May Day

Content about May Day, International Workers Day.

Contemporary illustration of the Haymarket bomb

Contemporary illustration of the Haymarket bomb

Mayday, the 8-hour movement and the Knights of Labor - Jeremy Brecher

Jeremy Brecher's account of the growth of the Knights of Labor union in the US, the agitation for a…

Radical America #05.03: Labor's Mayday

Yes the present hour is very severe at least

May Day 2013 leaflet by Groupe Express-Roularta, Paris.

George Engel

Engel, George, 1836-1887: autobiography

Autobiography of anarchist and Haymarket martyr, George Engel.

Samuel Fielden

Fielden, Samuel, 1847-1922: autobiography

Autobiography of Samuel Fielden, anarchist who was convicted after the Haymarket riot but escaped execution and was later pardoned.

Oscar Neebe

Neebe, Oscar, 1850-1916: autobiography

Autobiography of anarchist and Haymarket martyr Oscar Neebe, who avoided execution and was later pardoned.

Louis Lingg

Lingg, Louis, 1864-1887: autobiography

Autobiography of anarchist and Haymarket martyr Louis Lingg, who cheated the hangman's noose by killing himself before his execution date.

Michael Schwab

Schwab, Michael, 1853-1898: autobiography

Autobiography of anarchist and Haymarket martyr Michael Schwab, written from prison.

August Spies

Spies, August, 1855-1887: autobiography

Autobiography of August Spies, Haymarket martyr and anarchist, written from prison.

Adolph Fischer

Fischer, Adolph, 1858-1887: autobiography

Autobiography of Haymarket martyr and anarchist Adolph Fischer.

Albert Parsons

Parsons, Albert, 1848-1887: autobiography

The autobiography of Albert Parsons, Haymarket martyr, written from prison.

Autobiographies of the Haymarket martyrs

The full autobiographies of each of the Haymarket martyrs: eight Chicago anarchists who were sentenced to death and in whose memory we celebrate…