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International Workers' Day
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International Workers' Day, also called Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers, the labour movement and the working class that is marked every yea
2013 International Workers’ Day demonstration in Austria
2013 International Workers’ Day demonstration in Austria
1889 design by Walter Crane celebrating International Workers' Day
1889 design by Walter Crane celebrating International Workers' Day
A 1 May rally in Bucharest, Romania, 1967
A 1 May rally in Bucharest, Romania, 1967
International Workers' Day rally in Moscow, Soviet Union, 1960
International Workers' Day rally in Moscow, Soviet Union, 1960
Haymarket affair
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The Haymarket Affair was a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago. The rally began peacefully in support of workers striking for an eight-hour
International Workers' Day
…chosen by the American Federation of Labor to commemorate a general strike in the United States, which had begun on 1 May 1886 and culminated in the Haymarket affair on 4 May. The demonstration subsequently became a yearly event. The 1904 Sixth Conference of the Second International, called on "all Social Democratic…
This 1886 engraving was the most widely reproduced image of the Haymarket massacre. It shows Methodist pastor Samuel Fielden speaking, the bomb explod
This 1886 engraving was the most widely reproduced image of the Haymarket massacre. It shows Methodist pastor Samuel Fielden speaking, the bomb exploding, and the riot beginning simultaneously; in reality, Fielden had finished speaking before the explosion.
The revenge flyer
The revenge flyer
Engraving of police officer Mathias J. Degan, who was killed by the bomb blast
Engraving of police officer Mathias J. Degan, who was killed by the bomb blast
Engraving of the seven anarchists sentenced to die for Degan's murder. An eighth defendant, Oscar Neebe, not shown here, was sentenced to 15 years in
Engraving of the seven anarchists sentenced to die for Degan's murder. An eighth defendant, Oscar Neebe, not shown here, was sentenced to 15 years in prison.