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May 1, 18
May Day 2018 started out with a bang, as a large rent strike was launched in Hamilton, Ontario, the mass #RedforEd teacher’s strike protests continued in Arizona, pipeline encampments and occupations continued, and pickets, strikes, and rowdy demonstrations took place across Canada, the US, and Mexico. Students in New York at the New School have also occupied their cafeteria in solidarity with workers who are fighting for a new contract, and port workers with the ILWU union also launched a strike across ports along the West Coast.
Meanwhile across the US, anarchists, anti-authoritarians, and autonomists took to the streets and their communities to take action, celebrate, and come together. Many other mass demonstrations were also held, as anti-capitalist, labor, and community groups organized mass rallies, demonstrations, and marches. The actions on May Day were varied, from strikes, to occupations of buildings in Vancouver against rent increases, to clashes with the police in Puerto Rico. This growth in militancy, self-organization, and direct action shows that both confidence and anger is growing within the exploited and the excluded.
Check out growing roundup here and our international roundup here. This post will be updated throughout the day.
Canada
“The disgrace of Montreal,” protesters chant at the gate separating Parc Ex from Mont-Royal #manifencours #manif1mai #mayday reporting for @Linknewspaper pic.twitter.com/DMTsHbd1Ph
— Erika Morris (@thingjpg) May 1, 2018
Tenants in Hamilton, so-called Ontario, celebrate #MayDay by kicking off a Rent Strike! #DefendHamilton pic.twitter.com/ZyvyhJht4J
— submedia (@submedia) May 1, 2018
La manif #1erMai des @IWW_montreal en cours ! #MANIFENCOURS #MayDay protest organized by #IWW Montréal Solidarity with workers around the world – Solidarité avec les traivailleur.e.s du monde entier pic.twitter.com/mM4JFiY3eB
— Rojava Montréal (@rojavamontreal) May 1, 2018
We shut down city hall! Time to enjoy the sunshine. No more business as usual. This housing crisis can’t wait another day. pic.twitter.com/oRDRhJBHCq
— Vancouver Tenants Union (@YVRTenantsUnion) May 1, 2018
Our Homes Can’t Wait is blockading Vancouver City Hall for #Mayday to demand 100% social housing at 58 W. Hastings! pic.twitter.com/PWU6jbFJ0w
— Against Displacement (@stopdisplacemnt) May 1, 2018
“We’re all working class people here. We’re not rich.” “We’re not going on strike just because we feel like it or on a whim. We’re going on strike for our survival.” Support the #EastHamiltonRentStrike, launched May 1st. https://t.co/54xtRGh8gf
— Hamilton Tenants Solidarity Network (@HamiltonTenants) May 1, 2018
TODAY! Support the #EastHamiltonRentStrike by flooding the landlord's phone lines. Let's remind the top dogs at InterRent REIT that their profit-making depends on the displacement of working class tenants from their homes. Phone numbers & suggested script: https://t.co/SbGXTk4fes pic.twitter.com/djmk9DOsRx
— Hamilton Tenants Solidarity Network (@HamiltonTenants) May 1, 2018
United States
— MACC NYC (@macc_nyc) May 2, 2018
Crowd chanting “You are not alone!”#MayDay2018 pic.twitter.com/3Xfvn13lCW
— MACC NYC (@macc_nyc) May 2, 2018
Noise demo outside of Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in NYC for #MayDay! #FreeThemAll #FireToThePrisons #MayDayNYC pic.twitter.com/BXxD17dkNL
— Ash J (@AshAgony) May 2, 2018
#MayDaySea march heading north on Fourth Avenue. pic.twitter.com/Xu5j0ptEzG
— Eli Sanders (@elijsanders) May 1, 2018
#MayDay and every day, we unite.
