On May 1, 2014 we will join with millions of workers from every continent and country for a Mayday March in an expression of international solidarity.

Mayday is an international working class holiday. It is a day on which the international working class reviews its forces as it prepares to do battle with the capitalist class. For the last hundred years, the US bosses have tried to separate workers in this country from their brothers and sisters around the world by celebrating Labor Day in September. The time has come to end this division. Join us in DC as Workers across the globe unite on May 1st.

Mayday has a long history. It began as a commemoration of the Haymarket Massacre. In 1886, a general strike was called by the unions in Chicago as part of the fight for the eight hour working day. As a part of the day’s activities, a rally was held at Haymarket Square. The police attacked the rally and several workers were killed as well as some police. As a result, criminal charges were brought against the leadership of the unions in Chicago and several of them were hung.

In the 1930’s, workers marched on Mayday to fight the rise of fascism and to stop lynching in the US. On Mayday, 1945, the red flag of revolution was raised over the Reichstag in Berlin by soldiers signifying the defeat of fascism and the end of World War II in Europe. In the late 1980’s millions of workers in South Africa marched on Mayday to help bring down the apartheid regime there.



Join us in the struggle on May 1st, 2014 as we march:

To Smash Racist Unemployment – 24 million people are out of work or underemployed in the United States as are 200 million in the world. Jobs for all.

To Stop Mass Deportations – In 2013, over 400,000 people were deported from the United States. Workers have no borders. Obama and the Congress are planning on spending $38 Billion on border security and making criminals of recent undocumented immigrants.

To End Mass Incarceration- Over 2.3 million people are in jail in the United States. This is the highest incarceration rate in the world. We must end the war on drugs which is being used to incarcerate people of color and deny them jobs.

To Stop Imperialist War- End the war Afghanistan and stay out of Syria, Iran the Crimea and Venezuela.

To Smash Sexism – Eliminate inequality.

Health Care for All - Obamacare is a fraud. Health care is a human right.

Education for All- End High Stakes Testing, Common Core State Standards, Charter Schools and high tuition in universities. Education should be a public service not a private business enterprise for profit that only benefits the 1%.



We call upon all workers, students, and soldiers to join the Mayday March.



The March will leave from Malcolm X Park (16th St and Euclid St NW) at 6:00pm on Thursday, May 1st. Speeches and entertainment will begin at 5:00pm. The March will end at the White House. Contact email: dcmayday2014@gmail.com