by Jeff BoothAFSCME Local 3650 (personal capacity)Boston, MA May 1st, May Day, is International Workers Day (IWD). May Day rallies will be larger than in recent years, with more union activists, workers, and youth joining the growing protest movement and resistance against Trump. In the early days and weeks of Trump’s reign, there were importantContinue reading “MAY DAY 2025: FIGHT TRUMP, BUILD FOR MASS STRIKES AND A WORKERS PARTY”
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May Day 2024: The Labor Movement Needs Socialism
This article was originally published in Issue 17 (April-May) of Socialism Today. Pick up a copy today! International Workers Day is a socialist holiday started by US unions during the struggle for the eight-hour workday in the late 1800s. It was adopted by the socialist Second International in 1904 as a day to “demonstrate energetically…forContinue reading “May Day 2024: The Labor Movement Needs Socialism”
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