Today is May Day, and lots of us are withholding labor and capital from the system.
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Today is May Day, and lots of us are withholding labor and capital from the system. But do you know why we celebrate #MayDay?
May Day, or International Workers’ Day, commemorates the 1886 Haymarket Affair in Chicago. During a rally in Haymarket Square supporting workers striking for an eight-hour workday, an unknown person threw a bomb at police, killing one. Police opened fire, killing four civilians and injuring dozens.
Eight anarchist labor leaders were arrested despite no evidence linking them to the bomb. Seven were sentenced to death; four were hanged in 1887, one committed suicide in jail, and three were pardoned in 1893 by Governor Altgeld, who called the trial a miscarriage of justice.
The Haymarket Affair fueled anti-labor and anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S. while galvanizing the international labor movement.
In 1889, the Second International designated May 1 as International Workers’ Day to commemorate the event, linking it to May Day protests worldwide.
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Today is May Day, and lots of us are withholding labor and capital from the system. But do you know why we celebrate #MayDay?
May Day, or International Workers’ Day, commemorates the 1886 Haymarket Affair in Chicago. During a rally in Haymarket Square supporting workers striking for an eight-hour workday, an unknown person threw a bomb at police, killing one. Police opened fire, killing four civilians and injuring dozens.
Eight anarchist labor leaders were arrested despite no evidence linking them to the bomb. Seven were sentenced to death; four were hanged in 1887, one committed suicide in jail, and three were pardoned in 1893 by Governor Altgeld, who called the trial a miscarriage of justice.
The Haymarket Affair fueled anti-labor and anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S. while galvanizing the international labor movement.
In 1889, the Second International designated May 1 as International Workers’ Day to commemorate the event, linking it to May Day protests worldwide.
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Today is May Day, and lots of us are withholding labor and capital from the system. But do you know why we celebrate #MayDay?
May Day, or International Workers’ Day, commemorates the 1886 Haymarket Affair in Chicago. During a rally in Haymarket Square supporting workers striking for an eight-hour workday, an unknown person threw a bomb at police, killing one. Police opened fire, killing four civilians and injuring dozens.
Eight anarchist labor leaders were arrested despite no evidence linking them to the bomb. Seven were sentenced to death; four were hanged in 1887, one committed suicide in jail, and three were pardoned in 1893 by Governor Altgeld, who called the trial a miscarriage of justice.
The Haymarket Affair fueled anti-labor and anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S. while galvanizing the international labor movement.
In 1889, the Second International designated May 1 as International Workers’ Day to commemorate the event, linking it to May Day protests worldwide.
Because of Haymarket protests 8 hour workdays were standardized. 8 hours a day, no loss of pay. We have power & today reminds us of this.
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Because of Haymarket protests 8 hour workdays were standardized. 8 hours a day, no loss of pay. We have power & today reminds us of this.
@FranceskaMann Absolutely. And the Haymarket protest was because the cops had killed strikers the day before at the McCormick plant.
This was a period of violent uprising. Workers were not having it anymore, and Capital was using the cops and military like their own private militias. Much like Trump.
They firmly believed they could continue wage slavery if the cops would just beat enough people into submission.
And now, here in the 21st goddam century, we need to fight all over again. Minimum wage is slave wages.
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@FranceskaMann Absolutely. And the Haymarket protest was because the cops had killed strikers the day before at the McCormick plant.
This was a period of violent uprising. Workers were not having it anymore, and Capital was using the cops and military like their own private militias. Much like Trump.
They firmly believed they could continue wage slavery if the cops would just beat enough people into submission.
And now, here in the 21st goddam century, we need to fight all over again. Minimum wage is slave wages.
Mass incarceration has prisoners working for corporations for .06 cents/hour, .12 cents/hour, etc. Slavery in the USA is legal & not discussed.
Capitalism requires slaves.
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Mass incarceration has prisoners working for corporations for .06 cents/hour, .12 cents/hour, etc. Slavery in the USA is legal & not discussed.
Capitalism requires slaves.
@FranceskaMann Yeah, I’ve been lobbying against prison labor for decades. That should absolutely be taken out of the law.
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