May Day, Beltane and International Workers' Day observances
Communities marked May 1 with Beltane rites, the Magdalen College Choir singing from its Oxford tower at 6 a.m., and International Workers' Day actions that included launching a permanent Solidarity Fund to support striking workers. On May 1, 1971 the Angry Brigade detonated a bomb at the Biba fashion boutique in London. Socialist Yugoslavia observed May Day as a state "holiday of labour" with mass picnics and communal bean‑soup meals under Tito. These layers of ritual, celebration and political organizing show why May 1 remains both a seasonal festival and a focal point for labor solidarity and protest.
I support the hell out of people showing their power to defy and strike at the oligarchy on May Day. But a lot of folks can’t afford to lose a day’s pay right now, and that’s exactly the problem. Do what you can. Speak up. Show up however you’re able. That still counts. #MayDay
OutJustInTime10That’s the idea: a nation of serfs, dependent on their jobs for health care, living paycheck to paycheck, grateful for a job, too exhausted or depressed to vote. Here May 1 is a holiday, a week after another holiday 25 April) that celebrates the end of fascism. May such a holiday occur to the US.
Uncle Don8Everyone’s situation is different. We all need to do the best we can do.
DebKlein6My Granddaughter is in a school play today. I have been to every no Kings March. We are watching my Grandson also today because School is closed. Teachers are marching in Raleigh because of pay.
General Strike US - NC/SC Chapter4That's why we have been working our assess off to set up #MutualAid and strike funds well in advance of this strike. We have all the resources we need to support each other through this. IF YOU are not on strike today because you didn't feel safe or supported: GET IN TOUCH, WE WILL HELP YOU!
sarahb1863.bsky.social4And one day isn't enough. If you don't buy on Friday but you buy on Thursday and Saturday, it does nothing. To be effective a national strike - don't buy, don't work, etc., - has to last months. Nobody can do that.
Victor B Johnson3You do get it. It’s like general strikes. Our paycheck is directly connected to our healthcare. Risk one risk all.
nancyspantsbelt.bsky.social3Other countries are pissed we are not staying in streets to remove this dictatorship but I remind them we do not have access to healthcare \ PTO as much as they do.🙄
General Strike US - NC/SC Chapter2United we stand, divided we fall. An injury to one is an injury to all! On our own none of us can afford to do this and none of us are safe to do this. Together we can force a boss to regret and reverse any retaliation against strikers. Together we can make sure no one misses rent/bill/meals.
ogdennutgoneflake2It’s always do what you can do on our side, we’re not a cult like MAGA.
Kathy says2At least we can try not to buy stuff!
OTD in 1941 the Soviets held a May Day parade in Moscow. So they invited their Nazis allies cos it would be rude not to.
Darth Putin387Guests were military attaches & liaison staff Stalin had already been warned by Churchill, twice, that Hitler would invade him. He dismissed them as imperialist provocations Imagine today if Russia were run by such a delusional, idiotic psychopath who really liked the far right
Bill Tinley13They liked it so much they came back a few weeks later.
Dave Holden Caufield7if Hegseth sees this he’ll start making senior officers wear capes.
luigivercotti.bsky.social6Tankies are going to be upset by this.
Minnesota Strong3And they all died horribly.
Haopy May Day, Beltane, Floralia! People have celebrated this day with fire and flowers through the ages. I'm off to pick some hawthorn blossom to bring into the house!
Adam Rutherford20And a full flower moon tonight!
Mack15Happy Sigrblót(Beltane) to our British friends from Sweden🍻🇬🇧🇸🇪
Mike9And the Lilly of the Valley across The Channel Happy International Workers Day
Emma Mitchell8I love the superstition around May blossom and death that entwines with the celebration of spring. Merry May posies to you 🌿
Wozbunny8😱 my mum nearly had a nervous breakdown when I brought her some may flowers as a kid!! 'get them out of the house!!'
Coprolite90006Spring's definitely in full force - I've been enjoying the waves of different plants and creatures appearing. Not quite fire and flowers, but have a ridiculously sparkly little wasp... bsky.app/profile/copr...
VikingFellaUK6Here in France it's also Mother's day where people offer lily of the valley to their mums. These are in my garden.
Rob Baron5An old country ditty said to be a popular verse for this day: Hooray, Hooray, The first of May, Outdoor fucking Begins today
CalArtnArchaeology5Happily and peacefully protesting my government this MayDay with a General Strike here in the US. 💪🐝🏵️ Enjoy the day across the pond and may your summer be abundant!
rictilbe.bsky.social2Indeed; whilst at university in Plymouth I went to the Padstow May Day festivities every year.
Geoff Sullivan2I'm off to visit an old friend.
chicobach.bsky.social2My grandmother wouldn’t have hawthorn blossom in the house considered them unlucky
On May 1, 1973, Police Sergeant Neil Howie finds that he is unable to leave the remote Hebridean island Summerisle. The island residents celebrate May Day with pagan rituals (The Wicker Man, 1973)
gggemstonezzz5In the first sentence of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Jonathan Harker's first journal entry is in a couple days, but the action starts tonight: 3 May. Bistritz. - Left Munich at 8:35 p.m. on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6.46, but train was an hour late.
ladygreygrace.bsky.social4How *was* the harvest that year, I've always wondered.
HOA Scumbag3Damn, I hope nothing bad happens to him.
I’m the Bombardier2This film wasn’t a documentary?
Berdawn2I didn't know this was a different film than the ones with Keanu Reeves and couldn't figure out how there were sequels
Happy Beltane! 🌼🌞🌼 It's May Day and today we welcome the summer, celebrate fertility and the renewal of life with new growth. It's also the best day to see the Flower Moon, shining bright in the night sky tonight. 🌝 Credit: AP Photo/Michael Probst #beltane #fullmoon #mayday
The Ghost Monk3I've just seen it, walking back from my friend's house at, luckily, exactly the right time. Huge and deep yellow. A minute later a finger of cloud passed over it and then it began to be obscured.
Ian Eborn ~ [Making "Moons in Crystal" 🌖🔮]2Happy Beltane to you! ^_^
Becido Ethaniel - )O( 🇧🇪2Blessed Beltane and blessed full Moon Emma. )0(
