This is a short summary of the origins of May Day, from the TUC: Today is May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day It
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By Andy Fenwick, Worcester South Labour member Each year we celebrate International Worker’s Day and, in the past, this has meant a trip to my
Left Horizons extends May Day greetings to all its readers, its supporters and the whole of the labour movement. Today there will be demonstrations, rallies
By the Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign (PTUDC) This year’s May Day has been commemorated in a time of global pandemic. The world has been
By Maureen Wade, chair, Birmingham Unison retired members section There will be fewer May Day demonstrations celebrating International Workers’ Day around the world because of
By John Pickard We are celebrating International Workers’ Day this week with this article from the archives, written for the Militant in 1985. It is dated in
By Richard Mellor, Afscme Local 444, retired (USA) May 1st, Mayday, is International Workers’ Day. When I first came to the United States from Britain in
By Andy Ford (Warrington South Labour member) continues his occasional series on the 80th anniversary of the WW2 in the Soviet Union. ******** The Crimean
Dave Putson reports from outside the Royal Courts of Justice as yet another legal process took place in Assange’s fight against extradition to the USA.
By Left Horizons reporters Every year, on April 28, trade unions, trades councils and the TUC commemorate International Workers’ Memorial Day, marking the fact that
