May Day

The May Day bank holiday takes place on Monday, May 2 this year. a maypole. Do you know why, or how, people ...

May Day is a public holiday that traditionally marks the arrival of spring. May Day falls on May 1 every year, although people generally celebrate the day over the course of the early May bank holiday weekend. May Day has been celebrated across the world for over 2,000 years and in the UK, the first of the two bank holidays that fall in the month is in celebration of the occasion.

PETER FROST looks at the twin historical stories of why we are celebrating May Day today.

The Morning Star is unique, as a lone socialist voice in a sea of corporate media. On May 1 1561, King Charles IX of France received a lily of the valley as a lucky charm. With a regular donation to our monthly Fighting Fund, we can continue to thumb our noses at the fat cats and tell truth to power. At dawn this morning Oxford May Morning revellers gathered below the Great Tower of Magdalen College to listen to the college choir sing traditional madrigals. In Britain it wasn’t until 1978 that the Labour government created May Day as an official bank holiday. The first May Day celebration in Italy took place in 1890. International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day and May Day, is observed across China with a three-day holiday. It seems he is the patron saint of we workers. The bomb blast and ensuing gunfire resulted in the deaths of seven police officers. May Day, of course, is a very old celebration, much older than its history as a workers’ holiday. As so often the Christian tactic was if you can’t beat ’em just nick their best bits and happiest celebrations. In this article I’ll try to explore these two parallel histories of this important day.

International May Day/Labour Day 2022 is on 1 May 2022. It is a day to recognize the hard work and efforts of the labourers.

A very Happy International Workers Day 2022 to the ones who have survived this year with great willpower and hard work. Happy International May Day 2022. Happy International Workers Day 2022 to everybody.

May Day, also known as International Workers' Day, is celebrated in over 80 countries across the world on May 1.

The implications of May Day have changed drastically in the most-pandemic world. While the massacre itself occurred on May 4, the protest that led up to it – a peaceful rally in support of workers striking for an eight-hour workday – began on May 1. May 1 was chosen as the date for International Worker's Day to commemorate the Haymarket Riot in Chicago in 1886.

With a monthly minimum wage of 30000 Naira (US$72), the average Nigerian worker is groaning under the weight of the rising cost of living.

To ease food supply constraints and ultimately reduce the cost of food in Nigeria, government should focus on boosting the productive capacities of small-scale farmers. Perhaps the greatest boost to food production in India is the country’s extremely cheap and extensive transportation network. The fact that Nigerian workers have neither embarked on food riots, nor staged mass demonstrations to protest the unbearable increases in food prices, implies they must have found ways of coping with food inflation. Because of easy access to inexpensive transportation, farmers can bring their products to the open market daily. The rising cost of living has left Nigerian workers with a stark choice. The other three high spenders on food are Kenya (46.7%), Cameroon (45.6%), and Algeria (42.5%). This Hobbesian choice is worse for a one-income household with multiple people, where the minimum monthly wage has to be spread across members of the household. The war in Ukraine has added further upward pressure on commodity and fuel prices. Food prices contributed about 60 percent to Nigeria’s inflation in 2021. Soaring food prices are the major cause. This has been made worse by the rising cost of living. In less than 15 minutes, you would find that you’ve spent at least 10,000 Naira (or US$24 at the official exchange rate of US$1 = 416 Naira).

May Day rallies and protests are being held in cities across Europe, like this one in Milan. Citizens and trade unions in cities around Europe are taking to the streets for May Day marches, and to put out protest messages to ...

Police fired tear gas to push back black-clad anarchists who ransacked business premises in the French capital Paris on Sunday during May Day protests ...

Unlike in previous years, Marine Le Pen did not lay a wreath in Paris at the statue of Joan or Arc, whom her party uses as a nationalist symbol. "It is important to show Macron and the whole political world that we are prepared to defend our social rights," Joshua Antunes, a 19-year-old student said. In all, more than 20,000 people took part, up from 17,000 last year, the interior minister said.

It is a time of high emotion for participants and their causes, and Sunday's May Day marches were no different with police at the ready as street demonstrations ...

Considered pro-Russian, Radev went on to say it was a “patriotic duty” not to allow Bulgaria to become involved in the Ukraine war. May Day marches in Cuba are rife with symbolism, a celebration of the 63-year-old Cuban revolution and a government-led rebuke of the Cold War-era embargo imposed on the island by the US. Respect the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine!” “I call on the Russian president: Let the weapons be silent! We do not want interference of any kind,” said Juana Garcia, a worker with the Cuban Institute for Philosophy, as she participated in Sunday’s celebrations. All are pressing Macron for policies that put the people first and condemning his plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 65. Many Chinese marked a quiet May Day this year as the government’s “zero-COVID” approach has restricted travel and enforced lockdowns in multiple cities. The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party was forced to call off its May Day rally in view of the ongoing protests. She was replaced by her National Rally party Interim President Jordan Bardella, who said Le Pen was preparing for forthcoming legislative elections. Their windows were broken and garbage bins set on fire. Istanbul governor’s office said that police detained 164 people for demonstrating without permits and resisting police at the square. Millions remain restricted to their buildings or compounds in Shanghai, China’s largest city, under a lockdown that has only slightly eased.