Workers day. Istanbul, thousands defied a government ban and took to streets in protests that erupted in clashes with police. Moscow, tens of thousands marched through red square reviving a may day tradition not seen since soviet union dissolved. Cambodia, reports of beatings as factory workers and opposition supporters defied a ban by demonstrating in the capital of phnom penh. Americans are seizing on may day to put the working class and their struggles back in the limelig limelight. Rallies across the nation, including los angeles, pittsburgh, chicago, with events starting, you guessed it after work. But those observances, it must be said, less about marking progress than they are about the ongoing struggle. Income inequality at historically deep and distressing levels. Wealthiest have not taken such a large share of overall income since the year 1928. In 1965, average ceo earned 20 time as much as an average worker. These days that same ceo makes 273 times the workers wage. This di