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May Day 2013: We Stand with the Workers of the World!
Today we join with the tens of thousands across the U.S. who will march for immigrant rights, workers rights, jobs, justice and equality.
May Day from the Haymarket gallows: Albert Parsons' words of 1886
In cities around the world, workers will be marching on May Day this weekend. In almost every country (except the United States and Canada), May 1 is International Workers Day - a day of protest, solidarity, and celebration. Even though bosses and governments have tried to erase the memory of May Day for generations, the truth is that it was born right here in the U.S.A. On May 1, 1886,...
Happy International Workers Day!
This year on May Day, we celebrate the courage and selflessness of those workers on the front lines of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. In their honor, we issued the May Day Challenge to show your solidarity, and you responded with posters, photos of face masks, music, a video greeting, and even a recipe for a sweet treat. Here are the submissions. Happy May Day! A...
Happy International Women's Day
It was the courage of hundreds of women shirtwaist workers that inspired International Women's Day. They walked off the job for better wages and the right to vote in 1909...
International Notes: May 11, 2016
Sudan: Communists protest against Al-Bashir dictatorship The Sudanese Communist Party has put out a call for international support for new student protests against the dictatorial government of President Omar Hassan Al Bashir. Â Protests have broken out among students, faculty and other social sectors in various places, including the University of Khartoum, Alhalia University in neighboring Omdurman and six other schools. Â At least two students have been murdered by security forces....
Party Builder 31 May 2001
In this issue: *Convention information on the Web! *Kudos to Wally & the PWW *Book sale at the Reference Center *Star Wars *Pro-Democracy Convention *Alliance for Retired Americans *Pacifica Alert *ACLU Alerts *Bush and Energy *Bush and Kyoto *BONUS: Excerpts from Jarvis Tyner's PWW article on the JEFFORDS SWITCH COUNTDOWN TO THE CONVENTION! Only 36 more days to go! Check out the new Convention web site here. The latest reports...
CPUSA celebrates International Workers Day
May Day activities in Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Minneapolis, and Philadelphia.
International Workers Memorial Day 2009
April 28 is International Workers Memorial Day. This is a day for honoring the loss of workers worldwide who are injured and killed on the job as well as those who suffer injury or sickness due to unsafe working conditions, industrial accidents and abusive management practices. It is also a time to rededicate ourselves to the struggles for workplace safety and health, for environmental protection, for just compensation, medical coverage...
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ALERT, May 12, 2006
The legislative and political struggle for immigrant rights is unfolding very rapidly and will be with us for some time. The mega-marches, April 10 and May 1 rallies and activities have changed the political landscape. In some areas our Party is deeply involved, in other areas we are still in the process of becoming engaged. In these circumstances our tactics are constantly being developed as the struggle unfolds. In order...