"All power to the working class
Kick the bosses in the ass!" pic.twitter.com/cOffkU6Smt— Tech Workers Coalition (@techworkersco) May 2, 2018
#mayday @macc_nyc pic.twitter.com/A0VRV8ZSpM
— not ch1c (@cthon1c) May 1, 2018
Anarchist comrades were out today in NYC for #MayDay. ✊?? pic.twitter.com/TRc6jMKYDN
— Ash J (@AshAgony) May 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/SoellerPower/status/991457196826415104
Beautiful #Mayday in the streets for immigrant and worker power! join us at Lake Merritt amphitheater at 5pm https://t.co/dyZEsW1hox
— Bay Resistance (@SFBayResistance) May 1, 2018
Large crowd of hundreds in #OscarGrant plaza for Sin Frontetas May Day event in Oakland right now. Sound truck with Latinx speakers in the distance on 14th Street. #MayDay #MayDayOakland @OaklandMayDay pic.twitter.com/1n8UCcUyeC
— Indybay (@Indybay) May 1, 2018
The focus of today’s march, organizers told me, is on protecting undocumented people from deportation #MayDaySea pic.twitter.com/pCM9Km2F3A
— Michelle Baruchman (@mlbaruchman) May 1, 2018
"No justice, no peace. Abolish the police." #MayDaySea pic.twitter.com/0WFGXXJ3zU
— Eli Sanders (@elijsanders) May 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/kvalentine112/status/991446723582201857
#MayDaySea March heading toward downtown #Seattle: pic.twitter.com/UWMrOeQ8LN
— Chris Daniels (@ChrisDaniels5) May 1, 2018
"ICE out of Washington State." #MayDaySea pic.twitter.com/nVlHymOJ2W
— Eli Sanders (@elijsanders) May 1, 2018
May Day marchers heading for ICE office in downtown Seattle. #komonews #MayDaySEA pic.twitter.com/VlBedok9oT
— Gabe Cohen (@GabeCohenKOMO) May 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/georgetownmike/status/991440997690175488
Spotted at Broadway and Olive. #MayDaySEA pic.twitter.com/V5iISia9O7
— Kirsten O'Brien (@Kirsten0Brien) May 1, 2018
Anticapitalista! pic.twitter.com/0pvye43JAs
— MACC NYC (@macc_nyc) May 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/ekingc/status/991436416818335744
Banners dropped across #Seattle for #MayDay. pic.twitter.com/arozD0n4m0
— It's Going Down (@IGD_News) May 1, 2018
Chicago is LOUD #MayDay pic.twitter.com/zzitihEuE2
— Aaron Cynic (@aaroncynic) May 1, 2018
Chicago is occupying the streets outside ICE! | #MayDay pic.twitter.com/MHZjp3WuKQ
— agitator in chief (@soit_goes) May 1, 2018
bruh, the problem ain't Monday…… |#MayDay pic.twitter.com/iBu5WEApdC
— agitator in chief (@soit_goes) May 1, 2018
“This is class war! #EatTheRich! Feed the poor!” People taking the streets of NYC for #MayDay! #MayDayNYC pic.twitter.com/oXSJwzHjx6
— Ash J (@AshAgony) May 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/ASN_Austin/status/991429614177325061
IWW is out today for #MayDay2018 pic.twitter.com/w7J9jeVMpk
— MACC NYC (@macc_nyc) May 1, 2018
— Chicago DSA Libertarian Socialists ??? (@cdsa_lsc) May 1, 2018
Things popping off in NYC for #MayDay! NYPD is out in force to repress protesters! #MayDayNYC pic.twitter.com/wM4ZCqYBiQ
— Ash J (@AshAgony) May 1, 2018
Chicago's #MayDay March is headed to ICE! pic.twitter.com/g2y6IN49MR
— agitator in chief (@soit_goes) May 1, 2018
Socialists & anarchists taking the streets of NYC for #MayDay & singing “solidarity forever!” #MayDayNYC pic.twitter.com/8oZEuVdwQo
— Ash J (@AshAgony) May 1, 2018
#MayDay2018 pic.twitter.com/8BW8CZ3xJy
— MACC NYC (@macc_nyc) May 1, 2018
This is extremely our shit pic.twitter.com/3bzcLRChU4
— Autonomous Tenants Union (@AutonomousUnion) May 1, 2018
#MayDay2018 Marching through Union Sq pic.twitter.com/sVlZ5UdTDs
— MACC NYC (@macc_nyc) May 1, 2018
— AnaMariaArchila? (@AnaMariaArchil2) May 1, 2018
Leaving flowers for Mercedes Figueroa #RestInPower #MayDay #PrimeroDeMayo pic.twitter.com/6odSynVx2C
— IWW Los Angeles GMB (@LosAngelesIWW) May 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/P_Strickland_/status/991421631070433281
Chicago is rallying outside the State of IL Building and is preparing to march on ICE | #MayDay pic.twitter.com/lLxaIHNWzb
— agitator in chief (@soit_goes) May 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/pizzaree/status/991421616394571776
https://twitter.com/ASN_Austin/status/991423971596947456
WASHINGTON DC. Unpermitted March is approaching rally point. #MayDay #DC #MayDayDC pic.twitter.com/j0Ec4CDguH
— Lacy MacAuley (@lacymacauley) May 1, 2018
#Mpls: we are at #May1 #IntlWorkersDay rally/march at Lake&Nicollet. An #IWW speaker just explained history of #LaborDay as commemoration of state repression against labor activists and anarchists. pic.twitter.com/37kAxt0Hna
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) May 1, 2018
The beginning of Claudio Martinez's "They Tried to Bury Us. They Didn't Realize We Were Seeds" banner. This 100-yard banner winding through the streets of Waukesha was simply majestic! Can't wait to see the aerial shots.#no287g in Wisconsin! pic.twitter.com/ZEeboF4zQ3
— Joseph Brusky (@JosephBrusky) May 1, 2018
Happy #MayDay from Chicago!
Don't forget our history and those that fought before us. pic.twitter.com/Ess1nfqady
— agitator in chief (@soit_goes) May 1, 2018
Eugene Puryear addresses crowd in Columbia Heights, mini rally before March. #MayDay #DC #MayDayDC pic.twitter.com/lyHk3XVRak
— Lacy MacAuley (@lacymacauley) May 1, 2018
.@GrimKim in Union Square for #MayDay2018 pic.twitter.com/5Yi6wYKyPE
— MACC NYC (@macc_nyc) May 1, 2018
Soft picket of the Whole Foods in #Durham today as part of #MayDay, warning folks with hundreds of handbills against the future Amazon HQ2 that could end up here #FuckAmazon #TechYuppiesAreTheDevil #NOReallyTheyAre #AntiCapitalismMeansAntiState pic.twitter.com/WDfe3LvHvg
— NC Autonomy (@nc_autonomy) May 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/georgetownmike/status/991400424438562816
https://twitter.com/erinacorbett/status/991398692929392644
Getting our sidewalk chalk on ? #ACAB #mayday #MayDay2018 #ftp pic.twitter.com/HcTK1qNm1R
— MACC NYC (@macc_nyc) May 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/MinkuAzad/status/991409306477191168
Giving these out today @SlaveryPrison ✊? pic.twitter.com/3aXLiuVn56
— from the river to the sea ?? (@aloofwoofwoof) May 1, 2018
IWJ tour, NYC #MayDay #InternationalWorkersDay #1mayo #1mai #1maig #1u #iww pic.twitter.com/AstKBp2vej
— L. Waters Hyde (@tankandfile) May 1, 2018
Monster #MayDay march taking the streets in #Chicago pic.twitter.com/CCduBkBNp5
— #GetFree (@daneyvilla) May 1, 2018
#MayDay pic.twitter.com/Whk0CxLD93
— MACC NYC (@macc_nyc) May 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/pizzaree/status/991410167949545472
https://twitter.com/georgetownmike/status/991405843412238336
Just got teargassed at the protest in San Juan's financial district. pic.twitter.com/V108P77AT0
— Adrián Florido (@adrianflorido) May 1, 2018
Monumento a los Mártires de Haymarket, Forest Park. pic.twitter.com/J0fpLlMCBs
— Arte y Anarquía (@ArteYAnarquia) May 1, 2018
#MayDay protesters in San Juan's financial district #PuertoRico gassed by riot police. #ParoNacional #ElParo #ParoPR #MayDay2018 #Colonialism https://t.co/uCl9a3iBhL
— ❤️Black Rose/Rosa Negra? (@BRRN_Fed) May 1, 2018
For #MayDay this year we did a #Portland Antifa History Project with sites in #PDX tied to significant events in our local #antifa history. This project has three components: a printable zine, an online map, and street art at the sites themselves. https://t.co/AnFhpDiV03 pic.twitter.com/MCnfqIT45g
— Always Antifascist (@RoseCityAntifa) May 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/memeclasswar/status/991397814902120453
Some of the photos from @ElNuevoDia today in #MillaDeOro protest in #HatoRey #PuertoRico. Reports of confrontations bw police and protesters. Police also used tear gas. #ParoNacional pic.twitter.com/yh3gTkjerK
— Latino Rebels (@latinorebels) May 1, 2018
Folks assembling now at the Haymarket memorial in Chicago for the #MayDay march pic.twitter.com/dV9Av1fiYx
— Aaron Cynic (@aaroncynic) May 1, 2018
This #MayDay we want to shout out all the anarchists and revolutionaries out there. We also raising the @AfrinAFA flag in the Base! Solidarity to the fighters on the frontlines. pic.twitter.com/afFuVjIus3
— The Base (@TheBaseBK) May 1, 2018
Lower Michigan chapter of @RedneckRevolt giving out free food on #MayDay. pic.twitter.com/cDOPDwkSDk
— It's Going Down (@IGD_News) May 1, 2018
Folks out leafletting and picketing at Whole Foods for #MayDay against possible Amazon HQ2 #AmazonHellNo #AntiCapitalismMeansAntiState @IGD_News @RadicalRush pic.twitter.com/j0hrdB9k46
— NC Autonomy (@nc_autonomy) May 1, 2018
March heads off.#MayDay #MayDayOakland pic.twitter.com/5YfwEIbSks
— Indybay (@Indybay) May 1, 2018
#NewSchool in #NewYork being occupied for #MayDay. https://t.co/wlPc2dltEP
— It's Going Down (@IGD_News) May 1, 2018
beautiful posters appeared in #Durham last night…HAPPY #MAYDAY y'all #ACAB #FTP #AntiCapitalismMeansAntiState @IGD_News @RadicalRush send us/stay tuned for news/pix/reports from triangle #mayday happenings pic.twitter.com/VxE9G8vbHA
— NC Autonomy (@nc_autonomy) May 1, 2018
"AMAZON=DISPLACEMENT, TECH YUPPIES ARE A PLAGUE ON ALL OUR HOUSES" bannerdrop over Hwy 147 in #Durham for #MayDay #AmazonHellNo #AntiGentrificationMeansAntiState @IGD_News @RadicalRush pic.twitter.com/dhz35OfQ0u
— NC Autonomy (@nc_autonomy) May 1, 2018
Last year when our org (NLC) organized a May Day rally, dozens of pigs showed up with patty-wagons, cruisers, & bike cops.
