May Day, Mayday evermore , Punto! Central Luzon

Cries as old as capitalism itself reverberates across the country every May 1, May Day. But for the total absence of violence once intrinsic in the celebration of the day – heads bashed, limbs cracked, and backs smacked at each strike of the truncheon during police dispersal of rallyists; molotov bombings, etc. – the current celebrations make like any other of the previous ones.