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Reports for Tempest Locals
by TempestSan Francisco/SFO Airport Tempest members joined hundreds of workers and community members in support of SEIU-USWW SFO airport workers as they campaigned around raising minimum wages to $30/hr. The action … Continue Reading May Day 2026
North Carolina Teachers Mobilize for May Day
by Anderson Bean and Carla HarrisAmid worsening conditions in North Carolina’s public schools, teacher and organizer Carla Harris discusses the May Day “Kids Over Corporations” action, the broader crisis facing educators and school workers, and efforts to build collective power across the state in this interview with Anderson Bean.
Building working-class resistance against authoritarianism and war
by Tempest National CommitteeThe working class has a unique power in struggles against oppression, exploitation, and war—the power to strike. May Day is a time to test and build that power, writes the Tempest National Committee.
Mass strikes can stop Trump’s war on the working class
by Tempest National CommitteeFriday’s mass strike actions in Minneapolis could be a major step forward for resisting Trump’s racist campaign of street terror—and an example for activists in other cities to follow. A Tempest National Committee statement.
Interview with CTU activist Jesse Sharkey
by Alex Schmaus and Jesse SharkeyTempest member Alex Schmaus interviewed Chicago Teachers Union activist Jesse Sharkey about the May Day Strong Meeting at CTU headquarters on July 18, 2025.
Reports on May Day demonstrations
by TempestTempest comrades from a number of cities report on their involvement in recent May Day actions.
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.
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.
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.
Rosa Luxemburg on the origins of May Day as International Workers Day.