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15 March 2012
Celebrate International Workers' Day by supporting the paper that fights all cuts with a May Day greeting in the Socialist...
29 February 2012
May Day Greetings in the Socialist
Support the paper that fights all cuts with a 2012 May Day (international workers' day) greeting in the Socialist...
9 March 2011
Defend International Workers' Day: Alongside the revolutions in the Middle East, the traditions of May Day marches and the need for a socialist alternative to cuts and poverty, there is an additional reason to support and celebrate International Workers' Day in 2011 - David Cameron wants to cancel it!, writes Bob Severn.
London May Day demonstration, photo Jules Mattsson
5 May 2010
Workers celebrate May Day: Marching together against the bosses' attacks
IN MANY countries around the world, socialists and trade unionists marched to celebrate international workers' day on 1 May. This year in particular, in the teeth of attacks by capitalists on jobs, wages and public services, international working class solidarity is a vital necessity.
7 May 2008
STRIKING WORKERS from Shelter led London's May Day march, followed by members of rail union RMT, local trades councils and Turkish and Kurdish groups...
28 April 2005
MAY DAY (1 May) has historically been celebrated as a day of international working-class solidarity and struggle...
2 April 2005
Judge backs false imprisonment of May Day protesters
THE JUDGEMENT in the May Day case, delivered on 23 May, made it a sad day for democratic rights...
12 February 2005
The Socialist prints May Day greetings from socialists, trade unions, youth and student organisations, from around the world...
26 April 2003
May Day - Protest Against Capitalism
ON MAY DAY, there will be protests around the world against the US/British occupation of Iraq and the war that has been waged in the interests of big business, writes Clare James.
11 May 2001
May Day 2001: Detained but defiant
THE MONOPOLY board game was the theme of London's May Day protests. Cyclists met at King's Cross opposing the private rail companies and demanding decent public transport, writes Manny Thain.
5 May 2000
Police try to take revenge: OVER 6,000 anti-capitalist protesters gathered in Parliament Square, central London on May Day. Like the J18 and N30 protests before, it was impressive for bringing thousands of people behind an explicitly...
28 April 2000
The Fighting Origins of May Day
MAY DAY is the traditional celebration of international working-class solidarity. Its origins lie in great struggles in the late 19th century and the martyrdom of workers' leaders executed in Chicago...
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