May Day

Reflections on the May Day 2000 actions in London and the development of the anti-capitalist movement.

Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm's account of the international celebration of Mayday.

Short text on the nature of the anti-capitalist movement, economic crisis and the negation of the proletariat.

Spoof of London's free Metro newspaper for commuters, produced by Reclaim The Streets to advertise the May Day 2000 "guerrilla gardening"…

The Turkish state cracked down heavily on an attempt to celebrate May Day in Istanbul. Here is a minute by minute report.

After SDS committed political suicide, and after the Jackson and Kent State shootings, one of the largest mass direct actions in US history took…

Auxiliary forces using boots and truncheons attacked the peaceful sit-in outside the Moroccan Parliament building last Friday.

The text published here is Internasyonalismo's - an internationalist group in the Philippines - statement on the significance of May Day.

Security forces attacked workers celebrating May Day in different cities across Iran.

UK civil and public servants across 200 government departments, agencies and non-departmental bodies…

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says it was forced to cancel May Day celebrations in…