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'''International Workers' Day''', also known as '''May Day''', is celebrated on May 1st each year to honor the contributions and struggles of [[worker]]s and the labor movement. It commemorates events like the Haymarket Affair of 1886, which highlighted the fight for workers' rights, including the demand for an eight-hour working day. | '''International Workers' Day''', also known as '''May Day''', is celebrated on May 1st each year to honor the contributions and struggles of [[worker]]s and the labor movement. It commemorates events like the Haymarket Affair of 1886, which highlighted the fight for workers' rights, including the demand for an eight-hour working day. | ||
[[File:May Day poster.jpg|thumb|A poster from the [[USSR]] celebrating International Workers' Day]] | |||
Although many countries around the world celebrate it, reactionary [[anti-communist]] countries like the [[United States]] don't, preferring to celebrate [[Labor Day]] instead. This was done deliberately to prevent American workers from having [[international solidarity]] with workers across the world. | Although many countries around the world celebrate it, reactionary [[anti-communist]] countries like the [[United States]] don't, preferring to celebrate [[Labor Day]] instead. This was done deliberately to prevent American workers from having [[international solidarity]] with workers across the world. | ||
[[Category:Holidays]] | [[Category:Holidays]] | ||
Revision as of 18:07, 15 November 2025
International Workers' Day, also known as May Day, is celebrated on May 1st each year to honor the contributions and struggles of workers and the labor movement. It commemorates events like the Haymarket Affair of 1886, which highlighted the fight for workers' rights, including the demand for an eight-hour working day.
Although many countries around the world celebrate it, reactionary anti-communist countries like the United States don't, preferring to celebrate Labor Day instead. This was done deliberately to prevent American workers from having international solidarity with workers across the world.