May Day

Cuba Is Not A Failed State; It Is A Besieged State

May 18, 2026 Roger D. Harris and Sara Flounders, Popular Resistance. Educate! Cuba, May Day, Revolution, Sanctions, Socialism, US Imperialism

May Day is the most important public celebration in Cuba. This year, which marked the 100th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s birth, carried special significance in light of heightened US aggression. Over 5 million Cubans reportedly mobilized island-wide under the slogan of la patria se defiende (the homeland must be defended). The largest demonstration took place in Havana in front of the US embassy. The symbolism of International Workers’ Day was not lost on the White House. President Trump chose that day, May 1, to impose yet more sanctions on top of the already draconian illegal measures immiserating Cuba.

When The People Set The Trend

May 9, 2026 Emilia Reed, Resumen English. Resist! Cuba, Economic Blockade, May Day, US Imperislism

During the May 1st mobilization, the hashtag #LaPatriaSeDefiende became a trending topic on social media platform X in three countries: Guatemala, Puerto Rico, and the United States. This is no small feat. In terms of communication, it demonstrates that an organized community can stake a claim in the digital space even in environments where algorithms—since they are not neutral—do not favor us. But what exactly does it mean to be a trending topic? Simply put, it means appearing among the most mentioned topics on a platform over a period of time.

Thousands March For Immigrant Workers And Victims Of Police Crimes

May 3, 2026 Cameron McLaren, Fight Back! News. Resist! DC, Immigrant Rights, May Day, Police abuse, Washington

Washington, DC – Community members flooded the streets on May 1 for a march in honor of May Day. The weather was bright and sunny with a cool breeze, making conditions favorable for an energized crowd. Nearly 10,000 feet hit the ground at the National Mall in front of the Washington Monument and marched up past the White House, through Black Lives Matter Plaza, and ending at Franklin Park. May Day commemorates a long history of workers and immigrants’ struggles. Protesters showed out for immigrant workers in force and stood in steadfast solidarity with working and oppressed people both at home and globally.

Workers And Left Parties In South Asia Mark May Day

May 3, 2026 Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch. Resist! Left Politics, May Day, South Asia, Worker Rights

Hundreds of thousands of workers from all corners of South Asia took to the streets on Friday, May 1, to celebrate International Workers’ Day or May Day, renewing their commitment to confront the accelerating onslaught of attacks on workers’ rights and the intensifying cost of living crisis. Trade unions and left parties held rallies and meetings where they paid tribute to the workers of the 1886 Chicago Haymarket affair, some of whom paid with their lives to ignite a global movement for better working conditions and the 40 hour week.

Rallies Under Way As Workers Gather For International Labour Day

May 2, 2026 Al Jazeera, Portside. Resist! Global Economy, International Day of Action, International Workers Day, Iran, May Day

Workers are gathering in cities around the world to mark International Labour Day, with some demonstrations, such as those in Istanbul, Turkiye, turning to scuffles with police. Trade Unions are calling for solidarity and the protection of workers’ rights as the United States-Israeli war on Iran and rising energy costs raise concerns about the global economy. “Working people refuse to pay the price for Donald Trump’s war in the Middle East,” the European Trade Union Confederation, which represents 93 trade union organisations in 41 European countries, told the media.

May Day 2026: Defending Rights, Reclaiming Power

May 1, 2026 Kristjan Bragason, Portside. Strategize! International Solidarity, International Workers Day, May Day, Worker Rights

On this International Workers’ Day, we speak from a world becoming more unequal, more unstable, and increasingly hostile to workers’ rights. What we face is not a series of isolated crises, but a convergence of forces reshaping the global economy and the balance of power between labour and capital. Geopolitical conflict, democratic backsliding, climate breakdown, rapid technological change, and rising costs of living are placing growing pressure on workers across our sectors. At the same time, forces opposed to human rights, including labour rights, are gaining ground.

May Day: Remember How Immigrants Built The Labor Movement

April 29, 2026 Charlotte White and Julia Wallace, Left Voice. Resist! History, Immigrant Rights, May Day, Strikes

This May Day comes as workers across the country have been fighting Trump’s attacks on the economic stability and basic democratic rights of workers across the country. Some of the worst attacks have been against immigrant communities and those who stand in solidarity with their immigrant neighbors. The fight for immigrant rights cannot be separated from the fight for a strong labor movement in the United States. Since the beginning, immigrants have been foundational to the U.S. labor movement. Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe, shaped by upheavals during the 18th century, brought lessons of working-class organization to the United States.

