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HAPPY MAY DAY, THE WORKERS’ HOLIDAY!

At a time when too many gleefully abrogate their conscious efforts to machines which enrich the pockets of the owner class and upend communities, we must uphold the innate, indomitable, and immortal spark of creation only gained through the lived personal and collective experiences of breathing beings.

It is not through the surrender of our faculties to so-called miracle machines and the upheaval of whole economic sectors that we achieve liberation. Only through broad solidarity of the working people the world over can we break the chains that bind the soul and reclaim that which has been stolen from us: self-determination over our destiny.

It is in this spirit that we should observe May Day, upholding the tradition of revolutionary movements of the past that punched upward against their holders of their shackles; upholding the tradition of millions who dared to struggle with everything to lose but a world to gain.

"May 1st, Everyone to the Streets! For a Revolutionary Perspective"

For many years, May 1 was Labor Day as far as activist workers were concerned. They staged rallies and parades in support of workers' rights and improved conditions, such as this one, ca. 1946.

Artwork for ORDER Chaos ORDER, by Matt de Jong of UNDERCARD.