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 )

Why the Real Labor Day Is May 1

Staff / Truthdig Sep 7, 2015 Whereas May Day "celebrates the historic power of the working class to oppose its oppression and fundamentally alter society … Labor Day is just another legacy of worker defeat," writes Jonah Walters in Jacobin magazine. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer on the Meaning of May Day

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Robert Scheer talks immigration and organizing, Donald Sterling has been a confirmed bigot since at least 2009, and a proposed press shield law leaves Glenn Greenwald exposed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Soup Having Sex With Soup

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jun 10, 2012 "If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes," Picasso said, naming the distinct advantage that artists have always had over pundits and polemicists when it came to perceiving the world as it is; pundits and polemicists being much more likely to insist that the world is whatever a person wants it to be."If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes," Picasso said, naming the distinct advantage that artists have always had over pundits and polemicists. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: The May Day Occupiers

Staff / Truthdig May 5, 2012 There were doubts about whether Occupy Wall Street could pull off the massive day of protest its organizers spent many months planning. But demonstrators in New York City and elsewhere joined forces with labor unions and immigrant-rights activists to remind the public that there is a working class and May 1 is its holiday.Demonstrators in New York City and elsewhere joined forces with labor unions and immigrant-rights activists to remind the public that there is a working class and May 1 is its holiday. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Introducing the OWS ‘Guitarmy’ (Video)

Staff / Truthdig May 3, 2012 New York saw what was probably the city’s first ever "guitarmy" this May Day, a march by hundreds of OWS-affiliated musicians led by former Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello from midtown’s Bryant Park to Union Square, where they were joined by Immortal Technique, Das Racist and Dan Deacon to fire up protesters with song. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Real Mad Men: Following the Money Behind TV Political Ads

Amy Goodman / Truthdig May 3, 2012 May Day, Murdoch and the murder of Milly Dowler. What do they have to do with the 2012 U.S. general election? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What to Expect on May Day

Staff / Truthdig Apr 30, 2012 Wondering where to go and what will happen during Occupy Wall Street’s May Day protests? You’re not alone. With the knowledge that Occupy events rarely go according to plan, Natasha Lennard at Salon tries to lick the revolutionary chaos into manageable order. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

May Day 2012: The Call for a General Strike

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Mar 15, 2012 In the winter of 2011, discussion about calling a general strike had already begun within Occupy Los Angeles. At the end of January 2012, in the wake of police raids against Occupy encampments, Occupy Los Angeles issued a call for a May Day general strike, which was quickly endorsed by Occupy Oakland. In the winter of 2011, discussion about calling a general strike had already begun within Occupy Los Angeles. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

OWS Calls for May Day Strike

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2012 Occupy Wall Street has boldly called for a general strike of the 99 percent on May Day—May 1. “*No Work *No School *No Housework *No Shopping,” read the text approved by the OWS General Assembly. The action is scheduled to overlap with a day intended to call attention to the plight of immigrants. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ahmadinejad May Be a Quitter

Staff / Truthdig May 9, 2011 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad considers resigning his post as president of Iran; Google Maps will let users inside buildings; and Bill Gates dips his mouse into American education. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

May Day: A Festival of Solidarity

Scott Tucker / Truthdig May 5, 2011 This year, the May Day march in Los Angeles was notably smaller than in recent years, but still lively and militant The year-by-year count of May Day marchers can never be an exact science, but the history of labor is full of surprises. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )