New York City

New York City is the financial capital of the United States and, often characterized as "Wall Street," the center of international capitalism. Briefly, during the 1930's, during the Popular Front period, a communist mass movement centered on Jewish immigrant workers from Eastern Europe and the City College of New York marked the high point of communist organizing in the United States. It has been and remains the location of the national headquarters of the Communist Party USA and the major center of socialist activity and support in the United States.

May Day
During the 1930s May 1, International Workers' Day, was a major holiday in New York City drawing tens of thousands to massive parades to, the site of the first Labor Day celebration on October 5, 1882.