The late Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm recounts the origins of International Workers' Day. "The priests have their festivals," announced a 1891 May Day broadsheet, "the Moderates have their festivals. The First of May is the Festival of the workers of the entire world."
Eighty years ago, Barcelona’s calamitous May Days sealed the fate of a worker-led social revolution. George Orwell was there to bear witness.
This May Day, let's demand not just sanctuary from deportation, but legalization for all — and an end to capital's despotic rule.
Three years after his death, British trade union leader Bob Crow continues to provide an example of militant working-class leadership.
To celebrate International Workers' Day, we have a new website and $10 subscriptions.
What was the mass strike and what would a successful one look like today?
Picasso's "Guernica" still stands as a searing protest against the brutality of war and fascism.
Donald Trump won't be stopped by the law — in fact, his worst abuses are enabled by it.
Any ecosocialist movement must have a strategy for organizing in the here and now.
Even if Macron wins, five more years of neoliberalism in France could further bolster Le Pen's National Front.
Don’t let them make you forget it — once you move beyond Corbyn’s personal polling, the electorate consistently likes his policies.
Jeremy Corbyn’s former press officer on sabotage within the party, his relationship to the media, and how Labour can close the polling gap.