Women Protest Worldwide Mayday 2012

A demonstrator grimaces after she was pepper sprayed by Israeli troops during a protest calling for the release prisoners jailed in Israel outside the Ofer military prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday May 1, 2012. (Majdi Mohammed)

A female protester associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement is arrested while marching through traffic in lower Manhattan on May 1, 2012 in New York City. May 1st, Labor Day, is a traditional day of global protest in sympathy with union and leftist politics. Getty

An Occupy demonstrator confronts a police officer during rally in the streets as part of a nation-wide May Day protest in Oakland, California May 1, 2012. Reuters

An Israeli soldier restrains a Palestinian protester, grimacing after being hit by 'skunk' liquid after she was forced down from atop an Israeli military vehicle where she stood waving her national flag, during a protest by some 300 people outside Ofer military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 1, 2012 in a show of support for prisoners held in Israeli jails. Clashes erupted between stone-throwing youths and the Israeli army, who fired tear gas, rubber bullets and a foul-smelling liquid known as 'skunk' to break up the demonstration. Getty

Members of Occupy DC and union activists chant slogans in front of the White House during a May Day protest in Washington on May 1, 2012. More than 20 arrests were reported in various cities, including 10 at Los Angeles international airport and others in Oakland and Seattle, where shop windows were smashed. Getty

Protesters associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement march through traffic in lower Manhattan on May 1, 2012 in New York City. May 1st, Labor Day, is a traditional day of global protest in sympathy with union and leftist politics. Getty

Riot police charge during clashes between police and mostly left-wing protesters in the May Day demonstrations on May 1, 2012 in Hamburg, Germany. May 1st, also known as Labor Day, is a traditional day of global protest in sympathy with union and leftist politics. Getty

Indian laborers shots slogans during a rally to mark May Day in Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Placards in Gujarati read, " strictly enforce all labor laws in the state", bottom left and " Pay Rupees 500 as monthly allowance to workers of the non-organized sector", bottom right. (Ajit Solanki)

Occupy Wall Street protesters picket during a May Day rally in front of the Bank of America buidling on May 1, 2012 in New York City. Demonstrators have called for nation-wide May Day strikes to protest economic inequality and political corruption. Getty

Bahraini Shiite Muslim women take part in a Labour Day pro-democracy protest in the Manama suburb of Sanabis on May 1, 2012. Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Shiite villages in Bahrain to demand being reinstated in jobs from which they were fired during last year's uprising, witnesses said. Getty

A Bahraini anti-government protester runs from riot police dispersing a Labor Day demonstration in support of people fired from their jobs for political activity Tuesday, May 1, 2012, in Sitra, Bahrain, southeast of the capital of Manama. Also on Tuesday, a jailed Bahraini rights activist will not end his nearly three-months hunger strike despite a court-ordered review of his conviction and life sentence, his wife said, as sporadic clashes broke out around the Gulf kingdom. (Hasan Jamal)

Kashmiri Muslim woman workers of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) shouts slogans against the government on May Day in Srinagar India, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. May Day moved beyond its roots as an international workers' holiday to a day of international protest Tuesday, with rallies throughout Asia demanding wage increases and marches planned across Europe over government-imposed austerity measures. AP

Students and workers carry red flags during a May Day protest in central Athens May 1, 2012. Thousands of workers across southern Europe protested against spending cuts in annual May Day rallies on Tuesday, before weekend elections in Greece and France where voters are expected to punish leaders for austerity. Reuters

In this photograph taken by AP Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, National Guestworkers Alliance, Act Up Philadelphia and Metropolitan Community Church of Philadelphia protest outside of the Hershey's annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, in Hershey, Penn. AP

Cambodian protesters chain their hands as they block the road in front of Cambodia's National Assembly in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. The demonstrators on Tuesday began what they said would be a week-long protest to pressure the government for the titles. They said they were residents of Phnom Penh's Boueng Kak lake area whose land was awarded by the government to a Chinese company to be redeveloped commercially. AP

A Bangladeshi veiled woman participates in a march to celebrate May Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. May Day moved beyond its roots as an international workers' holiday to a day of international protest Tuesday, with rallies throughout Asia demanding wage increases and marches planned across Europe over government-imposed austerity measures. AP

Supporters of the Lebanese Communist party, wave Lebanese flags with the Communist sign printed on them and chant slogans against the Lebanese government, during a demonstration to mark Labor Day, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. More than 3000 members of the Lebanese Communist party marched in Beirut Streets to mark May Day, using the occasion to protest the worsening economic conditions in the country. (Bilal Hussein)

Protesters block traffic on 42nd Street and 6th Avenue, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in New York. Hundreds of activists with a variety of causes spread out over New York City Tuesday on International Workers Day, or May Day, with Occupy Wall Street members leading a charge against financial institutions. (Mary Altaffer)

A coalition of activists join Occupy Wall Street in a May Day march from Bryant Park on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in New York. Hundreds of activists with a variety of causes spread out over New York City on International Workers Day, or May Day, with Occupy Wall Street members leading a charge against financial institutions. (Bebeto Matthews)

May Day moved beyond its roots as an international workers' holiday to a day of international protest Tuesday, with rallies throughout Asia demanding wage increases and marches planned across Europe over government-imposed austerity measures.Thousands of workers protested in the Philippines, Indonesia and Taiwan and other Asian nations, with the demand for wage hikes amid soaring oil prices a common theme.

A protester is arrested during a May Day march and protest in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Hundreds of activists across the U.S. joined the worldwide May Day protests on Tuesday, with Occupy Wall Street members in several cities leading demonstrations and in some cases clashing with police. (Don Ryan)

A demonstrator, who wished not to give her name, stands in front of the Georgia Capitol for a May Day immigration rally Tuesday, May 1, 2012, in Atlanta. The May Day rally at the Capitol Tuesday that organizers called a “historic coming together” of immigrants and working people was significantly smaller than in recent years, drawing only about 100 people. (David Goldman)

Protesters march through the streets, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in New York. Hundreds of activists with a variety of causes spread out over New York City Tuesday on International Workers Day, or May Day, with Occupy Wall Street members leading a charge against financial institutions. (Mary Altaffer)

Protesters clash with police, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 during May Day protests in downtown Seattle. Activists across the U.S. joined in worldwide May Day protests Tuesday, with anti-Wall Street demonstrators leading the way in some cities as they tried to recapture the enthusiasm that propelled their movement last fall. (Ted S. Warren)

Holding U.S. and Mexican flage, Angelica Alvarez joins others prtoesting U.A. immigration policy at one of several May Day protests in Los Angeles, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Hundreds of activists across the U.S. joined the worldwide May Day protests on Tuesday, with Occupy Wall Street members in several cities leading demonstrations against major financial institutions. (Reed Saxon)

A protester holds a sign during a rally coinciding with the 45th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank Wednesday, May 2, 2012 in Manila, Philippines. The protesters were rallying against the bank's alleged role in the privatization of energy and water sectors and in pushing coal and other dirty technologies in Asia and the Pacific. (Pat Roque)