May Day

Content about May Day, International Workers Day.

Contemporary illustration of the Haymarket bomb

Contemporary illustration of the Haymarket bomb

Cover of the pamphlet: ""The Silent Speak: The Incomplete, True, Authentick, and Wonderful History of May Day" published by Blue Heron in "Bosstown" 1985

The Silent Speak: The Incomplete, True, Authentick, and Wonderful History of May Day

1985 edition of this now-classic essay by Peter Linebaugh about the history of May Day, authored…

May Day 2022: Three Deadly Crises, One Cause - Destroy Capitalism!

The war in Ukraine, the Covid-19 pandemic, devastation of the environment and climate disaster, all…

Our comment on the 132nd Worker’s Day

Anarchist Yondae

Protest march

Worsening times, yet moving forward

- Our 132nd International Worker’s Day/4.30 May Day Eve report

Liverpool Anarchist #12

Latest issue of the Liverpool Anarchist with articles about the University strike, signing support, international unrest and May Day.

A May Day History Comic

The History of May Day

A short comic about the history of May Day. Illustrated by Viro — a Vietnamese artist, with historical support from Working Class History…

The Cenotaph graffiti hysteria and the myths of World War Two

MayDay hangover - Anonymous 3

May Day 2021: The Only Future for Humanity is Communist Revolution

We are certain that humanity is capable of recovering from the many evils that afflict it today, but…

A mysteriously unguarded McDonalds is attacked in London on Mayday 2000

Diverse views on May Day

A selection of contrasting shorter contributions to Reflections on Mayday.

Reflections on MayDay 2K - Kirk

A pacifist and pro-police contribution to Reflections on Mayday which is reproduced for reference.

Poisoning in the guerrilla garden - Squall

Squall magazine reflect on the media coverage of Mayday 2000, with focus on George Monbiot's condemnation in The Guardian.