday as anarchists celebrated May Day, or International Workers’ Day.
Malmo, Sweden
Violence broke out in France, Sweden, Honduras, Greece, Turkey and many other places as police clashed with the anarchists.
Pics from the #Mayday demo in #Malmö #Sweden via @gatornainfohttps://t.co/8UXmhVsMhj#antireport #May1st #MayDay2018 #1Mai2018 #1maj #1mai pic.twitter.com/5Z7jDh51Ta
— Enough is Enough! (@enough14) May 1, 2018
It's raining tear gas. Food vendors scrambling to pack up their stands. The bystanders caught up in it all are indignant. #Honduras pic.twitter.com/Lebq4iC6aH
— Jeff Ernst (@jeffgernst) May 1, 2018
#France: #BlackBloc protest to regain the city during #MayDay2018 rally in #Paris. Against state repression and police brutality. #1erMai pic.twitter.com/a3DAh4oSUu
— th1an1 (@th1an1) May 1, 2018
1º de Maio no Erdoganistão, que proibiu comemorar o dia na praça Taksim, em Istambul: dezenas de pessoas presas pela polícia turca, ao tentarem chegar ao tradicional local de protestos. #MayDay #1Maio #1Mayo pic.twitter.com/sVTH7vWw8t
— ubique (@PersonalEscrito) May 1, 2018
The annual marches began in 1886 when more than 300,000 people in the United States ditched work to protest in favor of an eight-hour work day, a battle that had began two years earlier.
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