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May Day 2019 in Paris

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May Day Activists Take to the Streets, in Paris and Beyond (Multimedia)

Truthdig May 1, 2019 As global inequality soars, workers demonstrate in cities across the globe to express their discontent and celebrate labor rights. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Many-Sided, Overlapping Meanings of May Day

Paul Street / Truthdig May 1, 2019 The working-class holiday has Marxist and anarchist industrial-era roots, but the significance of May 1 goes deeper than that. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

May Day in Cuba: ‘You’ve Got Strikes and Repression, but Here It’s a Party’

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2018 The average state salary in Cuba is about $31 a month—so what are they celebrating? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘May Day’ Militancy Is Needed to Create the Economy We Need

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers / Popular Resistance Apr 30, 2018 Seventy years of attacks on the right to unionize have left unions weak. Now, both union and nonunion workers are mobilizing more aggressively and protesting a wide range of economic, racial and environmental issues. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

May Day: Thousands March for Immigrants Across the U.S. (Multimedia)

Haley Winters / Truthdig May 1, 2017 Take a look at Truthdig's coverage of Monday's demonstration in Washington, D.C. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hundreds of Thousands Ready to Strike on May Day

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams May 1, 2017 Organizers believe this year’s turnout, reflecting concerns about and defiance of the Trump administration’s immigration policies, will be the biggest in over a decade. Organizers believe this year’s turnout, reflecting concerns about and defiance of the Trump administration’s immigration policies, will be the biggest in over a decade. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Many-Sided, Overlapping Meanings of May Day

Paul Street / Truthdig Apr 29, 2017 The working-class holiday has Marxist and anarchist industrial-era roots, but the significance of May 1 goes deeper than that. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

May Day March Planned as Trump Stokes Fear Among Immigrants

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Apr 27, 2017 If the past is any predictor, millions across the United States will march May 1 in defense of immigrant rights and against the president's increasingly draconian policies. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Daniel Ellsberg Recalls the Spirit of Resistance in the 1971 May Day Protests (Video)

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2016 The man who famously leaked the Pentagon Papers sits down with Judy Gumbo Albert to discuss the large-scale acts of civil disobedience against the Vietnam War.The man who famously leaked the Pentagon Papers sits down with activist Judy Gumbo Albert to discuss the large-scale acts of civil disobedience against the Vietnam War. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer: My Mother, ‘the Illegal Alien’?

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 8, 2016 In honor of Mother's Day, we've republished Robert Scheer's account of his mother's struggles as an immigrant living in fear of deportation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Demonstrators at May Day Rallies Worldwide Demand Workers’ Rights

By Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams May 2, 2016 In the U.S., "there’s manufactured ignorance that prevents us from knowing about May Day," one historian says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )