NO WORK, NO SCHOOL, NO SHOPPING!
“A Garland for May Day, 1895”, by Walter Crane
Nine things to do before Friday May 1, and one thing to do on that day
1. Plan to take the day off work, either by going on strike at your workplace (probably not that many of you have that option), or by taking a personal or sick day.
2. Find a demonstration near you statewide here and here. Bay Area here (scroll down).
3. Reach out to your union, affinity group, pod, friends, co-workers, family members, parishioners and/or comrades, and invite them along.
4. Make signs. Here are four slogans to start you off:
Tax the rich for schools and health care
Fund communities, not war
Yes to socialism, No to fascism
Abolish ICE! Immigrant rights = everyone’s rights
August Spies addresses crowd of workers outside the McCormick factory, Chicago, May 3, 1886, by Jos Sances, illustration for We Mean to Make Things Over: A History of May Day
5. Read about the history of May Day.
6. Grab some popcorn and set up a group screening of the thirty-minute documentary video, We Mean To Make Things Over: A History of May Day, streaming for free here.
7. Join DSA, the largest socialist organization in the United States since the 1940s. If you’re already a member, recruit a friend.
8. Spend some time thinking about the best, most sustainable activity you can involve yourself in to fight fascism.
9. Grocery shop on April 30 so you don’t have to on May 1.
10. Join millions of workers around the country and the globe on May Day, International Workers Day, in demonstrating for a better world. Workers over billionaires! No Work, No School, No Shopping!