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title: The Hotwire #30: May 3, 2018
subtitle: May Day 2018 Roundup
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[**Listen here.**](https://crimethinc.com/podcast/hotwire-30) Our annual roundup of worldwide May Day actions. We have interviews with participants in May Day actions in [Puerto Rico](https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/puerto-rico-crisis/puerto-rico-protesters-police-clash-thousands-march-may-day-rally-n870556), where there was a general strike, and [Paris](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-may-day-france/police-teargas-anarchists-at-paris-may-day-rally-arrest-over-200-people-idUSKBN1I23TG), whose black bloc didn’t only take the cake, they took the whole damn bakery! Indonesia saw black blocs [erupt all over](https://twitter.com/anarkonesia/status/991309066122051592) the country, and now a wave of politically-motivated arrests there are targeting anarchists. In the USA, opposition to ICE and deportations was one clear theme, and the calls for decentralized actions did yield some [spikey vandalism](http://www.koin.com/news/crime/20-police-cars-spray-painted-in-ne-portland/1152995994) in the Pacific Northwest. We also have a short update about what’s happening at La ZAD.