Image via the PCC Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, at the closing ceremony of the International Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba, at the Convention Center, on May 2, 2026, "Year of the Centennial of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz". Translated from the Spanish. Dear sisters and brothers in solidarity with Cuba and with the just causes of the wor

Images via Estanislao Santos except where noted By Alina Perera Robbio, translated from the Spanish "We’re not a people who attack or spread hatred, fanaticism, or conflict. We are a noble people with good intentions, always ready to stand up for what we’ve achieved. While the wealthy nations stockpile weapons and build walls, the people of the Global South yearn for a spark of humanity." On the morning of May Day, that portrait honoring the children of Cuba was shared by Osn

Soviet May Day illustration, c. 1980 -- Daily LIFT #1953

Large-scale rallies and meetings were organized by trade unions and left parties in every country in the region to commemorate the martyrs of Chicago from the 1886 strike for an eight-hour workday. Dhaka rally to commemorate May Day By Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch Hundreds of thousands of workers from all corners of South Asia took to the streets on Friday, May 1, to celebrate International Workers’ Day or May Day, renewing their commitment to confront the accelerating ons

“Working people refuse to pay the price for Donald Trump’s war in the Middle East,” said the European Trade Confederation. Rally in the Philippines -- image via news video screenshot By Brad Reed, Common Dreams May Day demonstrations across the world on Friday denounced the US-Israeli war against Iran, which has caused a global energy crisis that is disproportionately harming working-class people. Among the earliest May Day demonstrations took place in the Philippines, and a

On International Workers' Day 2026 The Left Chapter's editor Michael Laxer speaks of how never have the times more obviously called for revolutionary solutions to the problems facing humanity. Tinkering with capitalism is not enough. Socialism or barbarism is the future. Workers of the World Unite!

TO THE COMMUNIST AND WORKERS' PARTIES OF THE WORLD ON THE OCCASION OF MAY 1ST INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' DAY - 2026 COMRADES! On this May 1st, 2026, Chilean communists abroad raise our banners high to fraternally salute those who, from every corner of the planet, are building a future of justice. This year, our battle cry resonates more powerfully than ever: Peace and Socialism! U.S. imperialism, in full decline, seeks to impose its world order based on the arrogance of the power

Image via the PCC Via the Granma and the Communist Party of Cuba, translated from the Spanish On May 1st, Cuban squares will serve as platforms where the people of this archipelago, with their proletarian strength, will uphold their right to be a free, independent, sovereign, and peaceful nation. Joined by hundreds of friends from around the globe who have come to the island to share in the daily resilience of a nation that pushes through every obstacle placed in its way, the

The international class-oriented trade union movement, workers, and militant trade unions around the world honor, through struggle, the 140th anniversary of the workers’ struggle in Chicago in 1886. They honor the heroic May Day of the working class, symbol of the relentless struggle against capitalist barbarity, with new class struggles, determination, and internationalist solidarity. On the occasion of International Workers’ Day, the World Federation of Trade Unions, the mo

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General Raúl Castro Ruz and President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez join in the May Day celebrations -- Images via the PCC By Lissel Pino,...

We Do Not Kneel To Capitalists or Tyrants! This Is Our Call for May Day - Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) We are living through hard...

By Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic of Cuba, translated from the...

Images via PAME and KKE screenshots and posts of rally in Athens The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that Workers’ May Day, a...

Today, May 1st, is International Workers' Day, a celebration of working class solidarity and militancy around the world. A holiday in...

May Day Communiqué of the Central Committee Secretariat of the Sudanese Communist Party Archive photo of the General Conference of the...

May Day Statement by the Workers Party of Ireland May Day is an international celebration of workers’ solidarity and class struggle. At a...

Stirring May Day statement from the Workers' Party of Ireland. STATEMENT OF THE WORKERS PARTY OF IRELAND ON INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY...

With news from Austria, Colombia, Cuba, Belgium, Italy, Uruguay, the USA, Canada, Sudan, Latvia, Vietnam and from May Day rallies and...