Encore Presentation: WTF Is International Workers' Day And Why Should We Care?
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Encore Presentation: WTF Is International Workers' Day And Why Should We Care?

B2Upper-intermediateApril 30, 202631 min

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Hey, welcome back to Well That's Interesting. The You Don't Hate Mondays, it's the system, and it was designed that way, so we need to change it for the better edition. Today is a bonus.

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What the fuck is International Workers Day? And why should we care? My friends, the vast majority, about 90% of the listeners of this show, are from the United States.

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And as an American myself, even one from the great city of New York and all it has to offer in terms of elementary and high school education, I never had a lesson about International Workers Day. And if I may be so bold, I'm going to assume many of you out there, my fellow geographically

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