Today, many Americans are celebrating Labor Day even though most of the world celebrates Labor Day on 1 May. The origins of Labor Day in the US tell us a lot about American politics.
4 September 2023
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The Brief Origins of May Day by Eric Chase
Dandelion Salad Originally published May 1, 2015 Republished with permission from IWW by Eric Chase IWW, 1993
Most people living in the United States know little about the International Workers’ Day of May Day. For many others there is an assumption that it is a holiday celebrated in state communist countries like Cuba or the former Soviet Union. Most Americans don’t realize that May Day has its origins here in this country and is as “American” as baseball and apple pie, and stemmed from the pre-Christian holiday of Beltane, a celebration of rebirth and fertility.
The Brief Origins of May Day by Eric Chase
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