The origin of May Day is indissolubly bound up with the struggle for the shorter workday – a demand of major political significance for the working class, as Alexander Trachtenberg wrote in 1932 as the first lines of his important pamphlet titled The History of May Day. Hence, it becomes crucial for the working class... Continue Reading →
KEEP HUMILIATING THE WORKERS, AT THE END YOU MAY HAVE NO ECONOMY AT ALL
This year Labour Day (May Day) came at a time when laborers were struggling to even survive. The unbelievable humiliations and tortures meted out to them when they tried to walk home is not only heart breaking, it rings a very coarse warning. The heart-rending story of the death of 16 workers, sleeping on rail... Continue Reading →