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May Day: over a century of worker resistance

May Day: over a century of worker resistance

May Day began in the U.S. labor movement and grew into a global working-class holiday. This year, workers will march, rally, and refuse business as usual to demand one thing:...

BY: Norman Markowitz| April 22, 2026
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May Day: Take to the streets for workers’ power

May Day: Take to the streets for workers’ power

CPUSA calls workers to May Day actions demanding shorter workday, union rights, taxing the rich, ending wars, and building an all-people's coalition.

BY: CPUSA Labor Commission| April 8, 2026
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Marxist IQ: An April thesis for May Day

Marxist IQ: An April thesis for May Day

108 years ago, Lenin declared that all power in Russia must be placed in the hands of workers and peasants. This May Day, should U.S. Communists do the same?

BY: Communist Party USA| April 30, 2025
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May Day, Born in the USA

May Day, Born in the USA

May 1st is May Day, the International Workers Holiday. In every nation on earth, working people demonstrate their unity and celebrate those who labor and produce all wealth. But it’s...

BY: Bruce Bostick| May 1, 2016
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May Day from the Haymarket gallows: Albert Parsons’ words of 1886

May Day from the Haymarket gallows: Albert Parsons’ words of 1886

In cities around the world, workers will be marching on May Day this weekend. In almost every country (except the United States and Canada), May 1 is International Workers Day...

BY: Albert Parsons| May 1, 2016
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