Acab Radio Las Vegas

The fifth episode of the ACAB Radio Las Vegas podcast was taped live (before a studio audience) on the morning of the 12th Annual Las Vegas May Day / Primero de Mayo Marcha. Some of the topics of discussion included the origins of May Day dating back to the Haymarket Massacre that took place in 1886 during a protest advocating for an 8-hour work day in Chicago. Additional topics included why it is one of the few genuine anarchist holidays, some of the reasons it is so underappreciated and misunderstood within the United States, and the fact that it is celebrated in virtually every other country across the world except here in the United States. During the second half of the show, we discussed the case of Tashii Farmer-Brown, who was murdered by LVMPD Officer Kenneth Lopera on Mother's Day in 2017. Further discussion involved the treatment of protesters (and others) who are arrested by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. As part of that larger discussion, we had a guest