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The Meaning of May Day
May Day, much like other holidays, is an occasion to break bread with family and friends in a festive atmosphere. Who in their right mind could be against that? What makes May Day different from other holidays is that it hasnt been drained of its meaning and commercialized by corporate interests.
Remembering May Day: Lucy Parsons
Click here to register for the webinar. Jo Eure will lead the class in a discussion of the following questions: What is anarchism? What are some of anarchism's political methods and goals? What is socialism from a Marxist perspective? Who was Lucy Parsons? What were Lucy Parson's relations to anarchism and how did these relations effect her politics? Who was Albert Parsons and what were his politics? Was Lucy Parsons a...
Marxist IQ: May Day answers
D) All of the above. (correct) a) Working people’s rights and lives matter through the world; (correct) c) “Globalization” is the basis of a deepening global economic crisis, not a solution to that crisis, but one that functions as capitalism’s “gravedigger;”(correct) d) All of the above. (correct) a) Unite on a strategy to unite the masses and defeat the fascist danger and fight the capitalist class enemy; (correct) d) The...
May Day: Virtual celebration and dance party
We invite you to dance in solidarity and hope on May Day as we honor the legacy of working people past and present. On Friday, click here to join on Zoom. Meeting ID: 939-6146-5240. Password: 026082. Image: Johan Fantenberg, Creative Commons (BY-SA 2.0).
Marxist IQ: May Day history (answers)
1. The first May Day was called for at an 1889 international conference in Paris by c. workers’ organizations and early Marxist-oriented socialist parties calling for an international day of demonstrations for an eight-hour work day and other workers’ rights. 2. May 1 was chosen by the conference to honor which of the following? d. The May 1, 1886, U.S. demonstrations for the eight-hour day, led by...
SACP greets NY comrades on May Day
Greetings from SACP leader Blade Nzimande to the 2023 May Day event organized by CPUSA, NY District and the NY Young Communist League.