May Day

Content about May Day, International Workers Day.

Contemporary illustration of the Haymarket bomb

Contemporary illustration of the Haymarket bomb

Turin, May Day 2014.

Portrait of Italian May Day 2014

On May Day, as in many other places around the world, thousands of people gathered in squares and streets all over Italy to celebrate…

Turkey, May 1st 2014.

Mayday 2014: reports from around the world

With International Workers' Day taking place in a world riven by economic crisis, we're sharing short reports, pictures and videos on May Day…

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.