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Happy May Day! How to celebrate spring, labor rights and Hawaiian culture
May Day, or Beltane; International Workers Day and Lei Day are all celebrated on May 1. Here's what to know about each ...
What to know about May Day and how it has grown over the years
From worker rights rallies to marches for social justice, activists around the globe will kick off May Day demonstrations on ...
May Day protest planned at Houston City Hall. What is May Day's significance in the U.S.?
Coinciding with the first 100 days of President Donald Trump in office and increasing resistance to the administration’s ...
May Day and the End of the Vietnam War, 50 Years Later
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan May Day, May 1st, has long been a day of protest, and this year is no exception. Protests are ...
From Tokyo to Turin, Trump’s policies loom over May Day marches
People across Asia and Europe have kicked off May Day celebrations with marches and protests that spotlighted growing unease ...
Turkish police scuffle with May Day protesters in Istanbul, detain hundreds
Turkish police charged May Day protesters in Istanbul on Thursday, detaining hundreds of people and dragging some away in ...
Hundreds gather to mark rising of sun on May Day
Hundreds of people gathered on Dartmoor to watch May Day celebrations unfold on Thursday morning. As the sun rose over Haytor ...
May Day — or International Workers' Day — started in America. Here's the full history
The history of organized labor is long and brutal. The history of May Day, the holiday honoring the organized labor movement ...