Dublin: Anti-Authoritarian Bloc on the Mayday March

dublin | worker & community struggles and protests | event notice Wednesday April 25, 2012 22:24 by anon

Calling on all libertarians, anti-authoritarians, anarchists and individuals who believe in class struggle and a world devoid of elected representatives! Join us on the Anti-authoritarian bloc on the Dublin Mayday March, Tuesday, 1 May 2012, 18.30 at Parnell Square!

There will be a banner making session on Sunday the 29th of April @ 2pm in Seomra Spraoi (Belvidere Dourt, off Moumtjoy Square), open to anyone interested in making thematic banners!

Bring your red and black flag on the march if you have one!

There will be a social gathering in Cassidy's Pub on Westmoreland Street afte the demo. We have a floor booked and there will be tunes for you to bop away to.

Origins of May Day

International Workers Day is celebrated globally as symbolic of class struggle and working class solidarity, but it is especially significant for libertarians, anti-authoritarians and anarchists.

Back in 1886, when unions were fighting for the establishment of the 8-hour working day, the American Federation of Labor called a national strike on May the 1st.

In Chicago, a centre of anarchist involvement in the labour movement at the time, 400,000 workers came out to protest and form picket lines, and no smoke billowed from the factory chimneys that day.....

For the rest of the background info on the origins of May Day, go to the link below