What is May Day? For the most part, the opposite of capitalism

By Emma Bowman

May Day demonstrators march through downtown Los Angeles last year. Thousands of people took to the streets across the nation that May 1 in rallies calling for immigration reform, workers

What springs to mind when you hear May Day? In the U.S. and abroad, the day has grown to encompass a spectrum of meanings. But the themes have remained the same: worker unity, suppression and rebirth.

(Image credit: Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP)

What springs to mind when you hear May Day? In the U.S. and abroad, the day has grown to encompass a spectrum of meanings. But the themes have remained the same: worker unity, suppression and rebirth.

(Image credit: Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP)

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Updated: April 30, 2022 at 12:06 pm