This year, they are back at it, but this time they brought a fucking horse-trailer…
We have kids and pets and food, and this is their response. ???? pic.twitter.com/gyY92KqO6G
— Revolutionary Left Radio (@RevLeftRadio) May 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/MinkuAzad/status/991356754566025217
https://twitter.com/MinkuAzad/status/991348110285778944
Happy May Day from The Hellbender Liberation Zone #noMVP #nonewpipelines #resist pic.twitter.com/HFu5RUVeoH
— Appalachians Against Pipelines (@stopthemvp) May 1, 2018
This #MayDay marks the first 100 days that the @3SistersCamp has been actively resisting the #AtlanticCoastPipeline #NoACP. pic.twitter.com/hWm59FVgmm
— It's Going Down (@IGD_News) May 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/georgetownmike/status/991328216311721984
https://twitter.com/ASN_Austin/status/991340109567062021
A #MayDay strike has been called for today in #PuertoRico against proposed austerity measures, including tuition hikes and pension cuts. #ParoNacional #InternationalWorkersDay #PrimeroDeMayo #ElParo #DíaDeLaClaseTrabajadora #PowerFromBelow pic.twitter.com/FxtwmAXAcI
— ❤️Black Rose/Rosa Negra? (@BRRN_Fed) May 1, 2018
POWERFUL! Hundreds of New Yorkers outside the Stock Exchange building demand that Wall St. #BackersofHate stop making money from the pain of our communities! #MayDay pic.twitter.com/iFeMUj2drY
— Make the Road NY ? (@MaketheRoadNY) May 1, 2018
#RedforEd continues on #MayDay https://t.co/vj9RLWiZvj
— It's Going Down (@IGD_News) May 1, 2018
22 police car vandalized with paint in Northeast #Portland. https://t.co/Kmfw9OL36s pic.twitter.com/mFC2VBBvti
— It's Going Down (@IGD_News) May 1, 2018
Protesters Occupy Brooklyn Museum Atrium, Demanding Decolonization Commission https://t.co/pwKgiRRqhT via @hyperallergic #decolonizebrooklynmuseum #decolonizethisplace #decolonizenow ???
— Mi Casa No Es Su Casa (@MiCasaResiste) April 30, 2018
Spotted in Asheville, NC – DEATH TO ALL PIPELINES #noACP #noMVP #resist pic.twitter.com/QwOBo1UK2j
— Appalachians Against Pipelines (@stopthemvp) April 29, 2018
Mexico
#1deMayo marcha en Oaxaca #DíadelTrabajo te cambio mi voto por los 43, a los 3, a todos y todas #Ayotzinapa #FueElEstado #Elecciones2018 #EleccionesMéxico pic.twitter.com/Xm3zOSA23W
— Avispa Midia (@Avispa_Midia) May 1, 2018
1 de Mayo: DÍA INTERNACIONAL DEL TRABAJO.
Oaxaca en la exigencia del respeto a los derecho laborales.@regeneracion_r @SubVersionesAAC @CNI_Mexico @komanilel pic.twitter.com/PcQfkbmQbJ— Avispa Midia (@Avispa_Midia) May 1, 2018
Thanks to the solidarity of the people of Tijuana and San Diego who are showing up to support the asylum seekers of the #RefugeeCaravan who the United States Government has illegally denied the right to request asylum!@CIYJA @KamalaHarris @wrcommission @NDLON @Carecen_LA pic.twitter.com/d8bbixGcD9
— Alex Mensing (@alex_mensing) April 30, 2018
