Workers day

[Dave A]

Hmm. During the Cold War, May Day became the traditional roll out of the military might of the USSR through the streets of Moscow and was very much associated with communism. Have you never seen footage of it?

Big crowds waving red flags watching massive amounts of tanks and soldiers marching past in a massed parade of truly impressive size.

It was the very symbol of success for the workers revolution, not to mention morale boosting intimidation against the western capitalists.

[duncan drennan]

Hmm. During the Cold War, May Day became the traditional roll out of the military might of the USSR through the streets of Moscow and was very much associated with communism. Have you never seen footage of it?

I've seen similar footage (although probably mostly associated with China and North Korea), but never heard about the association with May Day.

I'm probably just too young to have seen much of this - I was only in Std 4 when the cold war ended.