May Day

A close-up of a crowd of people at a march. One wears a sweatshirt that says CTU on it, another holds a signpole.

Posted July 29, 2025 Article

May Day Strong!

Interview with CTU activist Jesse Sharkey

by Alex Schmaus and Jesse Sharkey

Tempest member Alex Schmaus interviewed Chicago Teachers Union activist Jesse Sharkey about the May Day Strong Meeting at CTU headquarters on July 18, 2025.

Posted May 16, 2025 Article

Only the beginning of the struggle

Reports on May Day demonstrations

by Tempest

Tempest comrades from a number of cities report on their involvement in recent May Day actions.

Posted May 6, 2025 Article

Real freedom means having no fear

May Day speech at Queens Criminal Courthouse

by Pauloma Martinez

Public defender Pauloma Martinez delivers a May Day call to action at the Queens Criminal Courthouse.

Posted April 27, 2025 Article

In honor of May Day

Mobilize and organize!

by Tempest National Committee

On 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.

Posted May 1, 2023 Article

May 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.