May Day 2026 Will Be A ‘Milestone Of Struggle’

April 28, 2026 Cameron Harrison, People's World. Resist! International Workers Day, May Day, Worker Rights, World Federation of Trade Unions

As the world prepares to mark the 140th anniversary of the 1886 Chicago Haymarket Affair, including massive demonstrations and actions planned in the U.S. under the “Workers Over Billionaires” banner, the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is calling on the international working class to mobilize its forces this May Day in the struggle for workers’ rights, democracy, peace, and equality. Representing more than 105 million workers across every corner of the globe, the WFTU—the historic international trade union organization—said the demands of the Chicago pioneers remain as urgent today as they were 140 years ago.

Building Power From No Kings To May Day

April 28, 2026 Truus Van Iperen, Left Voice. Resist! Capitalism, Immigrant Rights, May Day, Minneapolis

March 28th brought a rare hint of spring to Minnesota—50 degrees, clear blue skies, and a brisk wind that felt very welcome after a punishing winter. But the season’s hardship extended beyond the weather. It was also marked by the presence of more than 2,000 ICE agents deployed as part of Operation Metro Surge. With national attention fixed on Minnesota as a focal point of the No Kings movement, the weight of this moment runs deeper than recent immigration enforcement alone. Less than a year earlier, in June 2025, State Representative and former House Speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband, and their dog were killed in a political assassination at their home.

May Day 2026: Fight For Workers And Immigrants’ Rights!

April 27, 2026 Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Fight Back! News. Resist! Antiwar Movement, Immigrant Rights, May Day, Worker Rights

On International Workers’ Day, we uplift the past and present global struggles for a better world. We commit to carrying the torches of liberation forward, because there’s much to fight against, and much to fight for. Monopoly capitalism is built on exploitation, and it hands down needless suffering, environmental ruin and endless wars. The decay is obvious. Prices soar, families are bankrupted by medical costs, millions are saddled with crushing debt and working people who were already on the brink are being pushed into ruin.

How Organizers Are Building The Infrastructure Behind May Day

April 26, 2026 Neidi Dominguez, Inequality.org. Organize! Community Defense, May Day, Worker Rights, Working Class

On May 1, workers, students, and families across this country will march, rally, and take action together to demand a country that puts workers over billionaires. But a national day of action does not appear out of nowhere. It is built, block by block, conversation by conversation, in the months before anyone takes to the streets. A few weeks ago, Organized Power in Numbers organizers and volunteers were walking Santee Alley in LA’s Fashion District. Los Angeles is the nation’s garment production capital, home to over 45,000 workers, most of them Latino and Asian immigrants, who take home roughly $300 a week cutting, sewing, and finishing the clothes that stock U.S. stores.

May Day 2026: Why Black Workers Must Mobilize

April 26, 2026 Cameron Harrison, People's World. Resist! Black Working Class, History, May Day, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

For most of Jay Ozier’s decades as a trade union activist in St. Louis, May Day came and went just like any other workday. A small fundraising breakfast for People’s World here, a few comrades and likeminded fellow workers gathered there—but nothing like the international working-class holiday celebrated in countries all over the world. But this year, that’s changing. Now, there are plans for over a thousand rallies in cities across the country—with many led by organized labor, including dozens of central labor councils, state labor federations, and now even the national AFL-CIO itself signing on.

Answering Trump’s War Threats, Cuban Workers Plan Mass May Day Rallies

April 18, 2026 Cameron Harrison, People's World. Resist! Cuba, May Day, Military Intervention, Self Defense, Trump Administration, Working Class

Havana—As the Trump administration tightens its energy blockade on Cuba and threatens war and regime change, the Cuban labor movement—along with all of Cuban society—is gearing up for a mass mobilization on May 1. The Workers’ Central Union of Cuba (CTC) and its affiliates have issued a call for this year’s May Day, International Workers’ Day, to “defend the homeland.” Their labor movement’s call comes at a moment of maximum pressure. On Jan. 29, the White House imposed a total oil blockade on Cuba, cutting off nearly all fuel supplies to the island of 11 million people.

May Day Strong Movement Maps Plans At Nationwide Meeting

April 14, 2026 People's World. Organize! Austerity, Labor Movement, May Day, National Day of Action, Wars and Militarism, Worker Rights

With a month to go before mass marches and boycotts are planned nationwide, the May Day Strong movement for “No Work, No School, No Shopping” is accelerating. Hundreds of organizations from coast to coast, including both big teachers unions—the Teachers/AFT and the National Education Association, the nation’s largest union—signed up with the Labor for Democracy coalition. So have National Nurses United (NNU), locals from AFSCME and the Communications Workers, Starbucks Workers United, Jobs With Justice, and United Service Workers West/SEIU. It represents custodians, building engineers, and security personnel, among others.

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