May Day Black Blocs and a Car Bombing

From CrimethInc.

Spring comes to Portland, Oregon

On May Day, anarchists in Portland participated in two black blocs, adding a confrontational edge to public protests. As anger against the economy and the government spreads alongside desperation and despair, it’s up to us to create opportunities for collective action.

Facets of Mayday

From Industrial Worker May Day has layers of meaning—some celebratory, others tragic—shaped across centuries. From its origins as a festival of spring and renewal, to its modern incarnation as International Workers’ Day, May Day reflects the aspirations and struggles of generations. It is a celebration of life beyond labor: time for ourselves, for our friends and families, for leisure, for imagination. It is both a remembrance and a call to action.

May Day – A living legacy

From Organise!

This is a story about May Day in Britain (and other places). This is a series of moments that brought us here. It is specific to the British context and the historical route we have taken to get here. It occasionally flicks around the world and strays away from the focus, but these are the moments that stand out to me as chalk markings through history bringing us here.

Netherlands: Rave for the Underground, May 2

From Rave Voor De Rafelranden

Like every year, we as Rave Voor De Rafelranden, stand up against the established society. For and with people who do not fit into it, and who do not want to. This demonstration is for the underground, the free thinkers, the activists and the makers. What was once ours has become unaffordable. We demand spaces to create, to play, to experiment and to exist. An Utrecht with space for everyone. We break through learned helplessness and together take back power over our own lives. We refuse to be reduced to consumers and spectators.

Oakland: Anarchist-Utopian Potluck Picnic, May 2nd

From Anarchist-Utopian News

MAY 2 (SATURDAY) AT LAKE MERRITT (OAKLAND) BY THE PERGOLA, NEAR THE E-BIKE RACKS
for folks who love Mutual Aid, Gift Economy, Collectives, Cooperatives & Horizontalism

Bring Whatever Food You Want To Share! The Lake Merritt Farmers Market is just one block away if you want to grab something there - Also bring your Zines, Patches, Info, Stickers, etc.

May Day and Anarchism

From The Eclipse

May Day goes back at least as far as ancient Rome, celebrated by various European cultures as the start of summer and a festival of fertility and rebirth. Modern May Day is more associated with International Workers Day, originating with the American Federation of Labour (AFL), who launched a campaign for the 8 hour day on the 1st of May 1886. Many of us today take the 8 hour day for granted, but in the 19th century many workers were working 12, 14 or even 16 hour days. It was only through concerted struggle that the 8 hour day was won as the “standard” work day across much of North America and Europe.

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Friday May 1st. Global Call for Anarchist and Anti Authoritarian Solidarity

From autonomies

For the past decade precarity, poverty and police "democracy" have been at the forefront of our lives. Public space and service has been replaced with law and order. Austerity for all is now simply just the way things are. Ten years of worsening conditions, now it seems that cracks are beginning to form. Mayday has always been a point of contention. As anarchist and radical movements lost and gained strength, so did the anarchistic, rebellious spirit of May 1st. For years May 1st was the day to display global revolutionary solidarity.

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