May Day Protests: Occupy Sandy's Fight to Restore New York is Still Going Strong

May Day Protests: Occupy Sandys Fight to Restore New York is Still Going Strong

policymic.com - by Terri Bennett - Writer's Note: In true Occupy style, this piece was written collaboratively with Jenny Akchin, and co-edited by Brett Goldberg - April 28, 2013

May Day, or International Workers Day, finds itself at the cross-section of several movements. With roots in the labor movement, it has grown to include space for radical economic justice movements, the immigrant rights movement, the student movement, and, last year, Occupy Wall Street.

This year, Occupy Sandy activists are making sure another growing movement is at the table — the movement for a community-led rebuilding process after the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in the city of New York.

Superstorm Sandy affected nearly every person in New York, whether through gas shortages, subway closures, flooding, or loss of employment.

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