The Last Time Americans Did This, Everything Changed

Описание: May Day didn't start in Europe. It started in Chicago in 1886, when American workers marched for an eight-hour workday -- and the government sent in police. People died. A generation later, the eight-hour workday was law. The same mechanism drove the Flint sit-down strike of 1937, the postal workers' defiance of 1970, and the Twin Cities general strike of January 2026. When workers stop working and stop spending, corporations lose revenue. When corporations lose revenue, they act. On May 1st, 2026, that mechanism is being activated on a national scale. The Chicago Teachers Union is in. Starbucks Workers United is in. National Nurses United is in. Hundreds of thousands of people have already pledged. Sign the pledge: maydaystrong.org | Find local events: nokings.org | Join a chapter: generalstrikeus.com