May Day

Content about May Day, International Workers Day.

Contemporary illustration of the Haymarket bomb

Contemporary illustration of the Haymarket bomb

Primero de Mayo: un golpe radical en el vientre de la Bestia

El Primero de Mayo de 2012 ha de ser el momento de revivir ese Primero de mayo que la clase…

May Day: A Radical Strike into the Belly of the Beast

May Day: A Radical Strike into the Belly of the Beast

On May 1st, 2012, we will revive the May Day the ruling class has tried to erase; we will celebrate…

General strike May 1st: Why?

Why do we need a general strike?

May 1st, 2012 posters and graphics

Collection of Occupy related images that have been floating around the internet on the topic of a May 1st general strike.

Why May Day matters - A reflection from Johannesburg

When we celebrate May Day we seldom know or reflect on why it is a holiday in South Africa and in many parts of the world. Sian Byrne, Warren…

The Organizer # 26

PDF of Twin Cities IWW branch's quarterly newsletter.

The incomplete, true, authentic and wonderful history of May Day - Peter Linebaugh

Peter Linebaugh's overview of the historical roots of the traditional workers' day.

Libertarian contingent on Mayday demonstration in Havana, Cuba

Members of the Red Protagónica Observatorio Crítico in Havana, Cuba joined the main Mayday march,…

Post-immigration march scuffle targets National Anarchists

After a pro-immigration rally in San Francisco Ca, several people jumped Andrew Yeoman and other…

Fuel of the future: New Zealand reactions to the Haymarket Martyrs

A short article on reactions to the Haymarket Affair by the New Zealand labour movement.

Contemporary depiction of the execution of the Haymarket martyrs

"Dynamite... That’s the Stuff" - Louis Adamic

Selections from Chapter 2 of "Dynamite: the Story of Class Violence in America" on the condition of the American working class in the late 19th…

Churchill, the Cenotaph and May Day 2000 - Practical History

This response to the graffitiing of official monuments in London on May Day 2000 looks at the…