Only the beginning of the struggle
Reports on May Day demonstrations
by TempestTempest comrades from a number of cities report on their involvement in recent May Day actions.
Real freedom means having no fear
May Day speech at Queens Criminal Courthouse
by Pauloma MartinezPublic defender Pauloma Martinez delivers a May Day call to action at the Queens Criminal Courthouse.
In honor of May Day
Mobilize and organize!
by Tempest National CommitteeOn May 1, the day honoring the international working class struggle, the Tempest National Committee calls for labor mobilization and ongoing organizing against the Trump agenda.
May Days
Commemorating International Workers’ Day in Chicago’s Haymarket Tour
by Joe AllenMay 1 is International Workers’ Day. In this short essay, Joe Allen recounts the experience of the walking tour at Chicago’s Haymarket Square, where there is a monument to the May 1, 1886 uprising and the bloody confrontation on May 3 between police and workers–and ultimately, the execution of four militants involved in the uprising.
What are the origins of May Day?
by Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg on the origins of May Day as International Workers Day.