Victims of Communism Day — #MayDay

From Ilya Somin, at Volokh:

Today is May Day. Since 2007, I have advocated using this date as an international Victims of Communism Day. I outlined the rationale for this idea (which I did not originate) in my very first post on the subject:

May Day began as a holiday for socialists and labor union activists, not just communists. But over time, the date was taken over by the Soviet Union and other communist regimes and used as a propaganda tool to prop up their regimes. I suggest that we instead use it as a day to commemorate those regimes’ millions of victims. The authoritative Black Book of Communism estimates the total at 80 to 100 million dead, greater than that caused by all other twentieth century tyrannies combined. We appropriately have a Holocaust Memorial Day. It is equally appropriate to commemorate the victims of the twentieth century’s other great totalitarian tyranny. And May Day is the most fitting day to do so...

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Also from Gabriella Hoffman, at Town Hall, "Communists Aren’t Cool: Honor Victims of Communism This May Day."

BONUS: "‘Die yuppie scum’: Anarchists, illegal aliens march through Seattle [pics]."